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Materials Databases
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Searchable archive of 5,000 materials including polymers, glass, ceramics, fabrics, cement, natural materials, etc. |
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A database of materials, process, technologies and innovations. Access to special tools is available through studio courses or through the Library. |
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A database of materials, process, technologies and innovations. Free, but you will need to create an account. |
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August 2014: Stylesight and WGSN have merged. Extensive fashion and style related site. You must first register an account here and update your registration every 90 days. |
Library Book Sections of Interest
| Products, production, and history TS 171 |
Design history NK 1175 & NK 1320 |
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Business |
Inventions and new product marketing design |
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General design (material that includes both decorative & industrial) Technology (General) |
Exhibitions that highlight the developments & history of industrial design Technology (Engineering) |
| Ergonomics and human factors research technology TS 23 |
History of industrial design in the US |
| History of industrial design in the UK TS 79 |
History of industrial design in Italy (and so forth) |
| Biographies of individual designers TS 144-149 |
Industrial design -- general |
| Furniture history NK 2270 - 2750 |
Automobile history TL23 |
| Furniture history--California HD 9773 |
Decorative arts--history NK |
| Inventions & inventors--history
T19 |
Lighting NK 2115 & TH 7703-7975 |
| Textiles NK 8802 - 9022 & TS 1309 - 1866 |
Ceramics, pottery, porcelain NK 3900 - 4399 & TP 807 - 809 |
| Glass TP 852 - 862 |
Plastic TP 1117 - 1122 |
| House furnishings -- history HD 9773 |
Household appliances -- history TX 23 |
| Kitchen, bathrooms, household appliances TX 17 - 23 & TX 298 - 311 & NK 2110 - 2117 |
Cameras TR 250 |
| Jeans (denim) -- history GT 2085 & HD 9940 |
Product Design headings to use when doing a subject browse search in the OPAC:
Design, industrial
New products
Product management
Inventions
or add History to the name of any product
Others that might be helpful:
Human engineering
Patents
Plastics
Three-dimensional display systems (though we have nothing specifically on Rhino)
Mechanical drawing
Magazines of Interest
Azure: Design, Architecture and Art
Domus
E-Design
Harvard Design Magazine
I.D. [formerly International Design]
Intramuros
Newdesign
Readymade
Surface Magazine
Bibliography
| Call Number | Title |
| Ref. NK 1390 B9 1998 | 50 Products: Innovation in Design and Materials by Mel Byars |
| TS 171 H345 2004 | Becoming a Product Designer by Bruce Hannah |
| Ref. NK 1309 M36 1998 | Book of 20th Century Design by Catherine McDermott |
| N 40 A78 C66 1990 | Contemporary Designers |
| N 6490 C66 1991 | Contemporary Masterworks |
| Ref. NK 1370 B93 2004 | The Design Encyclopedia by Mel Byars |
| Ref. TS 171 C85 2004 | Design Secrets: Products 2 |
| Ref. N34 W34 1992 | Glossary of Art Architecture & Design Since 1945 |
| TS 171.6 P765 2003 | Graphis Product Design 3 |
| on order | History of Modern Design by David Raizman |
| Ref. NK 1390 H44 1993 | Landmarks of Twentieth-Century Design: An Illustrated Handbook |
| TS 171 T35 1996 | The Look of the Century by Michael Tambini |
| NK1165 L53 2003 | Universal Principles of Design by Lidwell, Holden & Butler |
| Ref. NK 1404 U8 2001 | US Design 1975 - 2000 |
| TT 505 A1 S74 1996 | Who's Who in Fashion by Anne Stegemeyer |