Dear Owain,
Good to hear that three PhDs led to a book on a topic of interest to
designers and design educators. I will order it to our library for sure.
Congradulations to all three of you.
Best wishes,
Özlem Er, PhD
Professor
Istanbul Technical University
Alinti Owain Pedgley <[log in to unmask]>
> Dear Forum
>
> For those phd-design list members who have an interest in the topic of
> materials and design, I would like to draw your attention to a recently
> completed book published by Elsevier, entitled 'Materials Experience:
> Fundamentals of Materials and Design'.
>
> This book is the result of a synergy between three design PhD graduates
> (myself in 1999, Valentina Rognoli in 2004 and Elvin Karana in 2009).
Each
> of our doctoral studies, and subsequent research, had a common point in
> articulating ways in which materials affect people's experiences with
> everyday products, and how designers may be able to design for such
> experiences. With this shared concern, we came together as Editors to try
> to piece together many different perspectives on designing for materials
> experience. We attracted the contributions of 34 authors and 8
> professional
> designers, including an extended and much appreciated Foreword by the
> world
> authority on materials selection, Professor Mike Ashby from the
University
> of Cambridge. The result is a book, which we believe for the first time
is
> able to set an 'experiential mindset' about materials for designers,
> complementing the technical-oriented books and resources that tend to
> otherwise dominate.
>
> What has been so satisfying has been the convergence and dispersion of
> ideas from three independently educated PhD graduates (Loughborough
> University, Politecnico di Milano, and Delft University of Technology
> respectively), coming together to share and learn.
>
> I know that my co-editors have found the process as rewarding as I have.
> If
> you are interested and have time, we would of course encourage you to
take
> a closer look. A summary flyer can be found here:
>
> http://id.metu.edu.tr/en/media/materials-experience-pdf-flyer/2282
>
> I recommend such synergies for all design PhD graduates, to sweat over
and
> alloy the ideas in their specialist subjects. Such dissemination may not
> be
> feasible fresh after graduating, but the seeds of these ideas can be sown
> quite early I believe.
>
> Best regards to all,
>
> Owain
>
> ---
>
> Dr Owain Pedgley
>
> Associate Professor, Industrial Design
>
> Middle East Technical University
>
> Ankara, TURKEY
>
> www.id.metu.edu.tr[1]
>
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