Plastics and Industrial Design

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-032-36590-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 345 g

Reihe: John Gloag on Industrial Design

Originally published in 1945, Plastics and Industrial Design is a non-technical work of reference for manufacturers and designers who, after the Second World War were beginning to realize the possibilities that manufacturing with Plastics could bring. The different types of plastics and their uses is discussed, as is their impact on the design of manufactured articles. Whilst the extensive use of plastic may have fallen out of favour in recent years due to environmental concerns, this book reminds us that in their infancy they offered exciting manufacturing possibilities.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gloag, John

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Industrial Engineering
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Innenarchitektur, Architekturdesign
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Produktdesign, Industriedesign
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Berufspraxis
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Fertigungsindustrie
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gestaltung, Darstellung, Bautechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: John Gloag 1. The Plastics Family: Origin and Character 2. Plastics Are Not Substitutes 3. ‘Limitless Control of Material’ 4. Plastics and the Public 5. Industrial Design and Commercial Art 6. Economics of Design 7. The Anonymous Asset Part 2: Grace Lovat Fraser Introduction. The Different Types of Plastics, Their Properties and Uses. Fabrication Methods. Part 3: Plastics in Action.

Über Autor(innen)

An author of almost sixty books, with topics ranging from interiors to furniture history, from industrial design to the use of plastics, Gloag was a member of an elite design culture that was highly visible throughout the 1930s and 40s.