Materials that Change Color - Smart Materials, Intelligent Design

This book presents a design-driven investigation into smart materials developed by chemists, physicists, materials and chemical engineers, and applied by designers to consumer products. Introducing a class of smart materials, that change colors, the book presents their characteristics, advantages, potentialities and difficulties of applications of this to help understanding what they are, how they work, how they are applied. The books also present a number of case studies: products, projects, concepts and experiments using smart materials, thus mapping out new design territories for these innovative materials. These case studies involve different fields of design, including product, interior, fashion and communication design. Within the context of rising sustainable and human-centered design agendas, the series will demonstrate the role and influence of these new materials and technologies on design, and discuss how they can implement and redefine our objects and spaces to encourage more resilient environments.

List of contents

Introduction to smart materials.- Chromogenic materials.- Types of chromogenic materials.- Manufacturing and processes related tochromogenic materials and applications.- Applications of chromogenic materials (products, projects, concepts).

Summary

This book presents a design-driven investigation into smart materials developed by chemists, physicists, materials and chemical engineers, and applied by designers to consumer products. Introducing a class of smart materials, that change colors, the book presents their characteristics, advantages, potentialities and difficulties of applications of this to help understanding what they are, how they work, how they are applied. The books also present a number of case studies: products, projects, concepts and experiments using smart materials, thus mapping out new design territories for these innovative materials. These case studies involve different fields of design, including product, interior, fashion and communication design. Within the context of rising sustainable and human-centered design agendas, the series will demonstrate the role and influence of these new materials and technologies on design, and discuss how they can implement and redefine our objects and spaces to encourage more resilient environments.

Product details

• Authors: Murat Bengisu, Marinell Ferrara, Marinella Ferrara
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.03.2013
• EAN: 9783319002897
• ISBN: 978-3-31-900289-7
• No. of pages: 139
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 236 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 241 g
• Illustrations: VII, 139 p. 86 illus.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology; SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology / PoliMI SpringerBriefs; PoliMI SpringerBriefs; SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology; PoliMI SpringerBriefs
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; C, Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Materials—Surfaces, Surface chemistry & adsorption, Thin films, Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films, Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Film, Industrial chemistry & chemical engineering, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering