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Making it : manufacturing techniques for product design / [Chris Lefteri and Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design]

By: Lefteri, Chris [author.].
Contributor(s): Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (London, England) [author.].
Publisher: London : Laurence King Publishing Ltd., ©2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: Third edition.Description: 312 p: illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1786273284; 9781786273284; 1786273276 (paperback); 9781786273277 (paperback).Subject(s): Manufacturing processes -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Industrial design -- Handbooks, manuals, etcGenre/Form: Handbooks and manuals. | Handbooks and manuals. | Print books.
Contents:
Cut from solid -- Sheet -- Continuous -- Into solid -- Complex -- Advanced -- Finishing techniques -- Joining.
Summary: "With specially commissioned diagrams, case studies and step-by-step photographs of the manufacturing process, Making It uses contemporary design as a vehicle to describe production processes. It lists their pros and cons, suitable production volumes, costs involved, speed of production, relevant materials, and typical applications. The new edition also evaluates each process in terms of sustainability and its effects upon the environment."--Back cover.
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Includes glossary and index.

"...written by a designer for designers"--Back cover.

"New [3rd] edition includes six new processes and an all-new section on joining techniques."--Back cover.

Cut from solid -- Sheet -- Continuous -- Into solid -- Complex -- Advanced -- Finishing techniques -- Joining.

"With specially commissioned diagrams, case studies and step-by-step photographs of the manufacturing process, Making It uses contemporary design as a vehicle to describe production processes. It lists their pros and cons, suitable production volumes, costs involved, speed of production, relevant materials, and typical applications. The new edition also evaluates each process in terms of sustainability and its effects upon the environment."--Back cover.

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