Product Description

From plastics with the strength and durability of metal, to mass-produced skins, sensuous plastics, and rental DVDs that expire 48 hours after you ve opened the packaging, The Plastics Handbook offers a fascinating insight into the most innovative and unusual plastics for designers and manufacturers throughout the world. This book gets under the skin of products and materials to reveal the hidden qualities of plastics, exploring the materials that surround us today, and those that will surround us tomorrow, together with their practical applications. The Plastics Handbook is your essential guide to who is making what, from contemporary designer materials to the products of the future, featuring facts and applications for hundreds of new plastic products and materials. The book also has an extensive resources section, including a glossary, a guide to different types of plastics, diagrams of standard manufacturing processes, plus useful website addresses.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #87745 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

About the Author
Chris Lefteri is a Senior Lecturer on the Product Design course at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. He is the author of Plastics, Plastics 2, Metals, Wood, Ceramics, and Glass for RotoVision. He lives in Barnet, UK.

Customer Reviews

Excellent Buy!
very concise book listing everything the budding designer or engineer needs to know about modern plastics. Easy to read and crisp layout with great illustrations. Overall well worth the money very informative!