This thesis focuses on the material selection process in industrial design activity and
existing material selection sources particularly used by industrial designers.
Therefore, in this study, the knowledge about materials the designers need, and
materials selection sources and the methods they use are explored. The aim is, to
propose guidelines for a materials selection source basing on the designers&rsquo / needs
and expectations from such a guide. The thesis consists of a critical review of the
literature on existing materials sources and a field study conducted with 20 industrial
designers practicing in Turkey.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12605174/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 July 2004 |
| Creators | Karana, Elvin |
| Contributors | Hasdogan, Gulay |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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