'Visionary rather than practical': Craft, art and material efficiency

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1986, 2013, Pages

  Harrod, Tanya ^a  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autarchy; Plasticity; Rapid prototyping; Recycling; Reverse engineering; Truth to materials

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIA; DESIGN; PLASTICITY; RAPID PROTOTYPING; RECYCLING; REVERSE ENGINEERING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AUTARCHY; EMOTIONAL RESPONSE; MAKING PROCESS; MATERIAL EFFICIENCY; NEW MEDIA; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WASTE DUMPS;

MATERIALS;

EID: 84874270462     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0569     Document Type: Article

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