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Material Design & Discovery (DSGN 224)

Materials

Materials Resources & Research Catalogs

	Healthy Materials Lab Explore this extensive source from the Parsons School of Design. Includes curated material collections, courses, a glossary, and case studies.
	Material Order A shared database for design material collections managed by Harvard GSD’s Frances Loeb Library, RISD’s Fleet Library, and Parsons Donghia Healthier Materials Library
	Material Bank - University Program (use your @nyit.edu account to establish a free account for saving and annotating materials).
	Material District Innovative materials website which includes collection channels for Biobased, Sustainable, and Ecology.
	Mindful Materials Mindful MATERIALS is a free platform with aggregated information on human health and environmental impacts for products from leading manufacturers, vetted by experts passionate about making it easier to make informed product choices.
	Sweets Catalog

OPEN Material Discovery Worksheet

Library Databases

Access Engineering This link opens in a new window
Engineering, Biomedical, Chemical, Environmental sustainable, Energy Petroleum.
Material Connexion This link opens in a new window
Please use your NYIT.edu email to get started.
eBook EngineeringCore This link opens in a new window
Covering key subject areas in engineering including biotechnology, electrical engineering, energy sciences, industrial safety, materials, optics and photonics, project management, robotics, etc.
Home Improvement Collection This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, home repair and remodeling information

DataVis - Material Properties
Materials: More than a Name
This project investigates materials with similar names (aluminum, alumina, alumina (sapphire)), focusing on the fundamental differences between them. Designed by Dr. Susan P. Gentry, Lecturer, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Davis.

https://www.accessengineeringlibrary.com/datavis/material-properties#/document/88a9190d-ad8b-4221-a73a-6170699a4361?page=1

Additional Websites

Picular [Google but for colors]

Rematerialise Eco Smart Materials

University of Texas - Austin Materials Database

Books in Print Highlights include...

Smart materials and technologies : for the architecture and design professions (TA418.9 .S62 A38 2005)
Green Building Materials (TD196 .B85 R53 2011)
LEED Materials (TH12.5 .M45 2010)
Material architecture : emergent materials for innovative buildings and ecological (TA403.6 .F47 2006)
Materials [electronic resource] : engineering, science, processing and design / Michael Ashby, Hugh Shercliff and David Cebon
Composite materials : properties, characterization, and applications / edited by Amit Sachdeva, Pramod Kumar Singh and Hee Woo Rhee.
Materials for Design

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Citations and Academic Integrity

Citations

Confirm the citation style such as MLA, Chicago and APA required by your professor.
The Purdue Online Writing Lab - Chicago Manual of Style with Citation Machine provides general guidelines how to cite different works.
Refer to the Chicago Manual of Style Citation Quick Guide
Build your bibliography with Citation Generators such as Knight Cite; and Citation Builder or the internal reference list using MSOffice.
ALWAYS Give Credit for Images, Diagrams, and Figures:
- Include the following information:
  - Author (Artist or Architect); Title; Date; Location/Repository; Material/Medium; Dimensions (if applicable)
  - Write descriptive captions when including images in the text and include a bibliography entry.
Cite Images from Books, Articles and Images found on the Web. Include the artist's name, the year the work was created, and the institution (e.g. gallery or museum) that houses it (if applicable), followed by the city where it is located, the URL where you found the image, and when.
Cite Maps & Photographs of a Building - Architectural drawings and Models are subject to copyright.

Example:

Albers, Josef (German-American painter, theorist, 1888-1976). 1930. Walter Gropius,
Ascona Sommer 30. Place: The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, http://www.albersfoundation.org.https://library.artstor.org/asset/AALBERT_10311268499.

Evidence Based Design

What is Evidence Based Design?

Evidence-based Design is a process by which, designers "attain the highest quality of research which leads to the best possible design solutions."

- Linda Nussbaumer, Evidence Based Design for Interior Designers.

Evidence-Based Design for Interior Designers by Linda L. Nussbaumer
Call Number: NK2116.5 .B35 2021
ISBN: 9781563677595
Publication Date: 2009-07-30
Landscape Architectural Research by M. Elen Deming; Simon Swaffield
ISBN: 9780470564172
Publication Date: 2011-04-12
Design Tools for Evidence-Based Healthcare Design by Michael Phiri
ISBN: 9780415598729
Publication Date: 2015-02-18
Evidence Based Design by David A. Kopec; E. Sinclair; Bruce Matthes; Dak Kopec
ISBN: 9780132174060
Publication Date: 2011-01-14

Related Course Guide:

DSGN 204

References:

Royal Institute of British Architects. Architects and research-based knowledge: A literature review. (2014). https://www.architecture.com/-/media/gathercontent/architects-and-research-based-knowledge/additional-documents/architectsandresearchbasedknowledgeliteraturereviewpdf.pdf

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