Making It: Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design, by Chris Lefteri

This looks like a handy resource for anyone looking to take a project to the manufacturing stage. From Core77:

In this digital age, an encyclopedia seems downright archaic. Especially in the context of modern manufacturing techniques like EBM (“Electron Beam Machining”), where a beam of electrons bores holes denominated in tens of microns through thin materials—in a vacuum no less, because the electrons could be thrown off by air molecules (!). Into this neo-futurist world, Chris Lefteri has provided the second edition of Making It: Manufacturing Technologies for Product Design to catalogue all of the manufacturing tools modern designers have at their disposal. While it may be possible to find more detailed or technical information on the processes he describes, Making It stands as a robust resource for a product designer looking into a new manufacturing technique, an eye-popping compendium for a scientifically minded student, or, perhaps most valuably, as a vehicle for increasing designer awareness of new innovation in manufacturing.

Designers live in a mildly cloistered world where they can concentrate on form factors with a vague awareness of parting lines and minimum thicknesses, but really leave it to the engineers to complete their visions. Making It reads like a layman’s engineering primer, not a product design book. Each manufacturing technology gets its own 2–4 page spread with a glossy product shot, accompanying text, our favorite buzzword “process shots,” and a highlighted info box of the characteristics of the technology.

You can read the full review at Core77.


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1 Comment

  1. Making it is OK, but a bit more money buys Rob Thompsons – “Manufacturing processes for design professionals”, which is kick ass – I recommend to all design students, as an introduction to manufacturing processes.
    It’s visually rich, has excellent photographs and clear diagrams which explain most of the major manufacturing processes.

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