A Study on the Usage of Material Aesthetics in Car Design

Abstract:

The purpose of this paper is to explore how the aesthetics of material is applied to car design. Based on a series of current material research with substantive examples, the paper will encourage car designers to be more experimental in their choice of materials and designs. It covers four physiologically sections including visual, tactile, auditory, and olfactory perceptions of materials. In addition, four typical case studies will showcase the present status and development trends of materials science within the automobile industry.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 251)
• Pages: 469-475
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.251.469
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Li Ming Fu, Ming Yang Sun
• Keywords: Car Design, Material Aesthetics, Sensory Perception

References

[1] M. Ashby, K. Johnson, Materials and Design., Published by Elsevier Ltd. (2002).

[2] H.F. Zou and M. Jones, Exploration into formal aesthetics in design: (material) texture (2005).

[3] Kenneth G. Budinski, Michael K. Budinski, Engineering Materials: Properties and Selection. 7th, Prentice Hall, ( 2000).

[4] D. Bramston and M. Thoughts, AVA Publishing SA. (2009).

[5] Information on http: /auto. howstuffworks. com/under-the-hood /auto- manufacturing/5- materials-used-in-auto-manufacturing. htm.

[6] Information on http: /www. babez. de/mitsubishi/outlander. php.