RetoVision's 'Materials for inspirational design' series explores the myriad possibilities of materials for today's designer. Both inspirational and educational, each book in the series introduces the properties of a material and demonstrates just some of its extraordinary possibilities. Gorgeous images of classic and new, innovative products and applications. combined with solid technical information make a uniquely attractive and practical blueprint for the series, of which Ceramics is the fourth title. The books examine materials in architecture, interior design, product design, furniture design, fashion and applied arts. No application is left untouched. This is a must-have series for all designers, architects and artists who wish to know more about the materials they work with. Ceramics introduces a wide range of ceramic materials, concentrating not on the predictable craft areas but the more advanced and surprising applications of interest to professional designers. Featured are basins and toilets, scissors and knives, heat protection titles as used on the Space Shuttle, composites, conductive and wearable materials and advanced building components.