1. Antonelli, P. (1995) “Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, ny, usa. isbn 0-87070-132-0 and 0-8109-6145-8. (A moma publication to accompany their extensive 1995 review of materials in product.)
2. Arredo, F. (2000) “Materials and Ideas for the Future,” Material Connexion, 4, Columbus Circle, New York, ny, usa. (The catalog of an exhibition at the Salon Internatazionale del Mobile, Milan, 2000.)
3. Ashby, M.F., Shercliff, H.R. and Cebon, D. (2013) “Materials: Science, Engineering, Processing, Design”, 3rd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, uk. isbn 978-0-7506-8391-3. (A text that complements this book, presenting methods for selecting materials and processes to meet technical design requirements, and presenting a large number of material property charts.)
4. Ashby, M.F. (2013, 2009) “Materials and the Environment”, 2nd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, uk. isbn 978-1-85617-608-8. (A teaching text that provides the resources – background, methods, data – to enable environmental issues to be introduced into the Materials courses.)
5. Byars, M. (1995) “Innovations in Design and Materials: 50 Chairs;” (1997) “50 Lights” and “50 Tables;” (1998) “50 Products,” rotovision sa, Switzerland. isbn 2-88046-264-9. (Byars assembles pictures of contemporary products, listing designer and principal materials.)