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Transmaterial Charlie and Lola How will such a fundamentalThese days, whether you're designing a building or a toaster, a savvy knowledge of materials is increasingly critical. And keeping up with the constant flow of new materials, let alone their applications, properties, and sources, is an increasingly difficult and time consuming task. Blaine Brownell, author of "Transmaterial", known to thousands of web users for his "product of the week" email service alerting designers to new materials that are