3D打印机将会在更多的商店、办公室、家庭中使用。有了它们，我们可以随时打印一些小件家具、样机、拆换零件，甚至牙刷等，随之而来的是生产模式和商业模式的转变。如今，3D打印机打印出来的产品是传统制作方法无法比拟的。

这本书不仅介绍了3D打印创作出来的作品、出色的作者，还介绍了如何操控打印技术等实际性的问题。

printers will soon be found in more and more workshops, offices, and homes. With them, we will be able to print out small pieces of furniture, prototypes, replacement parts, and even a new toothbrush on-site at any time. Consequently, new production methods and business models are developing—along with a new visual language of multidimensional formal explorations. Today, 3D objects and complex forms can already be printed out that were previously impossible to achieve with traditional methods.

Printing Things is an inspirational and understandable exploration of the creative potential of 3D printing. The book not only introduces outstanding projects, key experts, and the newest technologies, but it also delves into the complex topics that these paradigm-shifting technologies bring up, such as how to handle copyrights and seamless manufacturing.