Additive Materials: Printing the Future

Manufacturing is shifting from shaping materials to *building with intent*. Additive Materials: Printing the Future examines how additive manufacturing transforms not just how objects are made, but how materials themselves are designed.
This book takes a fabrication-first approach. It explores how 3D printing enables precise control over material placement, internal structure, and composition—capabilities impossible with traditional manufacturing. The focus is on materials engineered specifically for additive processes, not retrofitted from conventional methods.
Readers learn how lattice structures, graded materials, and multi-material printing unlock performance gains in strength, weight, and functionality. The book also addresses real constraints: print speed, repeatability, certification, and scale.
This book explores:
• Why additive manufacturing changes material design rules
• How structure replaces bulk in performance optimization
• Why materials must be designed for printing, not adapted
• Where additive materials deliver real-world advantages
• How digital design connects directly to physical matter
This book is for engineers, manufacturers, designers, and innovators shaping the next generation of production. If the future is printed layer by layer, this book explains how materials make that future possible.