In ‘Pushing Boundaries – Pioneers of Advanced Technologies’, Simone and Christoph Völcker, the editors and initiators of the 3D Pioneers Challenge, bring together voices from design, architecture, science and industry. International experts explore the future of additive technologies, shedding light on everything from sustainable material cycles and digital manufacturing to visionary applications in medicine, mobility and construction.

Ross Lovegrove, a long-standing jury member who has provided influential impetus, wrote the foreword. Lutz Dietzold, the German Design Council’s Managing Director and longtime jury member, opens the design chapter with an essay on design’s transformative power. In architecture, Patrik Schumacher of Zaha Hadid Architects describes how additive manufacturing is opening up new tectonic paradigms and shaping 21st-century building culture.

Featuring inspiring projects, from the first printed heart to the 3D-printed metal bridge in Amsterdam, ‘Pushing Boundaries’ demonstrates how technology and design are shaping the future together. This book captures the spirit of competition and provides impetus for research, industry and politics, in keeping with the spirit of ‘pushing boundaries’.