“The label “3D printing” is often used to cover all techniques enabling data to be turned into objects. Whereas there are actually any number of possibilities in terms of technology, materials and application. An overview.” – You can find The dictionary of digital fabrication (or Das Wörterbuch der digitalen Fabrikation) at Stylepark.

Further articles (see below) on digital fabrication can be found at www.stylepark.com
– Industrial design in the postindustrial age by Stefan Diez
– Factory – everywhere by Thomas Wagner
– Beautiful printed world by Martina Metzner