The Book of 3D Printed Art
A large-format art book documenting the most extraordinary objects created through additive manufacturing — across sculpture, fashion, architecture, aerospace, medicine, and beyond. 13 years in the making. No comparable book exists.
3D printing has transformed every creative field it has touched. But no book has ever gathered this work together, presented as what it is: an art movement with its own aesthetic, its own material culture, and its own history.
Impossible Works is a 10 × 12 inch museum-quality hardcover — in the tradition of Taschen design monographs and Thames & Hudson art history volumes — covering 100+ projects across seven thematic chapters, authored by one of the field's most authoritative voices.
Featured artists include contributors from galleries, museums, research laboratories, and design studios across 20+ countries.
Watch the Kickstarter campaign video and industry coverage from 3Dnatives.
Kickstarter Campaign Video
3Dnatives Coverage
Industry coverage from 3Dnatives, one of the world's leading additive manufacturing media outlets.
Physical Prototype
A prototype for the Founders' Edition cover was 3D printed by Professor Olaf Diegel — one of the world's foremost AM designers — using laser powder bed fusion in PA12 nylon. This prototype was the campaign's single highest-engagement content.
The Founders' Edition features a cover physically printed by Professor Olaf Diegel — an AM designer whose work spans jewelry, musical instruments, and complex functional art. When the prototype was shared, it generated the campaign's strongest response: more engagement than any endorsement, any media coverage, or any layout preview.
"I know this book will exceed expectations. Can't wait to get my hands on it. I'm optimistic you will reach your goal."
Terry Wohlers
Distinguished Fellow, Wohlers Associates & ASTM AM CoE
Author of the Wohlers Report — the industry's definitive annual publication
"I want to support this work. I'm very much looking forward to this book. If you're intrigued by this project, I hope you'll consider supporting it, too."
Peter Zelinski
Co-creator, Additive Manufacturing Media & The Cool Parts Show
Endorsed via dedicated video posted to his LinkedIn audience
"It's a beautiful season to support some of your favorite former editors-in-chief in the #3Dprinting world… Michael Molitch-Hou has also launched a Kickstarter to support the publication of a STUNNING book."
Sarah Goehrke
Founder, Additive Integrity
Former Editor-in-Chief, 3DPrint.com
"I wrote this once, but I’ll say it again: Michael Molitch-Hou is the greatest AM writer alive...And now Michael is releasing a book! And not just any book - a true rarity. A collector’s item."
Pawel Slusarczyk
Founder, Atomic Layers / 3D Printing Journal
Editorial coverage with explicit call to action to followers
"Some of the most interesting work in AM emerges where engineering meets art. Michael Molitch-Hou's Impossible Works captures exactly this intersection."
Ulf Lindhe
Founder, Netfabb
The de facto industry-standard AM print preparation software
VoxelMatters ↗
"Journalist Michael Molitch-Hou to publish Impossible Works, a book on 3D printed art"
Editor Davide Sher broke the site's no-crowdfunding policy to cover the campaign as a news story.
3D Adept Media ↗
"Some ideas are so obvious they seem impossible. Michael Molitch-Hou's book is both."
Editorial feature by Kety Sindze. March 31, 2026.
Fabbaloo ↗
"New Book 'Impossible Works' Highlights Breakthrough 3D Printed Designs"
Kerry Stevenson editorial. April 3, 2026.
Atomic Layers ↗
"Buy the Book! Be grateful for once…"
Pawel Slusarczyk, 3D Printing Journal. Explicit editorial call-to-action.
Metal AM ↗
"Impossible Works AM art book launches on Kickstarter"
Metal AM & sister pub PIM International, by Inovar Communications — the leading metal AM trade publisher globally.
3Dnatives ↗
Video feature on the Impossible Works Kickstarter campaign
3Dnatives is one of the world's leading additive manufacturing media platforms, with over 1 million monthly readers.
A 30-day Kickstarter campaign concluded April 24, 2026. The crowdfunding channel was structurally mismatched to the book's natural buyer. The data it produced is not.
2–3× the Kickstarter book category median of $30–50.
Without paid advertising. Pure organic reach.
Above the 1–2% personal profile benchmark across 19 posts.
9,651 unique members reached in 5 weeks.
The Founders' Edition ($195, limited to 75) attracted 7 backers — nearly 24% of total funds from a single premium tier. Demand for collectible versions is real and measurable.
Premium TierTop referrers by dollar value: Kickstarter's own editorial curation, direct/no-referrer traffic, LinkedIn, and personal professional outreach. Reddit, TikTok, and YouTube — the maker/hobbyist communities — generated near-zero conversions.
Audience SignalLinkedIn audience demographics showed co-founders, architects, engineers, designers, and educators as top engagers — not hobbyists. The book's natural buyers exist in design/art publishing channels, not crowdfunding.
Demographics15–20 image permissions confirmed from contributing artists, with the author's direct relationships across the contributor base significantly reducing typical rights-clearance friction.
Production ReadyAdditive manufacturing has crossed into mainstream cultural awareness. Consumer printers, architectural milestones, medical breakthroughs, and aerospace applications have entered general media. The window for the first authoritative art book on this movement is open — but it closes as the field matures.
Where this book lives on the shelf:
Campaign Performance Report
Full data analysis: backers, referral sources, LinkedIn analytics, earned media, endorsements, and market positioning. 15 pages.
Kickstarter Campaign
The campaign concluded April 24, 2026. View the full project page:
kickstarter.com/projects/impossibleworks →Verified by campaign demographic data:
Design Schools & Architecture Programs
Institutional adoption, course reference materials
Corporate Design Teams & AM Companies
Professional reference, gift market, bulk orders
Museum Shops & Design Retailers
Gift and reference market, international
Libraries & Academic Collections
AM now core in engineering & design curricula
General Readers — Design, Technology & Art
Anyone who looks at these objects and asks "How is that even real?"
What's in hand
The author is actively seeking a publishing partner for the trade edition of Impossible Works. The campaign performance report, sample chapters, and full manuscript outline are available on request.