Dymaxion Satellite postcard 6x9 25pack

Dymaxion Satellite postcard 6x9 25pack

ODTmaps custom printed 1000 of these SPACESHIP EARTH cards for the Buckminster Fuller Institute...then we did our own ODTMaps version with Dymaxion links on the back sideincluding a QR code linking to Chris Rywalts great video of the Dymaxion unfolding from a globealong with links to ODTs video clip on how and why Fuller created his Dymaxion map. This Spaceship Earth image was created by Jim Knighton and coordinate transformation software written by Robert W. Gray and modified by Jim Knighton. Made from postcard quality stock, but you cannot use it as a postcard in the US mail....the back of the card is jammed with educational resources, One of a series of unique card-handouts from ODTmaps. Others include: The Human Face on Four Map projections, Peters Map, Hobo-Dyer map, Latin America as Seen From Cuba, USA as Seen From Canada, Fullers Dymaxion Map, Mecca-centered World Map, The Minard Map - ""The best statistical graphic ever drawn"", McArthur's Universal Corrective Map, and others. ODTmaps also produced a 4x6 inch postcard of Fullers Raleigh Edition of the Dymaxion Map and the Dymaxion map is available on AMAZON at 11x17 inches and also 22x34 inches. Search YouTube for ODTmaps video Many Ways to See The World which includes a short clip on Fuller as well as telling the stories of 11 other mapmakers and how and why they created the maps they did. Hailed as ""one of the greatest minds of our times,"" R. Buckminster (Bucky) Fuller was renowned for his comprehensive perspective on the world's problems. For more than five decades, he developed pioneering solutions that reflected his commitment to the potential of innovative design to create technology that does ""more with less"" and thereby improves human lives. Fuller was nominated to receive officer training at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he further developed his ability to study problems comprehensively. In 1926, when Fuller's father-in-law, James Monroe Hewlett, developed a new method of producing reinforced concrete buildings, he and Fuller patented the invention, earning Fuller the first of his 25 patents. One of Fuller's lifelong interests was using technology to revolutionize construction and improve human housing. In 1927, after inventing an easily built, air-delivered, modular apartment building, he designed the Dymaxion House, an inexpensive, mass-produced home that could be airlifted to its location. Originally called the 4D House, it was later renamed by a department store that displayed a model of the house. The word ""dymaxion"" was coined by store advertisers and trademarked in Fuller's name. Based on the words ""dynamic,"" ""maximum,"" and ""ion,"" it became a part of the name of many of Fuller's subsequent inventions. The word became synonymous with his design philosophy of ""doing more with less,"" a phrase he later coined to reflect his growing recognition of the accelerating global trend toward the development of more efficient technology. After 1947, one invention dominated Fuller's life and career: the geodesic dome. Lightweight, cost-effective, and easy to assemble, geodesic domes enclose more space without intrusive supporting columns than any other structure; they efficiently distribute stress; and they can withstand extremely harsh conditions. Based on Fuller's ""synergetic geometry,"" his lifelong exploration of nature's principles of design, the geodesic dome was the result of his revolutionary discoveries about balancing compression and tension forces in building. In 1946, Fuller received a patent for another breakthrough invention: the Dymaxion Map, which depicted the entire planet on a single flat map without visible distortion of the relative shapes and sizes of the continents. The map, which can be reconfigured to put different regions at the center, was intended to help humanity better address the world's problems by prompting people to think comprehensively about the planet. In the early 1950's he coined the now familiar phrase ""spaceship earth"" to describe the integral nature of Earth's ""living system."" Throughout his life, Fuller found numerous outlets for his innovative ideas. In the late 1950s he became a professor at Southern Illinois University (SIU), where he and his wife lived in a geodesic dome when he was in residence. In 1972 he was named World Fellow in Residence to a consortium of universities in Philadelphia, including the University of Pennsylvania. He retained his connection with both SIU and the University of Pennsylvania until his death. He was the author of nearly 30 books, and he spent much of his life traveling the world lecturing and discussing his ideas with thousands of audiences. Fuller was later recognized with many major architectural, scientific, industrial, and design awards, both in the United States and abroad, and he received 47 honorary doctorate degrees. In 1983, shortly before his death, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, with a citat