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Buckminster Fuller: Poet of Geometry

Buckminster Fuller: Poet of Geometry

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Buckminster Fuller: Poet of Geometry

Buckminster Fuller: Poet of Geometry

Overview

In Buckminster Fuller: Poet of Geometry author artist and designer Cole Gerst brings us the illustrated life story of renowned 20th century inventor and utopian visionary, Buckminster Fuller. Most known for inventing the geodesic dome, Bucky Fuller dedicated his life to solving problems for humanity by doing more with less. Fuller’s ideas continue to influence generations of designers, architects, scientists, and artists working to create a more sustainable planet. This richly written and illustrated biography with over 140 full color images reflects on the importance of Fuller’s work during his lifetime and highlights how his ideas are even more relevant today than ever.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780615873442
Publisher: Overcup Press
Publication date: 11/02/2013
Pages: 143
Product dimensions: 8.60(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Cole Gerst is a multidisciplinary creative living in Portland, Oregon. He runs an independent design agency, Option-G, which provides branding, design, illustration, and animation for a variety of clients worldwide. Gerst has won awards for his design and illustration work from Communication Arts, Print Magazine, American Corporate Identity, and How Magazine. His paintings have been nominated for the National Resources Defense Council Arts Prize and his company, Option-G, has been nominated for and won multiple design and animation awards.

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Bucky concluded that out of all the advances that mankind was making, housing was falling far behind. He thought his own daughter had even died due to poor housing conditions. He devoted himself to making the living situations better for all. Using his past experiences with the Navy and The Stockade Building Company he started his quest to do more with less.

Using less material equaled less money required to build. He looked at how sailing masts were built and how dirigibles used engineering and lightweight materials to achieve a lighter than air quality. Noticing how bicycle spokes used tension to create a rigid structure, he saw the benefits of applying this technique to building. The tetrahedron, he concluded, was the basic building block of the universe because of its strength and doing more with less.

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