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'The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller' with Yo La Tengo at SFIFF - SFGate.com (blog)

2012-05-03
SFGate.com (blog)'The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller' with Yo La Tengo at SFIFFSFGate.com (blog)Understatement of the millennium: Buckminster Fuller was a complex fellow. Summing up his life is near impossible (but the man himself gave it a good try with his Dymaxion Chronofile) and the best we might do in 30 minutes is what a few lucky ticket ...and more »
May
15

Tonight: Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club presents Sam Lanahan of Flextegrity ... - Core77.com (blog)

2012-05-15
Core77.com (blog)Tonight: Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club presents Sam Lanahan of Flextegrity ...Core77.com (blog)Join us Tonight at the Hand-Eye Supply Curiosity Club in lovely downtown Portland, Oregon as Sam Lanahan of Flextegrity expounds on his Buckminster Fuller inspired work with structural materials composed of icosahedral arrays!
Apr
26

Buckminster Fuller and the Reputation Economy - Core77.com (blog)

2012-04-26
Core77.com (blog)Buckminster Fuller and the Reputation EconomyCore77.com (blog)The Buckminster Fuller Challenge, a show at the Whitney, books evaluating his work, and an overview in Wired. What is going on? The time is ripe for his ideas. Sustainable design was a new concept when he started in the 1930's, and even by the 1970's ...and more »
May
16

The Founder of TreeHugger and His Apartment of the Future - New York Times

2012-05-16
New York TimesThe Founder of TreeHugger and His Apartment of the FutureNew York TimesThis is a medley of new-old systems that will be familiar to habitués of recent TED conferences, where Mr. Hill has been a featured speaker, and to frequenters of the self-help section of bookstores and even old-school urbanists and Buckminster Fuller ...
Apr
23

Designing for 'Spaceship Earth': R. Buckminster Fuller's Grand Vision - Wired News

2012-04-23
Wired NewsDesigning for 'Spaceship Earth': R. Buckminster Fuller's Grand VisionWired NewsBy Steven Leckart Inventor, architect, and futurist R. Buckminster Fuller is the James Brown of industrial design. His work has been been sampled, covered, and channeled by countless disciples. Take Fuller's most famous riff, the geodesic dome (which ...
May
16

Make a Buckminster Fuller Blanket Fort

2012-05-16
In 1975 Buckminster Fuller first defined the term tensegrity, a portmanteau of “tensional integrity.” It refers to structural systems that derive their stability from various elements acting against each other with equal force, like the surface tension of a bubble. Tensegrity lies at the heart of giant projects like the Georgia Dome. But you can [...]
May
15

A Geodesic Dome Promises Fish from the Sky

2012-05-15
Ever since R. Buckminster Fuller popularized the design in the mid-20th century, there's been something captivating about the geodesic dome . While the structure typically makes architecture lovers salivate, now it's conquering the heart of another type of urbanist: the city farmer. A new dome-based prototype promises an affordable method of rooftop aquaculture for apartment and commercial ...
Apr
17

A hundred visions and revisions

2012-04-17
SFIFF R. Buckminster Fuller was born before the turn of the last century, and died before the start of this one. But place his philosophical and practical output next to any contemporary thinker, and something seems a bit off.
May
01

Why Live Performance Could Save the Experimental Documentary

2012-05-01
With the world premiere of “The Love Song of Buckminster Fuller” at the San Francisco International Film Festival, Sam Green is reviving the legacy of the prophetic engineer and architect who promoted independent design and sustainability when America was clear-cutting forests, paving wetlands and driving the wasteful cars that almost put General Motors out of business. This twist on the bio-doc ...
Apr
19

The true legacy of an utopian inventor

2012-04-19
A new exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art looks for the legacy of Buckminster Fuller in all the wrong places
May
16

http://t.co/PPPR6FCF (Make a Buckminster Fuller Blanket Fort)

2012-05-16
http://t.co/PPPR6FCF (Make a Buckminster Fuller Blanket Fort)
May
16

RT @SFMOMA: “Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.” - R. Buckminster Fuller. Come be inspired: http://t.co/iLTZVumm

2012-05-16
RT @SFMOMA: “Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.” - R. Buckminster Fuller. Come be inspired: http://t.co/iLTZVumm
May
16

Fwd: Join Us on June 6th for the 2012 Buckminster Fuller Challenge Award Ceremony http://t.co/11z4ZmPt

2012-05-16
Fwd: Join Us on June 6th for the 2012 Buckminster Fuller Challenge Award Ceremony http://t.co/11z4ZmPt
May
16

"Everyone is born a genius,but the process of living de-genius them." -Buckminster Fuller-

2012-05-16
"Everyone is born a genius,but the process of living de-genius them." -Buckminster Fuller-
May
16

RT @SFMOMA: “Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.” - R. Buckminster Fuller. Come be inspired: http://t.co/iLTZVumm

2012-05-16
RT @SFMOMA: “Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.” - R. Buckminster Fuller. Come be inspired: http://t.co/iLTZVumm