dymaxion

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(thing) by xunker (3.2 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Sun Jul 02 2000 at 23:50:31

Dymaxion(tm) is a shorter name for what is known as the "Fuller Projection Dymaxion Map Design". A map projection scheme in the vein as the Mercator, except that the Dymaxion is a "top down view" (ie, the center of the map at the north pole) and it is layed out as teselated triangles, and when combined form an Icosahedron (thanks Gorgonzola) . Designed by the Buckminster Fuller Design Institute.

(idea) by Dodopod (1.1 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Sun Jun 22 2008 at 20:10:59

A word invented by Richard Buckminster Fuller as a portmantau of "dynamic" and "maximum service". It was also the name of several of Fuller's inventions such as the Dymaxion car, the Dymaxion sleep schedule, and the Fuller projection as xunker said above.

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Buckminster Fuller	Dymaxion car	Dymaxion Dwelling Machine	Icosahedron
Fuller projection	Takako Minekawa	Systems thinking	Everyman Sleep Schedule
Paolo Soleri	IMAX	Steve Albini	gorgonzola

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