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Monday, July 7, 2008
A favorite sculptor of mine, Isamu Noguchi, was the first to draw the Dymaxion!
Posted by st at 7:24 PMThe above video was found at http://meinekleinefabrik.blogspot.com/2010/06/shall-we-motor.html
 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/automobiles/collectibles/15BUCKY.html?_r=1&ref=collectibles&oref=login The 1933 Dymaxion, designed by Buckminster Fuller is on exhibition (it started June 26) at the Whitney Museum of American Art. New Yorkers will get to look it over, as it's on loan from the Reno, Nevada National Automobile Museum.The Dymaxion attained 30 mpg, which was unheard of in any car of it's time. It could carry 11 people, was a three wheeler, steered by the rear wheel, and could do a U-turn in its own length, which was about twice as long as a car of it's era at 20ft, and was shown to the world at the Chicago 1933 World's Fair. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_car
For a gallery of it being built and displayed: http://community.livejournal.com/dieselpunk/166227.html
http://www.washedashore.com/projects/dymax/chronology.html
For some interesting inventions, or ideas, by Bucky... see http://www.goodmagazine.com/section/Guide/good_guide_r_buckminster_fuller_3_of_6
Labels: Art Deco, design, Dymaxion, streamliner
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