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Tagged with design science

Eco

Mobility-on-Demand

Zachary Koval

A network of fold-able scooters and tiny electric cars wins the second annual Buckminster Fuller Challenge.

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10-29-09

Tech

Disconnecting the Dots

Roy Christopher

We drive cars to the gym to run miles on a treadmill. Is the alienation we feel from our technological society due to a disconnect between physical goals and tech’s “help” in easing our workload?

 

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7-10-09

Tech

Biomimicry: Designing with Nature

Gil Friend

Industrial designs that consider and emulate nature are more likely to succeed, because they use design principles tested and refined in evolutionary time, and they use materials that renew, replenish, and support life's cycles. (more)

6-30-09

Commons

Sustainability: The Five Core Principles

Michael Ben-Eli

The increasing popularity for "sustainability" has led to growing ambiguity about the concept. The set of five Sustainability Principles proposed here, inspired by the work of Buckminster Fuller, is offered to restore some rigor to our thinking in this vital area. (more)

6-17-09

Tech

Don't Fight Forces, Use Them! : The Integrity of Tension in Science and Architecture

Renee Verdier

What do Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes and the human body have in common? Both speak to the ingenuity of self-assembling structures and their methods of maintaining stability; when you use forces, you don't need to fight them. (more)

4-13-09

Tech

Animal Architecture: Buckminster Fuller's Tensegrity

Renee Verdier

Buckminster Fuller coined the term "tensegrity" to describe the decentralized tension that enabled him to build his famous geodesic domes. But tensegrity structures are not just archtectural forms, they are found in carbon atoms, water molecules, proteins, viruses, cells, tissues, and animals. (more)

3-2-09