When Buckminster Fuller released his Dymaxion map in 1954, the disjointed atlas was unusual, to say the least. He and architect Shoji Sadao created a projection showing all seven continents arranged ...

One of humanity’s longest-surviving dreams has always been that of conquering land, water and air, preferably at the same time, with just one vehicle. To this day, this dream has never been fully ...

Back in the 1930s and 40s, famed visionary, neologist, and “comprehensive, anticipatory design scientist” Buckminster Fuller predicted a world populated by prefabricated metal dome houses built on ...

Did you know that Bridgeport was once the home of “the car of the future?” It was the Tesla of its era, but only three were ever built. Jim Cameron This mystery vehicle? The Dymaxion Car. The designer ...

Nashville's Lane Motor Museum graciously gave us the opportunity to drive their recently completed replica of the Buckminster Fuller-designed Dymaxion car. It was a scary, but fascinating, experience.

Buckminster Fuller had a gleaming, streamlined vision of the future -- a Dymaxion (his own word) future full of mass-produced pod houses, odd sleep schedules and geodesic domes. Lots and lots of ...

A book excerpt from You Belong to the Universe by Jonathon Keats. In 1914, the Swiss architect Le Corbusier attempted to design a house like a car chassis. Comprising horizontal slabs separated by ...

If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. Learn more. *Dymaxion dieselpunk. That is just the greatest. Bucky is never far from my thoughts. We collaborated on projects ...

The History Channel, represented by Noel Murphy Productions, dropped in on OldeWebster.com editor Carla Manzi recently. The Waterhouse Co., established in 1928 to build automobile bodies and located ...