PHOTO: (click photo to enlarge) an assembled folded up cardboard dymaxion globe using the Fuller Projection, which was printed in 1967 and distributed as an advertisement by Honeywell of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The base includes the copyright dates of 1943, 1944, 1953, 1954 and 1967 with a notation this invention's intellectual property is protected under a U.S. Patent 2,393,676 by Richard Buckminster Fuller issued Jan 29, 1946. The title printed on the cardboard base says, "Dymaxion Sky-Ocean World, The Honeywell Edition of Fuller Projection, R. Buckminster Fuller and Shoji Sadao Cartographers." (For more on the technology, see "Dymaxion map," wikipedia.org accessed Aug. 5, 2015) Thomas Kraemer received this globe circa 1970 from a Honeywell engineer in Minneapolis who said they were trying to emphasize the global scope of their company.
PHOTO: (click photo to enlarge) a flat, unfolded and unassembled cardboard dymaxion globe using the Fuller Projection, which was printed in 1967 and distributed as an advertisement by Honeywell of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The letters on each tab are used to match up the corresponding tab to be inserted into during assembly. (See assembled folded up version in photo above.) Thomas Kraemer received this globe circa 1970 from a Honeywell engineer in Minneapolis who said they were trying to emphasize the global scope of their company.
PHOTO: An animated GIF showing the folding and unfolding of a dymaxion globe using the Fuller Projection. (See "File:Dymaxion 2003 animation small1.gif," From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
