Buckminster Fuller believed in solving problems by design. In fact, he believed that all the problems, large and small, facing Spaceship Earth—the term he coined for our planet—could be solved by ...

For decades, Buckminster Fuller maintained a reputation as a visionary innovator transforming our approach to everything from auto design to architecture to geometry. He was profiled in Time as early ...

For the 1933 model year, Henry Ford introduced a still-stylish line coupes and sedans while the visionary Buckminster Fuller promoted his “Car of the Future”, the Dymaxion. Henry’s flathead V8 ...

His vision of a tech-optimized future inspired a generation. But his true talent was for burnishing his own image. If you have any mental image of Buckminster Fuller, you might picture him as a ...

The Montreal Biosphère, formerly the American Pavilion of Expo 67, by R. Buckminster Fuller, Montreal, Quebec. Image via Wikipedia Commons Today we know R. Buckminster Fuller primarily through his ...

The biography “Inventor of the Future,” by Alec Nevala-Lee, explores the dreams and failures of an American optimist. By Witold Rybczynski When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our ...

A man brimming with big ideas, Buckminster Fuller saw the grand flow of history and sought to direct it into more constructive channels. Among the crises he identified before they entered the popular ...

Buckminster Fuller, 1978. (Photo by Frank Lennon/Toronto Star via Getty Images) Across the St. Lawrence River from downtown Montreal, an ethereal and monumental sphere can be seen rising from the ...