Buckminster fuller and his fabulous designs

Abstract

Richard Buckminster Fuller was an American designer who created fantastic designs. His non-conformist creative design ability was augmented with an urge to realize the prototypes not only for practical demonstration but also for widespread use. His creations called for new vocabulary such as synergy, tensegrity, Dymaxion, and the eponymous Fullerene. He had a design science philosophy of his own. He thought beyond the design of artifacts. He strived for sustainable living in the global world long before these concepts became important for the world to deal with. He is described as a comprehensive anticipatory design scientist. In this article, only his physical design artifacts that include two of his lasting design contributions, namely, the tensegrity structures and the geodesic domes are discussed.