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In honor of the 50th anniversary of Buckminster Fuller's patent for the geodesic dome, the U.S. Postal Service has created these awesome Buckminster Fuller stamps. Based on a Time magazine cover illustration by Boris Artzybasheff, Gothamist loves how Fuller's head is a dome - we'd dig a doll like that. And Fuller's first name was Richard, but came to be called "Bucky." Gothamist was obsessed with bucky balls, which are "carbon-composed clusters of 60 carbon atoms" back in day, probably because we thought it was so cool someone was named "Buckminster." You can find out more about the inventor, architect, engineer, designer, geometrician, cartographer and philosopher Fuller at the Buckminster Fuller Institute.
And a few months ago, the U.S.P.S. announced new stamps with the works of Isamu Noguchi. The wonderful Noguchi Museum in Queens, which has just reopened, also has a sculpture that Noguchi did of Bucky Fuller. These stamps are so elegant, Gothamist is motivated to to get started on our holiday cards.
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I wished I could sew, so I could make a doll that looked like Bucky. But since it's made up of triangles, I might be able to do it.
Back in 1967 I got a scholarship to study at the Skowhegan School of painting and sculpture for their summer program. It was my good fortune that Buckminster Fuller was scheduled to lecture. He was one of a large group of people such as Al Held, Ron Bladen, Roy Lichtenstein, etc, who spoke to us art students that summer.
Fuller, however, was the most riveting. A small man, I think in his 80’s at the time, wearing a dark suit and tie. He shuffled out on to the stage and in an act of transfiguration, became a dynamo of energy and wisdom. He spoke for 3 hours non-stop and held us would be artist-knuckleheads in rapture and enthralled. No one fidgeted or blinked as he told us his vision for the future. It was an evening real world magic.
I'm currently working on a project that's centered around Bucky's philosophy and arcitecture. I'd like to find out who did the art for the postage stamp of Bucky. Also I'd like to know how to get into contact with the artist. I'm looking forward to your response.
Thank you for your time.
~Flash~