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"Since 1977 was the fifty-year target date, I began the prototyping of my Fly's Eye dome, which embodied design attention to all that I had learned not only throughout that fifty-year development period but in all my thirty-two earlier years." Read more
2013 Challenge Juror and design science pioneer, Jay Baldwin, introduces his student Griffin Goldsmith on Buckminster Fuller and Biomimicry. Read more
The Henry Ford Museum is restoring the Wichita Prototype of the Dymaxion House. We took the occasion to ask Fuller's colleague and Dymaxion House expert, Jay Baldwin, a little bit about the structure. Read more
BFI is excited to share the news that the 50 foot fly's eye dome is undergoing a complete restoration and will be unveiled as the centerpiece of the Toulouse Contemporary Art Festival, May 24th in Toulouse, France. Read more
Each year, the Buckminster Fuller Institute awards $100,000 to support the development and implementation of a solution that has significant potential to solve one of humanity’s most pressing problems. Here is our call for proposals! Read more
Help us find the best projects across the globe to enter the Buckminster Fuller Challenge. Share their names and contact information by filling out the below, and we will contact them directly to invite them to enter. Read more
BFI is now accepting applications for the 2013 Fellowship Program, designed to engage outstanding and motivated participants in the critical thinking and decision-making process of the Buckminster Fuller Challenge. Read more
In the spirit of New Year's resolutions, we are publishing Bucky's Self-Disciplines, for inspiration. Tell us which ones you will be working on in 2013! Read more
We are excited to announce the details of the 2013 cycle of the Buckminster Fuller Challenge, which will begin accepting applications on March 1, 2013. Read more
BFI is launching our year-end fundraiser! We'd like to offer any donor of $10 or more this newsprint poster of Fuller's rarely seen 1928 drawing of the 4D tower light projections. Support our work and build your Fuller archive! Read more
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