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The Dymaxion was included in the 2009 book Fifty Cars That Changed The World [17] and was the subject of the 2012 documentary The Last Dymaxion. In 2008, The New York Times said Fuller "saw the Dymaxion, as he saw much of the world, as a kind of provisional prototype, a mere sketch, of the glorious, eventual future."
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[7] [8] Fuller designed and built three car prototypes shaped like zeppelin and called them Dymaxion, short for Dynamic Maximum Tension. The filmmaker, Noel Murphy, a descendant of a General Motors founder, has spent about $100,000 so far, traveling to Fuller archives and New England factory sites and interviewing those interested in Fuller.
The Dymaxion car, c. 1933, artist Diego Rivera shown entering the car, carrying coat. The Dymaxion car was a vehicle designed by Fuller, featured prominently at Chicago's 1933-1934 Century of Progress World's Fair. [60] During the Great Depression, Fuller formed the Dymaxion Corporation and built three prototypes with noted naval architect ...
Dymaxion is a term coined by architect and inventor Buckminster Fuller and associated with much of his work, prominently his Dymaxion house and Dymaxion car. A portmanteau of the words dynamic , maximum , and tension , [ 1 ] Dymaxion sums up the goal of his study, "maximum gain of advantage from minimal energy input".
Dymaxion is a term coined by Buckminster Fuller to describe his work. Dymaxion may also refer to: Dymaxion map, a map projection that minimizes distortion of landmasses; Dymaxion car; Dymaxion house; Dymaxion Chronofile; Dymaxion deployment unit; The Last Dymaxion, a 2012 documentary film
I went to an automobile museum in Sparks Nevada which had a Dymaxion and cars from every year in the 1930's and they were all certainly more than 10 feet long. Sitting behind the wheel of the Dymaxion reminded me a lot of my 1960's Volkswagon bus -- bench seat, floor shift, rear engine, similar roof gutter, light weight.