Of Time Locks, Tetra Cities, and Dymaxion Automobiles: Buckminster Fuller and the Whitney Exhibit

I recently went to the exhibit at the Whitney Museum showcasing the ideas, designs, and intentions of one R. Buckminster Fuller, who, besides having one tremendous name, was a sort of mad scientist for the forces of Good. He was a true visionary, and the kind of bold thinker who not only thought up new methods of solving just about every hiccup in the facets of human existence, he completely rethought the very nature of human existence in and of itself. In some ways, it seems that Mr. Fuller was not of this dimension. He seems to be a visitor from another Earth in the realm of the multiverse, who somehow escaped through a multi-dimensional wormhole and wound up here for a little while.

Besides the practical applications of his designs, structures, devices, and maps, he had a knack for names and logos. "Time Lock" and "Dymaxion" are my personal favorites, and the look of his Dymaxion Car is my kind of ride:

A dirigible on wheels!

WNYC recently had the curators of the exhibit on the Lopate show and This Recording's Molly Young visited the exhibit and had her own take on it.

Speaking of This Recording, in non-Dymaxion Time Lock Thermomovementation Device News, they've had some other recent articles of note:
Fungi
The Deliciousness (or lack there of) of Disgusting Food
Another Chapter In Their Continuing Valid Obsession With Redheads
(See Previously: In Praise of Jews)