Description
Museum-quality poster made on long-lasting matte (uncoated) archival paper. This poster paper is more yellowish (off white) as no optical brighteners are used during production
– Paper-weight: 250 gsm / 110 lb
– Shipped in sturdy packaging protecting the poster
Printed and shipped on demand. No minimums.
The Fuller Projection Map, also known as the Dymaxion Map, is the only flat map of the entire surface of the Earth which reveals our planet as one island in one ocean, without any visually obvious distortion of the relative shapes and sizes of the land areas and without splitting the continents. It was developed by R. Buckminster Fuller who, “By 1954, after working on the map for several decades,” finally realized a “satisfactory deck plan of the six and one half sextillion tons Spaceship Earth.”
The Dymaxion Map was co-developed by Shoji Sadao who contributed to its evolution at a key point in the process. See this Stanford Libraries interview with Sadao for details on his contributions.
Fuller was one of many to recognize how maps shape our worldview, policy and decisions. The most common map is the Mercator projection, and this represents distortions such as Greenland appearing as large as all of Africa (in fact it is 13x smaller).
The Dymaxion Map was a way to right-size our view of Spaceship Earth and thus equip humanity with a better tool to address existential challenges and systems interventions.
This edition was first designed in Raleigh, North Carolina by Bucky while at Black Mountain College. The ocean is colored light gray and the land masses are softly color-coded for mean annual temperatures.
BFI offer this map in a variety of sizes and products, produced using sustainably sourced materials. All framed canvas prints come with a 100% real wood “floating” frame with a matte black enamel finish, 1 3/4″ deep, hand-assembled to order, with pre-installed hanging hardware, ready for immediate display on your wall.
The word Dymaxion, Spaceship Earth and the Fuller Projection Map are trademarks of the Buckminster Fuller Institute. All rights reserved.
Like it’s namesake, The Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) is dedicated to “making the world work for 100% of humanity.” Our programs cultivate and support projects that embody comprehensive approaches to solving the world’s most pressing problems.
Consider supporting our work by buying maps today. All proceeds go directly to BFI’s programming.
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