{"product_id":"r-buckminster-fuller-r-buckminster-fuller-9783037786093","title":"R. Buckminster Fuller: Pattern-Thinking","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor Fuller, nature \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e the most exquisite technology we know; and what underlies all of his work is the quest to uncover nature's fundamental principles--in order to foster their manifestation as a \u003ci\u003epattern integrity\u003c\/i\u003e 'for successfully regenerating all life aboard our planetary spaceship.'\" -Jaime Lawrence Snyder, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLars M?ler Fuller Series Editor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e 2021 holiday gift guide pick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe work of R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) is among the most extraordinary and inventive in 20th-century design and architecture, not least for its incorporation of a range of intellectual and technical disciplines. Fuller described himself as an \"engineer, inventor, mathematician, architect, cartographer, philosopher, poet, cosmogonist, comprehensive designer and choreographer.'' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eR. Buckminster Fuller: Pattern-Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e is a major reassessment of Fuller's legacy in the context of design, examining his singular vision of new conceptual models for design and architecture, alongside his ideas on their potentially world-altering consequences. Drawing extensively on his archive and with over 300 images, the book follows Fuller's explorations of geometry, language and intellectual property in their relation to design principles and pedagogy, organizing its survey of Fuller's work through parallel conceptual threads rather than in a linear chronology of his career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Lez-P駻ez\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor and a founding faculty member of the Architecture Program at the University of San Diego. By way of several publications and curatorial projects, Lez-P駻ez has emerged as an authority on Fuller, having edited \u003ci\u003eFuller in Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) and \u003ci\u003eR. Buckminster Fuller: World Man\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), the latter of which was picked as Design Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eArchitect\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He was also the curator of a week of lectures and exhibitions on Fuller at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2014.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. Buckminster Fuller, Daniel Lopez-Perez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3037786094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783037786093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lars Muller Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.50w x 1.20d","brand":"R. Buckminster Fuller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051514851583,"sku":"9783037786093","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85df31dc-94c5-4213-a0e3-02f98c6ec28d.jpg?v=1685013558","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/r-buckminster-fuller-r-buckminster-fuller-9783037786093","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}