His geodesic dome structures once dotted the American landscape, an innovative design he created as an alternative to traditional housing that could be easily assembled into a finished structure in hours.
Issued by the Buckminster Fuller Institute of Philadelphia, the Dymaxion Sky-Ocean Map was Fuller’s unique projection of Earth, designed to be assembled into (what else?) a geodesic shape.
Offered as a die-cut, ready-to-build model, this Spaceship Earth Edition survived in unconstructed shape to sell for $525 (£415) at JG Autographs in Danvers, Massachusetts, as part of a May 14 History and Culture sale.
What added to this example was Fuller’s dated signature in the lower left of the sheet: Buckminster Fuller, February 23, 1983, just five months before his death.
