From the June 15 , 2008New York Times :
Buckminster Fuller ’s 1933 Dymaxion , a streamlined pod on three cycle , is one of the lovable eccentric person in self-propelling history . Three were build , toady over by the spiritualist and by celebrities , but the car pretty much vanish after one crashed , killing the driver .
Other streamlined pattern have followed the Dymaxion , including , from top , the 1936 Lincoln Zephyr , the Z.car and the Aptera .
Only one of the elevator car survives , and New Yorkers will get a chance to see it this summertime in an expo opening June 26 at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York called “ Buckminster Fuller : set about With the Universe . ” The car , a nonrunning shell , has been lent by the National Automobile Museum in Reno , Nev.
“ The Dymaxion was the zenith of the first wave of semi - scientific streamlining , ” said Russell Flinchum , a design historian . It present up in newsreels and mag , along with teardrop designs drawn by Norman Bel Geddes , the futurist . It help oneself lead to public acceptance of sleek cars like the 1936 Lincoln Zephyr .
The Dymaxion appealed to the era of the Depression , when people dreamed of radical new technological result to solve overwhelming problems .
See also : Dymaxion Car of the Future ( 1934)Buckminster Fuller Screenprints ( 1981)Fuller ’s Traveling Cartridge ( circa 1960s)The Most Well - document Lives in account
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