The following project was completed for my Graphic Design 1 class in the Design & Industry Department at San Francisco State University. I designed and layed out the cover and contents of this Buckminster Fuller manuscript from scratch. I photographed or created all of the content that appears inside. The book is trade size (6 x 9 in.) and is 114 pages long.
Using the embedded application from blurb.com, you can flip through the contents of the book below. (I recommend doing so in fullscreen)
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Brief Summary of the Book:
Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) was an architect, engineer, geometrician, cartographer, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the famous geodesic dome, and one of the most brilliant thinkers of his time. For more than five decades, he set forth his comprehensive perspective on the world’s problems in numerous essays, which offer an illuminating insight into the intellectual universe of this renaissance man. These texts remain surprisingly topical even today, decades after their initial publication.
Initially published in 1969, and one of Fuller’s most popular works, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth is a brilliant synthesis of his world view. In this very accessible volume, Fuller investigates the great challenges facing humanity, and the principles for avoiding extinction and “exercising our option to make it.” How will humanity survive? How does automation influence individualization? How can we utilize our resources more effectively to realize our potential to end poverty in this generation? He questions the concept of specialization, calls for a design revolution of innovation, and offers advice on how to guide “spaceship earth” toward a sustainable future.
A larger view of the book's cover page:
