Blog/Starting with the Universe
Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe will be on view June 26, 2008-September 21, 2008 at the Whitney.
One of the great American visionaries of the twentieth century, R. Buckminster Fuller endeavored to see what he, a single individual, might do to benefit the largest segment of humanity while consuming the minimum of the earth’s resources. Doing “more with less” was Fuller’s credo. He described himself as a “comprehensive anticipatory design scientist,” setting forth to solve the escalating challenges that faced humanity before they became insurmountable.