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department store in Chicago. To create the name, wordsmith Waldo Warren was hired by Marshall Field's and spent two days listening to Fuller, getting a feel for his idiosyncratic use of language—later playing with the syllables typical of Fuller's speech until he and Fuller agreed on the word
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Fuller eventually renamed his elaborate journal—a highly specific, highly detailed self-documentation of his life—as the
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Fuller used the word for many of his inventions during the decades to follow, including the Dymaxion house, the
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A name was needed for the display of Fuller's first architectural model, later to be known as the
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This article is about a term coined by Buckminster Fuller. For the map projection, see
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schedule he followed, consisting of four 30-minute naps throughout the day.
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and associated with much of his work—prominently his
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Artificial term used by Fuller to attribute his inventions
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The Last Dymaxion: Buckminster Fuller’s Dream Restored
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Index

Dymaxion map
Dymaxion (disambiguation)

Henry Ford Museum
Buckminster Fuller
Dymaxion house
Dymaxion car
portmanteau
Dymaxion house
Marshall Field's
Dymaxion deployment unit
Dymaxion car
Dymaxion world map
polyphasic sleep
Dymaxion Chronofile
Buckminster Fuller's Universe
ISBN
978-0-7382-0379-9
R. Buckminster Fuller
"R. Buckminster Fuller"
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Buckminster Fuller
Nine Chains to the Moon
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
Critical Path
Dymaxion Chronofile
Dymaxion house
Dymaxion car

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