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In this alternative map of the world, Buckminster Fuller offers an alternative to the very concept of the institutional map. A map of the globe is projected onto the surface of a polyhedron. It has no up or down, it is not a traditional view of the globe.

Dymaxion Map

Created by visionary designer Buckminster Fuller in 1946 the Dymaxion map is a projection of a global map onto the surface of a polyhedron which can be unfolded in many different ways and flattened to form a two-dimensional map, retaining relative proportional integrity. Fuller notes that the Dymaxion map has no up or down and no right way up, just like the universe. Source: Wikipedia


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