CCT204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Buckminster Fuller, Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon
14 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
CCT204 Design Thinking
Dr. Ann Donar
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Agenda
● Video on Buckminster Fuller (90 minutes)
● In-Class Assignment #5 (pop quiz)
● A2 due in lab
Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud (1996)
● A Film by Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon 1996, 90 min.
● "In R. Buckminster Fuller's world, cars had three wheels, houses could be delivered by
blimps, and cities were to be built inside floating spheres...
● This film is the first retrospective look at his life and work since his death in 1983
● He demonstrated:
○ Breakthrough/revolutionary thinking
○ Different architectural constructions - ex. Roundhouse, submarine shaped car
○ Many people were interested in it
○ Thought it was conceivable to find housing for everyone - stored and stacked in
airplanes
Q2 Next Week
● Same format as Q1
○ Part 1 (30 multiple choice questions, 45 minutes)
○ Cumulative but will have a greater emphasis on the second half of the course
○ Lectures, labs, required readings (emphasis in that order)
● Part 2 (Creative exercise using Illustrator: Perspective or Isometric drawing)
○ You will need to know both
Topics
● Design elements + principles
● Kinds of colour, what is value*, what is form*, texture
In-Class Assignment #5: Pop quiz
1. Which type of drawing is the one below (the buildings)?
a. Isometric (all angles are the same)
b. Dimetric (two angles same)
c. Trimetric (three different angles)
d. Two point perspective (X)
e. None of the above
2. Which of the following design elements refers to the degree of lightness or darkness
a. Form
b. Colour
c. Texture
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