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Buckminster Fuller Book Covers, 1970s.

Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
by R. Buckminster Fuller / Pocket Book Edition, 1970 & 1974
Originally published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1969
Cover art by Gomez

No More Secondhand God (and Other Writings)
by R. Buckminster Fuller / Anchor Books Edition, 1971
Originally published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1963
Cover design by Sydney Butchkes, Cover photograph by Barry Sonnenfeld

Ideas and Integrities: A Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure
by Buckminster Fuller, edited by Robert W. Marks / Collier Books, 1974
Originally published by Prentice-Hall, © 1963 by Richard Buckminster Fuller

Utopia or Oblivion: The Prospects for Humanity
by Buckminster Fuller / Bantam Books, 1972
© 1969 by Buckminster Fuller

Buckminster Fuller: At Home in the Universe
by Alden Hatch / Delta Books, 1976
© 1974 by Alden Hatch

I Seem to be a Verb
by R. Buckminster Fuller with Jerome Agel and Quentin Fiore (graphic designer)
Bantam Books, 1970

Bucky: http://bfi.org/

The intellectual integrity and infinite order of the universe obviously are vastly greater than man. Man is an invention within it. What one did about this understanding would have to be through design. I decided I must not be a persuader, but a doer.

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http://aqua-velvet.com/2011/11/dymaxion-house-r-buckminster-fuller/

http://aqua-velvet.com/2012/11/photo-essay-architect-buckminster-fuller/

Buck Reblogging for the 1970s retrofuturistic cool.

Pound for Pound That is a beautiful cover, both its simplicity and its typography.
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Pound for Pound That is a beautiful cover, both its simplicity and its typography.

lotsofbrolly: Steed being all suave and sophisticated ;-) Chapeau melon Nice pic of Pat, but also nice to see some old Monotype typefaces in action.
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Steed being all suave and sophisticated ;-)

Chapeau melon Nice pic of Pat, but also nice to see some old Monotype typefaces in action.

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The evolution of Nivea The early ones were very German.
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The evolution of Nivea The early ones were very German.

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nevver: Print Simple Wonderful cover.
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nevver:

Print

Simple Wonderful cover.

tulipwoodacer:  no words  Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT Reblogged for the car and the type.
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Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT Reblogged for the car and the type.

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nevver: Art remains a mystery, Milton Glaser Art Well said, Mr Glaser.
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Art remains a mystery, Milton Glaser

Art Well said, Mr Glaser.

rechercher: excitingsounds: One Crazy Calorie. That’s What’s Happening. Now. (1966) by MewDeep on Flickr. “Tab diet cola from Coca-Cola” The Now Taste of Tab, 1966 I can’t give you a tab unless you order something Lovely modernism taking hold in 1966.
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excitingsounds:

One Crazy Calorie. That’s What’s Happening. Now. (1966) by MewDeep on Flickr.

“Tab diet cola from Coca-Cola”

The Now Taste of Tab, 1966

I can’t give you a tab unless you order something Lovely modernism taking hold in 1966.

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dzgn:

1964 Goldfinger: title sequence. Delicious. (via @aerofade)

James Bond is back in action Glad someone else on Tumblr has the same appreciation of Robert Brownjohn’s Goldfinger titles.

The TitleBarfutura  The Title That’s a lot of Univers.
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The Title
Barfutura 

The Title That’s a lot of Univers.

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