Buckminster Fuller Tribute

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“I HAPPEN TO HAVE BEEN BORN AT THE SPECIAL MOMENT IN HISTORY IN WHICH FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE EXISTS ENOUGH EXPERIENCE-WON AND EXPERIMENT VERIFIED INFORMATION CURRENT IN HUMANITY’S SPONTANEOUS CONCEPTIONING AND REASONING FOR ALL HUMANITY TO CARRY ON IN A FAR MORE INTELLIGENT WAY THAN EVER BEFORE.” - FROM GUINEA PIG B

The inaugural issue of our new magazine, Love and Regeneration, is being dedicated to the amazing Buckminster Fuller, an individual who has inspired so many around the world to think differently and to seek solutions that make the world better for all life. Celebrated for his out of the box thinking, prolific, stream of consciousness writings and engaged teaching, and perhaps best recognized as the inventor of the geodesic dome, Buckminster Fuller paved the way for the kind of blue sky thinking we aspire to at McLennan Design.

Buckminster Fuller

“WHEN I AM WORKING ON A PROBLEM, I NEVER THINK ABOUT BEAUTY, BUT WHEN I HAVE FINISHED, IF THE SOLUTION IS NOT BEAUTIFUL, I KNOW IT IS WRONG.”

Bucky has played an important part in our CEO’s life, even though the two never had a chance to meet. Jason F. McLennan’s great professional mentor, Bob Berkebile, was a student of Bucky’s, and so many of his important ideas and philosophy were translated through stories and lessons imparted by Bob. Later, Jason’s work on the Living Building Challenge was awarded the Buckminster Fuller Prize, the world’s top prize for socially responsible design, and he had opportunity to connect to the Buckminster Fuller Foundation and to Bucky’s family, including his daughter Allegra. McLennan views this award as his top professional honor, given his deep admiration of Bucky’s ideas and powerful vision.

Now we’d like to think we take the same spirit forward in all we do at McLennan Design, where possible, trying to channel Bucky’s incredible vision of a better, regenerative world fueled by love and hope for the future.

This issue is dedicated to you Bucky!

“Give people something to move towards instead of spending your time battling entrenched ways of thinking,” Bucky said. “If you want to change something, make that which you wish to change obsolete.” This wisdom inspired the kind of paradigm shift thinking from which the Living Building Challenge and other Living Future Challenges emerged.