I had the great good fortune as a young man to travel with Buckminster Fuller on a trip to Southeast Asia where he was the guest of many heads of State. His influence on me is immeasurable. Afterwards I spent two years exploring the geometry of geodesics and tensegrities with Joe Clinton at Union College. I earned a MS in Environmental Studies from the University of Oregon, after which I founded a company with others that pioneered Geographic Information Systems applications for mobile data collection in the electric, cable, and telephone industries. Naturally, this work dovetailed nicely with my interest in spatial topologies. In 2004 I reinvigorated ‘Flextegrity’ by continuing my earlier explorations into the development of a ‘universal material.’ I now hold two patents and a third pending in structural optimized materials based on icosahedral arrays.

Making load bearing materials- A new look at discontinuous compression continuous tension structures. The discussion will explore the structural and symmetrical integrity of the icosahedron and what it means to constrain the twelve degrees of freedom. From there we will weave omni-axial, omni-extensible arrays into virtually any form. We will explore the unique characteristics of the resulting arrays and potential applications.

May. 29th
Eric Vaughn: Boxx Corp. "BOXX Design Engineering by BOXX Corp."

Eric Vaughn is the founder and CEO of BOXX Corp where he takes on the rolls of product designer, engineer, and marketer. He's a three times Emmy nominated Visual Designer and Director. He has 12 issued patents. His studies are in philosophy, logic design, literature and metaphysics.

June 12th
Ben Falcon and Buck Olen: Cielo by Chris King

June 26th
Julia Barbee: "Olfactory Animalic"

July 10th
Brian Mitchell: "Delta Chop Shop"