But one of the most useful and enduring applications? The Dymaxion World map, which unfolds the earth into a long string of shapes, like a carefully peeled orange. 2013 marks the map’s 70th ...

It’s pretty ubiquitous, but is just one of dozens of world maps trying to solve the unsolvable problem of representing a 3D sphere on a 2D plane. The Dymaxion map, invented by systems theorist ...

When Buckminster Fuller released his Dymaxion map in 1954, the disjointed atlas was unusual, to say the least. He and architect Shoji Sadao created a projection showing all seven continents ...