Balls!

Yesterday my friend, AS, and I went to the Cooper Hewett Design Musuem which had free admission. To the gift shop and the garden.

So we went to the gift shop and I bought these:


The toys (which are for adults only cuz they can cause, oh, uh, death if swallowed) are called buckyballs named after a carbon molecule called a fullerine.





The spherical fullerines are called buckyballs as well



because they resemble the geodesic dome designed by R. Buckminster Fuller.





Like many things from the 70’s (fern plants, elephant bells, Kurt Vonnegut),















the geodesic dome house was a good idea for that era alone. I have to admit it is iconic but mostly as one of the symbols of the time. Few symbols of any decade remain timeless and that’s ok. I like it that a decade gets to own certain images and ideas.



But the symbols, articles and artifacts that do remain timeless become even more robust as they age.





However, if you take an idea and imagine it differently you can have a toy or a bracelet.




Fantastico!