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3 unusual facts about Paul Abacus


Geoscope

The Geoscope continues to inspire inter-disciplinary thinkers including emerging designer Paul Abacus, who has updated the concept as a "data cathedral for the masses" using interactive new media displays and real time data visualizations.

Paul Abacus

Paul Abacus’ thinking is heavily inspired by the work of polymath R. Buckminster Fuller.

Having constructed an updated version of Fuller's visionary data-visualization device, the Geoscope, Abacus utilizes this device to make the argument that we are living near the end of the Screen Age, a historical moment when "the era of nations" will wane.



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