In 1946, Buckminster Fuller patented a map of Earth that presents geographic information without breaks in any of the continental contours or any visible distortion of the relative shapes or sizes of the land masses. In 1954, the Dymaxion Projection as we know it today was hand drawn by architect, Shoji Sadao, the cartographer and collaborator behind the map. Designer Brendan Ravenhill has configured Fuller’s projection as a magnetic folding globe, a representation of Earth that easily transitions from flat to three-dimensional. Fold it to form a geometric globe or unfold to reveal our flattened planet. A great stocking stuffer!

Materials: Synthetic Paper, magnets

Size: 3.25" x 3" x 3.75"