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Buckoloid: Buckyball + Oloid

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Publication date 2021-12-26 at 00:00
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Published to Thingiverse on: 2021-12-25 at 21:02
Design number 592905

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####Buckoloid (12/25/2021) =Buckyball+ Oloid

I so love the oloid by Schatz and the buckyball by Fuller, especially their deep and yet playful thinking about mathematics and design that I decided to marry them in a playful design—the Buckoloid. It is a rich design project. The base circle for both the bucky ball and the oloid has the same radius (25 mm in the present STL files).

A few versions are provided: a dodecahedron-oloid, a buckoloid, and a hinged buckoloid, which are all shelled (hollow) so one can use them as a container. The hinged version opens and closes like a clamshell and requires support when printing. It can be used to make interesting servings of ice cream if you like. Have fun!

####References

  1. Schatz, P. (2013/1975). The study of rhythms and technology: The evertible cube | polysomatic form-finding (P. Carline, Trans.). Sugen: Niggli Verlag (Original work published 1975 in German).
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminsterfullerene

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