Tensegritoy : a geodesic building puzzle : the building toy that bounces.

Main entry:

Kittner, Cary.

Title & Author:

Tensegritoy : a geodesic building puzzle : the building toy that bounces.

Publication:

Description:

1 construction set : wood, color, nylon, vinyl ; various sizes in cardboard box 16 x 36 x 4 cm + 6 printed items

Notes:
Continuous tensional network assembly system.
"Tensegritoy was designed by Cary Kittner and Stuart Quimby ... founders of Tensegrity Systems Corporation. Kittner and Quimby were inspired by Fuller's use of tensegrity models to teach the principals of structure. Fuller developed these models from the original tensegrity structures invented by Kenneth Snelson"--Sheet mounted on base of box
Cover of box reads "c1987 Pat. pend., Tensegrity Systems Corporation, Barrytown, N.Y."; printed sheet mounted on base of box reads "c1988, Tensegrity Systems Corporation, Tivoli, N.Y., U.S. Patent #4,731,962."
Construction items: 30 hardwood dowels (31 cm.), 32 brass-tipped nylon elastic cords (28 cm. or smaller), 64 vinyl caps (2 cm.) -- printed items: 1 registration/warranty card, 1 instruction sheet, 1 instruction manual (25 p. : ill. ; 34 x 15 cm.), numbered gummed labels, 1 col. advertisement sheet, and 1 information sheet mounted on exterior base of box.

Exhibitions:

Exhibited: "Apprendre de toutes pièces = Toys that teach", Centre canadien d'architecture, Dec. 16, 1992-Mar. 28, 1993.
Exhibited: "Apprendre de toutes pièces = Toys that teach", Centre canadien d'architecture, Dec. 16, 1992-Mar. 28, 1993.

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Subject:

Snelson, Kenneth, 1927-2016.
Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983.
Snelson, Kenneth, 1927-
Wooden toys United States Specimens.
Toys United States Specimens.
Geodesic domes.
Polyhedra.
Jouets en bois États-Unis Spécimens.
Jouets États-Unis Spécimens.
Dômes géodésiques.
Polyèdres.
geodesic domes.
polyhedra.
Toys.
Wooden toys.
United States.
Tensegrity structures.
Architectural toys.
Influence.

Form/genre:

Specimens.

Added entries:

Quimby, Stuart.
Tensegrity Systems Corporation.

Holdings:

Location: Library main jouets et jeux 2052
Call No.: TS2301.T7.W6 T46 1988
Status: Available

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