{"id":12,"date":"2013-07-09T19:16:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T19:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systemeducation.com\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2023-03-14T19:57:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T00:57:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/systemeducation.com\/?page_id=12","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">System Education is a design science lab, in the style of Buckminster Fuller.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The main architect is Curt McNamara, P.E.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My background is in design, systems education, innovation, and biomimicry.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Current projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The current project is creating a book called Bucky for designers. design is a common activity, and Bucky&#8217;s ideas can help us do a better job on our designs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Trimtabs for climate explores how Bucky&#8217;s idea of trimtab can be applied to climate challenges in our work and personal life<\/li>\n<li>World game in a sphere is a card set that enables a small group of people to explore applying design science to local problems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Publications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Systems View and Your Bio Toolbox by Curt McNamara\u00a0(<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/eggermont\/docs\/zq_issue_09_final\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zygote Quarterly<\/a>) Issue 08<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Enhancing The Systems Engineering Process by Considering Natural Systems (<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.incose.org\/ProductsPublications\/periodicals\/insight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INCOSE Insight<\/a>, Spring 2016)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Systems View by Curt McNamara in The Biomimicry Toolbox (<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/toolbox.biomimicry.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">toolbox.biomimicry.org<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bucky Fuller And The Shape Of Nature (<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/zqjournal.org\/?p=115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zygote Quarterly<\/a>) Issue 02<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Contact: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/curtmcnamara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/curtmcnamara<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/systemeducation.com\/?attachment_id=256'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" 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