Comments on: VIDEO: The Buckminster Fuller Institute http://inhabitat.com/video-buckminster-fuller-institute-announces-2010-challenge-winner/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Eric Hunting http://inhabitat.com/video-buckminster-fuller-institute-announces-2010-challenge-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-230863 Eric Hunting Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:14:58 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=122244#comment-230863 Not to detract from the great work the entrants of this competition do, I\'ve rather lost interest in the BFI Challenge as, year by year, they\'ve raised the bar for the minimum production value of entrants\' media to where no idea that isn\'t presented like a BBC documentary has the slightest chance. Like so many of these competitions, the reviewers won\'t really invest the time and intellectual effort to deeply examine concepts so in the final analysis it\'s all down to pretty pictures/video. So the only people who have any hope of winning are those so flush with cash or other support and so far along in development to begin with -and thus able to afford high production values- that they hardly need it. It\'s like the rich philanthropists who suddenly come out of the woodwork to back headliner projects when they\'re on the verge of being a fete accompli so they can grab a place in the history books but don\'t have the stomach for supporting them in earlier stages when they still have some risk of failure and require evaluation on their own merits. They don\'t care about ideas. They just want guaranteed winners. Again, I make no criticism of the winners here. I just wonder whether they\'re really only being exploited for the sake of BFI\'s self-aggrandizement. You\'ll never see a William Kamkwamba come out of this competition. Not to detract from the great work the entrants of this competition do, I\’ve rather lost interest in the BFI Challenge as, year by year, they\’ve raised the bar for the minimum production value of entrants\’ media to where no idea that isn\’t presented like a BBC documentary has the slightest chance. Like so many of these competitions, the reviewers won\’t really invest the time and intellectual effort to deeply examine concepts so in the final analysis it\’s all down to pretty pictures/video. So the only people who have any hope of winning are those so flush with cash or other support and so far along in development to begin with -and thus able to afford high production values- that they hardly need it.

It\’s like the rich philanthropists who suddenly come out of the woodwork to back headliner projects when they\’re on the verge of being a fete accompli so they can grab a place in the history books but don\’t have the stomach for supporting them in earlier stages when they still have some risk of failure and require evaluation on their own merits. They don\’t care about ideas. They just want guaranteed winners. Again, I make no criticism of the winners here. I just wonder whether they\’re really only being exploited for the sake of BFI\’s self-aggrandizement. You\’ll never see a William Kamkwamba come out of this competition.

]]> By: Edward Van Valen http://inhabitat.com/video-buckminster-fuller-institute-announces-2010-challenge-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-230075 Edward Van Valen Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:00:51 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=122244#comment-230075 Congrats to all the Finalists! Each and every one of you is a winner in my book. Continually providing me with hope for a greater tomorrow. Congrats to all the Finalists! Each and every one of you is a winner in my book. Continually providing me with hope for a greater tomorrow.

]]> By: Rebecca Paul http://inhabitat.com/video-buckminster-fuller-institute-announces-2010-challenge-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-230069 Rebecca Paul Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:28:55 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=122244#comment-230069 Everyone of these finalist deserves an award. It's truly inspiring to learn of people who are committed to solving some of humanities problems in such an innovative and progressive way. Everyone of these finalist deserves an award. It’s truly inspiring to learn of people who are committed to solving some of humanities problems in such an innovative and progressive way.

]]> By: Jasmin Malik Chua http://inhabitat.com/video-buckminster-fuller-institute-announces-2010-challenge-winner/comment-page-1/#comment-230068 Jasmin Malik Chua Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:20:36 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=122244#comment-230068 Buckminster Fuller was a great visionary—it's great to see his legacy inspires others to think laterally. Buckminster Fuller was a great visionary—it’s great to see his legacy inspires others to think laterally.

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