Jay Baldwin is a Californian, the CEO of Jay Baldwin Design, a senior adjunct professor of industrial design at CCA, and the author of the book Buckyworks: Buckminster Fuller's Ideas for Today. He was also a senior editor of the original Whole Earth Catalogs with Stewart Brand and crew, which pretty much makes me want to pinch myself when I see him. I was pinching with one hand and snapping photos with the other when I spied Jay Baldwin at Maker Faire with his creation, the Quickup Camper. The hand-made, pickup-truck based RV gets 20 miles per gallon at 70 miles oer hour, which is about double what "conventional designs" (his words) get. The camper folds down to a sleek profile for driving, and opens up to reveal an appealingly simple RV interior, complete with sink and cook-stove. Just in time for summer vacation, right?!

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