▁imagination , ▁almost ▁in ▁the ▁sense ▁of ▁, ▁Bald win ▁has ▁remained ▁equally ▁interested ▁in ▁, ▁in ▁application . ▁And ▁while ▁he ▁has ▁never ▁ceased ▁to ▁be ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁products ▁of ▁the ▁factory , ▁Bald win ▁has ▁always ▁wanted ▁to ▁emp ower ▁individuals ▁and ▁small ▁teams ▁of ▁people ▁to ▁accomplish ▁something . ▁ ▁Bald win , ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁notable ▁designer ▁techn olog ists ▁whose ▁cross - dis cipl inary ▁approaches ▁have ▁opened ▁new ▁territory , ▁was ▁featured ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁document ary ▁film ▁E colog ical ▁Design : ▁In vent ing ▁the ▁Future . ▁The ▁film ▁viewed ▁these ▁design ers ▁as ▁" out la ws " ▁whose ▁care ers ▁have ▁necessarily ▁developed ▁" out side ▁the ▁box " ▁of ▁their ▁time , ▁largely ▁un supported ▁by ▁main stream ▁industry ▁and ▁often ▁beyond ▁the ▁pale ▁of ▁main stream ▁academ ia , ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁Bald win ▁invent ed ▁a ▁permanent , ▁transparent , ▁ins ulated ▁ge odes ic ▁d ome ▁— ▁using ▁a ▁framework ▁of ▁al umin um ▁tub ing , ▁covered ▁with ▁arg on - filled ▁l amin ated ▁vin yl ▁sheet ▁" p ill ows " ▁— ▁which ▁he ▁dub bed ▁the ▁" P ill ow ▁D ome ", ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁with stood ▁ 1 3 5 - m ph ▁wind s ▁and ▁thirty ▁inches ▁of ▁snow . ▁The ▁structure ▁we ighed ▁just ▁one - half ▁p ound ▁per ▁square ▁foot ▁of ▁floor ▁space . ▁For ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁reasons ▁including ▁dur ability