Jacque Fresco

Jacque Fresco[]

(born 13 March 1916) is a self taught industrial design engineer, author, futurist and head of the Venus Project. He has worked for much of his life on an alternative socioeconomic system that has no money and uses all the Earth's resources as a common inheritance.

Early Life[]

Jacque Fresco grew up during the great depression of the 1930s and travelled around the U.S. His experience of seeing people living on the streets yet seeing factories and goods all ready for use influenced his thinking regarding the failure of a money based system. During his travels he look alternative ideas and attended meeting on different ideologies from fascism to Technocracy.

As part of his travels he arrived on a pacific island and there was inspired to think about a resourced based economy after seeing how the natives would distribute goods without any sense of money of debt. He returned to the U.S during the WWII and served as a corporal in the USAAF, where he designed safety systems for aircraft (having previously worked for Rotor Craft Helicopter Company).

He eventually joined Technocracy Inc. after a form WWI pilot introduced him to the organisation. However, he left the organisation due to differences on race and ideas of the future with the then leader of Technocracy Inc, Howard Scott.

He established the Revell Plastics Company in 1942 and worked as designer and consultant for a number of industries after WWII. He designed many inventions from the Trend home to medical appliances.

The Venus Project[]

Jacque Fresco established the Venus project in the 1970s as "socio-cyberneering", which became "The Venus Project" after he move to Venus in Florida.

Resume[]

JACQUE FRESCO - FUTURIST Mr. Fresco's background includes industrial design and social engineering, as well as being a forerunner in the field of Human Factors. Mr. Fresco has worked as both designer and inventor in a wide range of fields spanning from biomedical innovations to totally integrated social systems.

The Venus Project reflects the culmination of Jacque Fresco's life work: the integration of the best of science and technology into a comprehensive plan for a new society based on human and environmental concern. It is a global vision of hope for the future of humankind in our technological age.

A major documentary, titled Future By Design, on the life, designs and philosophy of Jacque Fresco in now available. This is produced by Academy Award Nominated and Emmy Winning filmmaker, William Gazecki. The film Zeitgeist Addendum featuring Jacque Fresco and The Venus Project produced by Peter Joseph was recently released. It can be viewed at www.ZeitgeistMovie.com Professional Positions.

Design consultant for Rotor Craft Helicopter Company

Served in the Army Design and Development Unit, Wright Field Dayton, Ohio
Research Engineer. Raymond De-Icer Corp., Los Angeles, California
Technical Consultant to the Motion Picture Industry, including Technical Advisor to Camera Eye Pictures, Inc., and the film, The Magic Eye, which won the Robert J. Flaherty Award for creative film documentary.
Colleague and work associate of Donald Powell Wilson of Los Angeles, the noted psychologist who wrote My Six Convicts.
Industrial Design Instructor at the Art Center School in Hollywood, California
Creator of Revel Plastics Company

Books authored

Looking Forward co-authored with Kenneth Keyes, 1969, A.S. Barnes & Company
Introduction to Sociocyberneering, 1977
Sociocyberneering Presents Cities in Transition, 1978
Sociocyberneering Presents the Determinants of Behavior, 1978
Structural Systems and Systems of Structure, 1979
The Venus Project: The Redesign of a Culture, 1995 *World Future Society best seller
And The World Will Be One 1997
The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty & War, 2002
Designing the Future, 2007

Videos produced and filmed*The Venus Project: The Redesign of a Culture, 1994

Welcome To The Future, 2001
Cities In The Sea, 2002
Self-erecting Structures, 2002
Designing the Future, 2006

Inventions and Designs- many of which have been patented and have had wide commercial acceptance.*Systems for noiseless and pollution free aircraft

A new aircraft wing structural system, patented by the US Air Force
An electrostatic system for the elimination of sonic boom for Raymond DeIcer
Boundary layer control and electrodynamic methods for aircraft control that dispenses with ailerons, elevators, rudders, and flaps
A three-wheel automobile consisting of only 32 parts
"The Aluminum Trend House," a prefabricated house designed and developed for Mike Shore and Earl Muntz, 1945
Designed and developed another prefabricated aluminum house for Major Realty Corporation in collaboration with Aluminum Company of America
Developed numerous components and systems for architectural construction
Developed equipment ranging from 3-dimensional x-ray units to electronic surgical instruments for the medical field
Developed a technique for viewing 3-dimensional motion pictures without the use of glasses
Designed and built a wide variety of reinforced concrete structures

Periodicals, books, newspapers and magazines that have contained articles written by Mr. Fresco or written about Mr. Fresco:*Feature contributing author to the book In the Shadow of War edited by Arthur Shostak Ph.D. 2004

Feature contributing author to the book Viable Utopian Ideas: Shaping A Better World edited by Arthur Shostak Ph.D. 2003
Wrote the preface and was featured in the book Transforming The Global Biosphere: Twelve Futuristic Strategies by Elliott Maynard, Ph.D. 2003
Feature article in the 2002 January - February issue of The Futurist
Feature contributing author in Utopian Thinking in Sociology: Creating the Good Society, an instructional text book published by the American Sociological Association 2001
Feature article in the 1994 May - June issue of the World Future Society's magazine, The Futurist, where the editors compared his work with R. Buckminster Fuller and Paolo Soleri.
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA), The Miami Herald (Miami, FL,) News-Sun (Sebring, Fl) Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX) , New-Press (Ft Myers, Fl), North Port Sun (North Port, FL), The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN), El Nuevo Herald (Miami, FL), Record (Hackensack, NJ), De Soto Sun (Arcadia, FL), Englewood Sun (Englewood, FL), West County Times (Pinole, CA), Standard Esquire Examiner (Ogden, UT), Valley Times (Pleasanton, CA), Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA), San Ramon Valley Times (Danville, CA), FL Citizen, (Key West, FL), News & Record (Greensboro, NC), The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH).
Western Flying, The Architectural Forum, Popular Mechanics, Saturday Review, Variety, Feedback Magazine, Gulf Shore Life, Lee Living, Predictions, Weekly Reader, Media Wave, Shift, Detour, UK's FX Design, Business and Society, UK's Locum Destination Review, Spain's leading news magazine EPOCA, The Sun, National Hotel Executive, Exxon Mobil's corporate magazine The Compass, GQ Magazine of Italy, Janas Magazine of France. Mare Magazine of Germany, Gantthead.mag Magazine, IE Industrial Engineering Magazine, The Irish Entrepreneur Magazine, Gallery of Spain, Photoshop Magazine of Turkey, 944, Amusement of France.
Walden Three a book written about Mr. Fresco by Jack Catran.

Radio and Television Shows*Feature interview for REDES a public television show of Spain 2003

Discovery Channel's two hour special Engineering the Impossible, 2002
It's Your Call with Lynn Doyle, Philadelphia
A Touch of Grey, nationally syndicated radio
Several appearances on The Larry King Show radio and television
Prime Time Weekend, Philadelphia, PA
CHRW-CFM, "Science Girl, Ontario, Canada
National Public Radio, WGCU, Fort Myers, FL
National Public Radio, KGPR-FM, Great Falls, MT
JudiWorld with Judi Paparelli, New Orleans, LA
KFMK-FM 105.9 Austin, TX
KVON-AM, San Francisco
WCUB-AM, Manitowoc, WI
WLW-AM, Cincinnati, OH
WLW-AM, Midday with Mike McConnell
Long John's Journal, WINK, Channel 11 Fort Myers, Florida
In The Wild, Award winning children's TV series
Fox Television, Tampa, Florida
All Things Considered, Public Radio, Tampa, Florida
Free Speech TV, Boulder, Colorado
N3TV, Space Channel, Canada
Television Special in Japan, France, and England
Chilean Public Television Special
Talk show presentation in Brazil.
WPBT Educational Television, Channel 2
WPLG, ABC Network Television, Channel 10
WIOD Radio, Feature Guest of Art Merrill
WKAT Radio Feature Guest of Bill Smith Show
Art Baker nationwide program, You Asked For It, as "The Man Of Tomorrow"

Mr. Fresco has been a guest lecturer at many institutions of higher learning. He was an active participant in discussions at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara, California. Mr. Fresco has addressed students at the University of Miami, Princeton University, University of Southern California, Dade Junior College, Queens College, Presbyterian College, University of Southern Florida, Nichols College, Columbia University, Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico, Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria, Penn State Greater Allegheny, and others. He and Ralph Nader were featured guest lecturers at the University of South Florida. At Princeton University, Mr. Fresco addressed the Department of Sociology. His subject was Sociology of the Future. Along with the well- known scientist Margaret Mead, Mr. Fresco was extended an invitation to address the college environment conference in Washington, DC. He was a guest speaker for the Tenth Symposium for the Civil Engineering Department of TEC de Monterrey University in Monterrey, Mexico, Latin America's top rated college. Mr. Fresco was a guest speaker at The Utopian Studies Conference in Orlando, FL and lectured at several World Future Society Conferences. He was a guest lecturer on future planning in Dubai, Untied Arab Emirates. Mr. Fresco was a speaker at the Technical University in Vienna. He was a guest speaker at the conference at Dalian, China for the Development of N.E. China. He was also guest speaker at a conference in Iceland and the guest of honor at The Futurists Summit 2008 in Istanbul, Turkey.

We have all heard lectures that downgrade the present state of affairs. They speak of such social problems as lawlessness, poverty, racial tension and divorce. But how many of us can recall any of these lectures offering creative solutions to these problems? Mr. Fresco's presentations reflect a serious attempt to illuminate the causes and outline a wide range of constructive alternatives. He does this by presenting a redesign of our culture, one that would emphasize the intelligent use of science and technology to enhance the lives of all people while protecting our environment. His subjects range from "New Dimensions in Human Stupidity" to "Imagineering The Future." A video often accompanies the lectures where his ideas are vividly brought to life through animated models, illustrations and computer animation.

His particular lecture technique enables uninformed audiences to grasp the significance of complex social and technical innovations He speaks dramatically and brilliantly about the urgent transitional problems facing our contemporary society. His audiences find their attention focused intensely and they closely follow his presentation from beginning to end. Mr. Fresco's lectures have been consistently praised and enthusiastically received.

Jacque Fresco is the founder of Sociocyberneering, Inc., now known as The Venus Project. With his associate Roxanne Meadows, he has designed and built the entire twenty-five acre research facility. The function of this project is to prepare approaches and solutions to the major problems that confront the world today. Television and magazine coverage on the project has been worldwide.

Mr. Fresco is available for lectures. For more information fax, call or write to:

Mr. Jacque Fresco

21 Valley Lane

Venus, Florida 33960

Ph: 863-465-0321

www.TheVenusProject.com

Interview[]

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Future by Design[]

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Roxanne Meadows[]

Ms. Roxanne Meadows attended Moore College of Art and received a B.F.A. from Maryland Institute of Art. She studied technical and architectural rendering and model making under Jacque Fresco for 4 years. Today, she is an accomplished and well-known technical and architectural illustrator and model maker. Ms. Meadows is a competent scientific and medical illustrator. She also has a private pilot license.

Since 1985, Ms. Meadows supplied architectural renderings, models and design work to major developers and architects throughout the country. She was president and founder of Architectural Arts Inc., which continued this service from 1997 to 2008.

A few of the many clients of Architectural Arts Inc. are:

Disney Development Corp. - Orlando, FL
Westinghouse Communities - Naples, FL
The Lutgert Companies - Naples, FL
Bonita Bay Properties - Bonita Springs, FL
Atlantic Gulf Communities – Miami, FL
CRSA Inc. - Memphis, Tennessee
Krystal Key Development Corp.- Ft. Worth, TX
Wilbraham and Monson Academy - Wilbraham, MA

She taught technical and fine arts at the Sebring and Lake Placid Art Center and has worked as a computer animator for Ken Sneeden and Associates.

From 1975 to the present, she has worked with renowned futurist Jacque Fresco to develop and promote The Venus Project. The function of this project is to find alternative solutions to the many problems that confront the world today. She participated in the exterior and interior design and construction of the buildings of The Venus Project's 21-acre research and planning center. Here, Ms. Meadows has filmed and edited educational videos:

Welcome to the Future, produced by Roxanne Meadows and Jacque Fresco, edited by Roxanne Meadows.
A Conversation with Social Innovator & Futurist Jacque Fresco, produced, directed, and edited by Roxanne Meadows.
Self-Erecting Structures produced and directed by Roxanne Meadows and Jacque Fresco. Edited by Roxanne Meadows.
Cities in the Sea, produced and directed by Roxanne Meadows and Jacque Fresco. Edited by Roxanne Meadows.
Designing the Future, produced, edited and directed by Roxanne Meadows.
The Venus Project Tour, produced, filmed and edited by Roxanne Meadows.

Roxanne Meadows collaborated in much of the writing, in addition to acting as design consultant, for the project's many publications.

Organized Jacque Fresco's writing for the book The Best That Money Can't Buy: Beyond Politics, Poverty & War, and designed the layout of the book
Organized Jacque Fresco's writing for the book Designing The Future.
Co-writer of the essay "Reinventing Iraq" for the book In The Shadow of War, a series edited by Arthur B. Shoshtak, Ph.D.
Co-writer of the essay "Beyond Utopia" for the book Utopian Thinking in Sociology: Creating the Good Society, edited and compiled by Arthur B. Shoshtak, Ph.D.

Roxanne Meadows prepared blueprints, models and renderings for various city and other proposals presented by The Venus Project over the last 35 years. Many of these have appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines, as well as on television, in documentaries, movies, websites, and blogs.

She, along with Mr. Fresco, has lectured and conducted seminars throughout the world as a futurist presenting the aims of The Venus Project.

Roxanne Meadows
21 Valley Lane
Venus, Florida USA 33960

Phone 863-465-0321
meadows@thevenusproject.com