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J. Baldwin worked with Buckminster Fuller prior to his (Baldwin’s) graduation from University of Michigan in 1955. Baldwin went on to do graduate work at the University of California at Berkeley. As a young designer in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, he designed advanced camping equipment with Bill Moss Associates. Thereafter, he taught simultaneously at San Francisco State College , San Francisco Art Institute, and Oakland College of Arts and Crafts for about six years.
The period 1968-69 found him both a visiting lecturer at Southern Illinois University and the design editor of the innovative Whole Earth Catalog. (The Catalog came out in many editions between 1968 and 1986, and Baldwin continued to edit and write for both the Catalog and an offshoot publication, CoEvolution Quarterly.) In the early ‘70s, Baldwin taught at Pacific High School.
Baldwin was at the center of experimentation with geodesic domes (an unconventional building-design approach explored by Fuller). He also dove enthusiastically into the application of renewable energy sources in homes and in food-production facilities, working with Integrated Living Spaces (in New Mexico) and with Dr John ToddJohn Todd ( 1939- ) has been described as "a visionary biologist. An acknowledged leader in the field of ecological design, John Todd's ideas have nearly always taken shape in applications that make pioneering or novel use of one or often numerous forms o and the other New Alchemists involved with the "Ark" project.
During the Jerry Brown administration, Baldwin worked in the California Office of Appropriate Technology . Since the 1970Events January events January 1 Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, located 65, miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. January 1 Unix epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. January 12 Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. Januarys, Baldwin has continued to work in association with numerous organizations and projects as a designer. In the 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apos, he wrote a book about Buckminster Fuller, his ideas, experiments, and influence, Bucky Works: Buckminster Fuller's Ideas for Today.
In the late '90s, Baldwin worked with the Rocky Mountain Institute (Snowmass, Colorado) in the research, design, and development of the ultralight, ultra-efficient "Hypercar" - a prototype by way of which independent designers hope to show the way for the world's auto manufacturers. With conceptual development having begun in 1991, the current version of the Hypercar uses a small generator to power an electric motor in each wheel.
J. Baldwin continues to practice design (as exemplified in the unique and aerodynamic 'mobile-room' Quick-Up camper he has put on the market) and to teach design at the college level.