The 2025 Design Science Symposium was inspired by an initiative led by RISD’s Fleet Library and Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab to expand teaching, learning and research applications of the Arthur Loeb Design Science Teaching Collection & Archive. The first two days of the event featured keynotes, presentations, and panels on applications of visual mathematics and nature-inspired design in art and design education, and an exhibition of objects and documents from the Loeb Collection. The third day was an interactive showcase of Design Science related making and exploration with a Design Science Maker’s Fair, a workshop at the Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, and an installation by the art and design studio, Pneuhaus.
Scholars, makers, educators, and students from across creative and scientific disciplines came together to explore the meaning, exploration, and application design science today. Presentations and discussions were informed by the idea that uncertainty can be an impetus for creativity and scientific thinking.
View Photos of the Design Science 2025 | Geometry of Uncertainty weekend events, Photography Credit: Ryan T. Conaty.
Events from 2025
Design Science 2025 | Geometry of Uncertainty, Panel 3: Closing Reflections, Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Fleet Library, Joseph Chambray, Janet Echelman, Peter Lynch, and Sasha Krieger
Design Science 2025 | Geometry of Uncertainty, Keynote Joseph Cambray: Synchronicity: Revisioning the Shape of Reality, Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Fleet Library, Joseph Chambray, and Sasha Krieger
Design Science 2025 | Geometry of Uncertainty, Presentation: Jerome Arul, Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Fleet Library, Jerome Arul, and Sasha Krieger
Design Science 2025 | Geometry of Uncertainty, Presentation: Laura Briggs, Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Fleet Library, Laura Briggs, and Sasha Krieger
Design Science 2025 | Geometry of Uncertainty, Panel 2: Teaching and Learning Design Science, Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Fleet Library, Pneuhaus, Jerome Arul, Laura Briggs, and Anastasiia Raina
Design Science 2025 | Geometry of Uncertainty, Presentation: Pneuhaus, Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Fleet Library, Pneuhaus, and Sasha Krieger
Design Science 2025 | Geometry of Uncertainty, Presentation: Anastasiia Raina, Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Fleet Library, Anastasiia Raina, and Sasha Krieger
Design Science 2025 | Geometry of Uncertainty, Presentation: Michael Ben-Eli, Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Fleet Library, Michael Ben-Eli, and Sasha Krieger
Design Science 2025 | Geometry of Uncertainty, Presentation: Stephon Alexander, Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Fleet Library, Stephon Alexander, and Sasha Krieger
Design Science 2025 | Geometry of Uncertainty, Presentation: Olga Mesa, Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Fleet Library, Olga Mesa, and Sasha Krieger
Design Science 2025 | Geometry of Uncertainty, Presentation: Beatrice Steinert, Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Fleet Library, Beatrice Steinert, and Sasha Krieger
Design Science 2025 | Geometry of Uncertainty, Presentation: Andrew Witt, Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Fleet Library, Andrew Witt, and Sasha Krieger
Design Science 2025 | Geometry of Uncertainty, Panel 1: The Meaning of Design Science, Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Fleet Library, Andrew Witt, Olga Mesa, Beatrice Steinert, Stephon Alexander, and Sasha Krieger
Design Science 2025 | Geometry of Uncertainty, Keynote Peter Lynch: Fragments and Coherence, Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab, Fleet Library, Peter Lynch, and Sasha Krieger