Loeb Design Science: Documents
The collection comprises 412 structural and tensegrity 3D Models; 164 silkscreens from Holly Alderman’s Symmetry Portfolio; over 500 books from Dr. Loeb’s personal library; and Documents and ephemera relating to Loeb’s teaching.
The Arthur Design Science Teaching Collection and Archive contains 35 boxes of documents, articles, student assignments, photographs, slides, visual material, and ephemera used to teach courses in design science and synergetic geometry in the Visual and Environmental Studies Department at Harvard. Documents illustrate Loeb’s contributions to crystallography, his teaching assignments and methodologies, and relationships with notable figures like R. Buckminster Fuller, M.C. Escher, and Gyorgi Kepes.
While some documents are available in Digital Commons @ RISD, you can consult the RISD Archives Arthur L. Loeb Papers finding aid for an inventory of the collection.
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Unwrapping the Cube Visual Essay
Arthur L. Loeb and C. Todd Stewart
A visual and conceptual essay illustrating the many faces and properties of the cube.