For all you lovers of nature, geometry, symmetry of space, Carl Fasano, and everything in between, next weekend marks the Third Biennial Design Science Symposium at RISD. The event goes on November 11th -13th and will be presented by The Synergetics Collaborative and The Edna Lawrence Nature Lab.
Below is a picture I took of Steven Metcalf earlier this Sunday assembling one of his sculptures in Markethouse Square for the event. It looks pretty amazing.
In words taken from the EXPspace website:
This event will be a meeting of educators, makers and thinkers to address the theme of “Nature, Geometry, and the Symmetry of Space: Tetrahedron Discovers Itself and Universe”. In addition, there will be a Design Science Exhibit & art show with participants’ work opening on Nov 6 in the Waterman Gallery and a reception on Nov 11.
In one of Buckminster Fuller’s most audacious claims he proposed that “Nature’s Coordinate System” could be understood by investigating the closest packing of spheres and a complex of related geometrical structures. The theme of this year’s Design Science Symposium at RISD will be to investigate that claim and the many variations of it that have developed over the 35 years since the publication of Fuller’s ideas in his magnum opus, Synergetics.
Please join the Synergetics Collaborative, RISD/Brown faculty, students and others as we explore design, Nature, problem-solving, and understanding how our world can be made to work for 100% of humanity at this symposium in November 2011.
Below is a photo of Buckminster Fuller and his dymaxion car and dome.
Online registration is available here, and is FREE TO ALL RISD STUDENTS, but don’t forget to register!
There will also be a 2011 Design Science Symposium Exhibit showing from November 6th through the 13th in the Waterman Gallery. Submissions are still open, so if you are interested in submitting work, please read the guidelines here and submit it to spease[at]risd.edu.