Kyoto Design Declaration 2008 was signed publicly in March 2008 by the representatives of the Cumulus Executive Board.

Now it is time to engage all one hundred forty Cumulus members in putting the Declaration into action. We begin with spreading the information on the Declaration's ideals to 41 countries and gathering signatures from representatives of all member schools.

Singing in pictures:

Director of Studies and Research Willem De Greef for Sint-Lukas Brussels University College of Art and Design, Belgium

Prof. Dr Pan Lusheng and representatives of Shandong University of Art and Design, China

President Dimitris Ninos for Technological Educational Institution (T.E.I.) of Athens, Greece

Prof. Kurt Mehnert for Folkwang University, Germany

Dean Giulio Angelini accompanied by Prof. Giuseppe Marinelli and students - ISIA di Roma, Italy

Dean Richard E. Ouwerkerk for Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Chairman Hein Dijkstra accompanied by Director Ineke van der Wal and lecturers Ton Horsten, Ton van Raamsdonk, Alexander Jansen, Karien Dommerholt, Pepijn van Passel, Bas Lodeweegs - School of Engineering & Design, Hogeschool Windesheim, the Netherlands

Prof. Dr Carlos Duarte for IADE, Portugal

Prof. Gunnar Bolmsjö for Lund University, Sweden

President Takahito Saiki, Kobe Design University, Japan

Rector Risto Ilomäki, Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Rector Aleksejs Naumovs, Art Academy of Latvia, Latvia

President Steven Steele and staff members, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Desing, USA

Thank you!