April 23-24, 2019, Shanghai, China

Economies, technologies, and societies are rapidly co-evolving, requiring shifts in mindsets and techniques to reach and maintain relevance. The 2019 SDN China Conference on “Service Design Futures” aims to explore and support this paradigm shift in how we deal with the complexity of creating purposeful and valuable experiences.

Montreal Design Declaration goes on!
Pre-Summit Meeting at Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne France 2019

Cumulus was invited to the 1st ever conference of PADI Pan Afrikan Design Institute iDEC 2019 taking place in Winneba Ghana 6-9 February 2019 hosted by DesignGhana.

Thursday May 30, 2019
at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
during the General Assembly of Cumulus and the Cumulus conference Around the Campfire: Resilience and Intelligence

The third call opens on April 8, 2019

WORTH is dedicated to supporting innovative ideas within the fashion and lifestyle industries.

At the Cumulus conference Rovaniemi 2019
May 30 – June 1, 2019 Rovaniemi, Finland hosted by University of Lapland

Calls for participation and presentations

October 30 – November 1, 2019 Bogota, Colombia
Hosted by Universidad de los Andes
Submission of abstracts EXTENDED by April 1, 2019

When design is about thinking in action and transition, it questions its original logic and gives birth to diversity. In Bogotá, Colombia, different perspectives will be found transcending the discipline, questioning what will become of design: the design, after.

International design organizations announce next stage of Montréal Design Declaration deliberations to be conducted in Saint-Étienne (France) on 3–5 April 2019 in conjunction with Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne. The Saint-Étienne Pre-Summit Meeting, organised by DSMSC, is the first official meeting of the Summit participants since the Montréal DSM01 in 2017.

Three grants offered!
EXTENDED Apply by February 1, 2019

Cumulus is seeking for academics and staff working in colleges and universities in art, design and media in higher education from different parts of the world and countries less familiar to Cumulusians to come and join our conference in Rovaniemi, Finland in May/June 2019!