Two student ambassadors from the School of Design, Jiangnan University, China: Danni Deng and Zhou Siqi (Jessy) took part in two consecutive conferences of Cumulus in October 2018 in Wuxi, China and in May 2019 in Rovaniemi, Finland within the Cumulus Student Ambassador program.

Graduation Exhibition Bachelor and Master
Art Institute HGK FHNW, Basel
Open: August 26 – September 1, 2019
Kunsthaus Baselland

HDK – Academy of Design and Crafts, Sweden
Apply by September 10, 2019

HDK – Academy of Design and Crafts is seeking a postdoctoral research in business and design, with a special focus on digitalization and its consequences. For this position, HDK is looking for a researcher that is interested both theoretically and empirically in the meeting between design and business studies, broadly understood, and is working at their intersection.

Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Finland
Seminar: October 30-31, 2019

Textiles Tomorrow Summit brings together an international network of textile educators to discuss the future of textiles and share their knowledge and expertise.

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), the Netherlands
Apply by September 12, 2019

The Assistant Professor will become part of the Department of Product Innovation Management (PIM).   

International Conference partnered by the School of Design, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), IKEA x UTS Future Living Lab and the Goethe Institute
September 30 – October 2, 2019 Sydney, Australia
Registration is now open

Impact! From Bauhaus to IKEA examines historical and contemporary design theories, philosophies and practices of making into the future.

University of Sunderland and Northumbria University, UK
October 26, 2019

Student-led conference for practice-based research in Art, Design and Craft.

Three grants offered!
Application deadline EXTENDED till September 9, 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 Bogota, Colombia in October 2019!

Seoul Design Foundation in cooperation with Saint-Etienne and Nagoya UNESCO Cities of Design – Deadline EXTENDED: August 18, 2019

This international Award is addressed to designers or groups that have contributed to building a more harmonious and sustainable relationship between men and their environment, tackling urban environmental issues and by presenting a new vision through creative design.

June 16 -19, 2020 Rome, Italy
Hosted by Sapienza University of Rome, Faculty of Architecture and School of Industrial Design
Long Abstract Submission Deadline October 1, 2019

Design Culture(s) is investigating not simply on the concept of culture as a monolithic expression of a specific knowledge that reflects on itself, but as the product of an investigation that is open to many different “Cultures” which are emerging and revolving around it in society, in the places and in history.