National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh UK
March 22 -24, 2017
Submission of abstracts by June 23, 2016

RTD supports the dissemination of practice-based research through a novel and experimental conference format, comprising a curated exhibition of design research, accompanied by round-table discussions in ‘Rooms of Interest’.

Documenting the Cumulus conference The Virtuous Circle: Design Culture and Experimentation organized by Poltecnico di Milano in Milan, Italy on June 3 – 7, 2015.

1st Cumulus Think Tank Publication
Published in December 2015
Free PDF available!

The first Cumulus Think Tank publication was released during the Cumulus conference In a Planet of Our Own in Mumabi, India.

Cumulus conference In This Place hosted by NTU, UK
April 27 – May 1, 2016

The Cumulus Working Groups are calling for projects and participation! Stay tuned to their programme.

Meeting in April 2016 during In This Place conference, Nottingham, UK
Submission deadline: March 1, 2016

We invite participants to the Contemporary Art Working Group for presentations on these topics that relate to contemporary art and its connections with design.

In a Planet of Our Own conference
December 4, 2015

Cumulus Working Groups are members’ activity and initiative. The groups can meet on a regular basic or be one-time meetings.

Birmingham, UK, February 26, 2016
Proposals by November 19, 2015

Traditionally, the GLAD conference has offered an opportunity for the art, design and media community to share ideas and learn about innovative teaching and learning practices.

50th Anniversary International Design Research Society Conference
June 27 – 30, 2016, Brighton, UK
Full Paper Deadline Extended to 16th November!

For DRS2016 we invite you to join us in considering how design research can help us address the problems we face now and the challenges that lie ahead. Whatever your field of design research we encourage you to participate, to show the true diversity of our subject area, and to help us build a conference formed and shaped by the people that come.

Conference Dates: Wednesday 27 April – Sunday 1 May 2016
Location: Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
Register your group by December 4, 2015!

The Cumulus Working Groups are a member initiative activity. They can be permanent or one time groups and they meet mainly during the conferences, for example once a year.

Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, India
Event on February 25 – 27, 2016
Submission of abstracts by November 15, 2015

Typography Day is being organized for the ninth time from 25th to 27th February 2016 at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore in collaboration with the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) with support from India Design Association (InDeAs) and Aksharaya.