The Cumulus Green 2022: Nurturing Our Planet competition invites students from all Cumulus member institutions to consider submissions that advance the United Nations’ Sustainable Goals (SDG).

For the 2022 edition, Cumulus is choosing to bring the talent and creativity of its global community to focus on SDG2: Zero Hunger.

Under the umbrella of zero hunger, SDG2 is not only about ending hunger, but also achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture.

The competition will reward the best work with 3 different categories of prizes as well as with honorary mentions. The prize pool is 20.000 EUR.

The judging process is led by jury co-chairs and Cumulus Executive Board representatives, Anne Pikkov and Jose Allard, and international experts in design, cultural diplomacy, sustainability and circular economy including Rahul Bhattacharya, Erik Ciravegna, Dolly Daou, Lynda Deakin, Daniel Grushkin, Philipp Heidkamp, Soojin Jun, Silvana Juri, Anna Meroni, Pedro Reissig, Vishnu Swaminathan, John Thackara, Xiao Yong and Francesca Zampollo.

Cumulus has partnered with the One Club for Creativity to host the submission platform and the jury room of the Cumulus Green 2022 competition. The competition prize pool has been doubled thanks to the sponsorship of BE OPEN Foundation.

Deadline for submissions has been moved to March 15, 2022.

More information available and the entry submission platform open soon at cumulusgreen.org. Stay tuned!

For any further questions, please contact the Cumulus Secretariat at cumulusgreencompetition@aalto.fi.

Read the whole text of the Call for Entries here CumulusGreen2022call

The Cumulus student group Cirro Cumulus has launched a competition with the goal of finding the best communication strategy to engage students within the Cumulus community. The idea is to find a way to gather the students of Cumulus and unleash the power of networking at a global level. The competition is open to all students from Cumulus member institutions. We invite you to join the challenge and spread the word!

Please see the competition guidelines for more details. Please send your submission no later than October 24, 2021 to cirrosubmissions@cumulusconnects.org

The winning individual/team will receive a 300€ equivalent voucher for each participant (up to three), to acquire goods (books, art materials, computer peripherals, etc) on a platform agreed between winners and the Cumulus Secretariat.

Companies, agencies, professionals, and young designers worldwide are invited to submit their best UX/CX work until November 30, 2021.

#UXDA22 will comprise three competition categories: “Product” and “Concept” for the professional sector and “New Talent” for young designers.
All details on how to enter and the competition dates and deadlines are available on the UXDA-Website here.

Awards ceremony will take place in Barcelona on 14 October as part of Barcelona Design Week’s City Festival.

The deadline to participate in Roca’s international design contest jumpthegap® has been extended. Architects and designers from all over the world now have until 6 September to submit their best ideas for the bathroom space, which must address and advance the goals set out by the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

This deadline extension is the result of a progressive improvement of the COVID-19 situation in Spain, which makes it possible to plan a hybrid awards ceremony at Roca Barcelona Gallery on 14 October 2021 as part of Barcelona Design Week’s City Festival, in keeping with the tradition and spirit of jumpthegap®.

Participants are invited to submit their designs at www.jumpthegap.net, either individually or in groups of two. The competition, which is organised in collaboration with BcD Barcelona Design centre, is divided into four categories: Wellness & Health, designs that deliver new levels of comfort and peace of mind for users and clients, promoting balance and harmony; [Un]neutral design, projects that ingeniously and meaningfully address the bodily diversity and the wide range of capacities displayed by human beings, facilitating independent living through new creative personal aid features; Water & Energy, projects that promote a smart and conscious use of planetary resources; and Crisis & Emergency, designs that tackle a context of permanent crisis and emergency with the help of flexible, feasible and replicable materials and technologies.

The projects will be assessed by a jury of renowned professionals led by Japanese architect and 2014 Pritzker Prize winner Shigeru Ban (Jury President), and which also includes Somi Kim, Senior Director, Healthcare Solutions at Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Design; Paul Priestman, Designer, Chairman of PriestmanGoode; Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin, Founders of Formafantasma design studio; Deborah Seward, Director of United Nations Regional Information Centre in Belgium; Mariana Amatullo, President of Cumulus International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media; Isabel Roig, Executive Director of BcD Barcelona Design centre and President of World Design Weeks; and Marc Viardot, Roca Group’s Corporate Marketing and Design Director.

There will be a total of 13 prizes awarded: four prizes of €2,000 for the winner of each category, eight prizes of €500 for the 1st and 2nd runner up of each category, and a grand prize of €5,000 for the ‘Best of the Best’ project, selected from the four winners.

This 10th edition of jumpthegap® marks a new stage in the development of Roca’s international design contest, driven by the crucial challenges we face today both as individuals and as a society. Its new look into the future draws from the cross-cutting challenges posed by the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in terms of health care and hygiene, preservation of the planet, respect for diversity or equal access to technological advances. Participants must present solutions that are technologically feasible, provide added value to innovation and show diversity, sustainability, timelessness and adaptability. For further information, please visit: www.jumpthegap.net.

About jumpthegap®
jumpthegap® is an international design contest promoted by Roca since 2004. Held every two years in collaboration with BcD Barcelona Design centre, its main goal is to offer a platform where architecture and design professionals and students from all over the globe can develop and showcase their talent, coming up with creative solutions for the bathroom space.

jumpthegap®’s new look into the future draws from the cross-cutting challenges posed by the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in terms of health care and hygiene, preservation of the planet, respect for diversity or equal access to technological advances. Consequently, the contest challenges new generations of designers and architects to come up with real and innovative solutions for the bathroom space, whether public or private, with a truly social, inclusive and sustainable focus. The final objective for all contestants is to design a product or service that solves any of the challenges included in the 2030 Agenda, provides added innovative value and is technologically viable.
www.jumpthegap.net

Hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) and organized by Cumulus partner – the Seoul Design Foundation (SDF), the Award recognizes designers who built harmony between people and society as well as people and the environment to form sustainable cities.

The scope of the award has been broadened to encompass product, visual, digital and multimedia, space and system, experience, service, social, etc. with the intention to encourage the good efforts of designers in all fields.

In addition, the Citizens’ Award is introduced for the first time this year, which allows the public to take part in the screening process. The jury comprised of world-renowned experts in urban research and design has engaged in a total of three in-depth screening processes every year. This year, professional jurors from Korea and abroad will conduct the first and second rounds of screening in November and December, and the third round will be accompanied by presentations and by interviews with the top 10 candidates as well as citizens’ voting.

The screening will focus mainly on three aspects: whether thedesign provided (1) solutions for urban life issues, (2) visions forthe future, and (3) global values.

Another special award titled the “Safety & Security Award” is also introduced for the first time. This award will be presented to a project that helped maintain safety and security in cities in the face of threats from infectious diseases, natural disasters, and crimes.

The submission period is from Sept. 1 to Oct. 31. Application form can be filled out and submitted via the official website (http://humancitydesignaward.or.kr). Details of the announcement and the submission method can also be found on the website.

“The spirit of the Human City Design Award is to find solutions to problems in cities through design and local cooperation and solidarity,” said Joo Yong-tae, acting director of the SDF. “I hope to see a diverse range of projects reflecting this spirit submitted this year so that the Award can play its role as a platform for sharing sustainable future designs.”

Official Schedule
Notice Period: 29 July 2021(Thu) ~ 31 October 2021(Sun) (KST 24:00)
Submission Period: 1 September 2021(Wed) ~ 31 October 2021(Sun) (KST 24:00)
Screening Period: November 2021 ~ February 2022
Award Ceremony: 21 March 2022(Mon)

Enquiry Contact
Homepage : humancitydesignaward.or.kr
E-mail : humancity@seouldesign.or.kr

The Cumulus student group Cirro Cumulus has launched a competition with the goal of finding the best communication strategy to engage students within the Cumulus community. The idea is to find a way to gather the students of Cumulus and unleash the power of networking at a global level. The competition is open to all students from Cumulus member institutions. We invite you to join the challenge and spread the word!

Please see the competition guidelines for more details. Please send your submission no later than October 24, 2021 to cirrosubmissions@cumulusconnects.org

The winning individual/team will receive a 300€ equivalent voucher for each participant (up to three), to acquire goods (books, art materials, computer peripherals, etc) on a platform agreed between winners and the Cumulus Secretariat.

The Cumulus student group Cirro Cumulus has launched a competition with the goal of finding the best communication strategy to engage students within the Cumulus community. The idea is to find a way to gather the students of Cumulus and unleash the power of networking at a global level. The competition is open to all students from Cumulus member institutions. We invite you to join the challenge and spread the word!

Please see the competition guidelines for more details. Please send your submission no later than October 24, 2021 to cirrosubmissions@cumulusconnects.org

The winning individual/team will receive a 300€ equivalent voucher for each participant (up to three), to acquire goods (books, art materials, computer peripherals, etc) on a platform agreed between winners and the Cumulus Secretariat.

The team behind the call “Building the Future” wants to declare that the gestures of the lifeguards as well as all the gestures of hospitality, care, benevolence, friendship, joy that are deployed on the path of migrants, are of a priceless beauty and significance. This is why the call is
conducted upon the request to UNESCO aiming to inscribe them on the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

To take part in this call and clarify its content with us, please send us an email before the end of June 2021 to:
contact@perou-paris.org. Please see the Building the future PDF for more information on the call.

More information in English: Building the future

More information in French: Construire l’avenir

More information in Spanish: Construir el futuro

The individual actors behind this call are VPLPdesign, Civic City, Atelier Marc Ferrand, Charlotte Cauwer, Marielle Macé and PEROU Paris.

illustrations: sketches for a ship for the Mediterranean Sea, VPLPdesign, April 2021

June 21-25, 2021 – 53 finalist teams from 20 countries will compete for the Glass Microbe at the online Biodesign Challenge Summit 2021. Teams have spent the academic year creating projects that bridge art, design, and biology to reimagine more equitable and sustainable futures. Their innovative ideas explore topics such as medicine, architecture, fashion, food, materials, bioethics, and more. There will also be an online student gallery exhibition on June 21.

Over 60 leading experts in academia, industry, and the arts will judge and award prizes. This year’s sponsored prizes include the Barilla Prize for Regenerative Living Ecosystems and the Science Sandbox Prize for Public Engagement.

Summit speakers include Janina Jeff, geneticist and host of the podcast In Those Genes; Kathy High, artist, curator, and scholar of bioart; and Lisa Margonelli, author and senior editor of Issues in Science and Technology. Speakers will give their talks on Friday, June 25th.

BDC aims to foster the first generation of biodesigners who use the life sciences as a tool to create and critique applications of biotechnology. The students come from across disciplines to explore the ethical implications of current and future biotech.

“To serve society as an entirety, science and technology need to be equally accessible to everyone at each stage of creation. I’m looking forward to this year’s Summit dialogues around what we want from our technologies,” says Daniel Grushkin, founder and Executive Director of Biodesign Challenge.

Over the last six years, BDC alumni have gone on to form sustainability-based startups (raising over $6M+ collectively), receive patents, and win notable awards including the H&M Global Change Award, National Geographic Chasing Genius Award, LVMH Innovation Award, Prix Ars Electronica, among others.

Alumni have traveled the world to engage the public at museums and festivals, including the V&A, London Design Biennale, Gregg Museum, World Economic Forum, the Tech Museum, Dutch Design Week, MIT, and the United Nations.

Sign up to attend the event here: https://biodesignchallenge.org/summit-2021

ABOUT BIODESIGN CHALLENGE
The Biodesign Challenge (BDC) is an international student competition and educational program that partners high school and university students with artists, designers, and scientists to imagine, create, and critique the future of biotechnology. During the academic year, students develop bold and feasible projects that use biotechnology to address pressing issues or to critique biotechnology’s impact on society.

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BDC is a partner of Cumulus.

The Prizes recognize and celebrate existing achievements and support the younger generation to further develop emerging concepts and ideas. They give visibility to examples and concepts that illustrate how beautiful, sustainable, inclusive places already exist in our territories, our communities and in our practices, paving the way to the future.

Prizes will be given in 10 different categories and two parallel competition strands:
• New European Bauhaus Awards for existing completed examples/projects
• New European Bauhaus Rising Stars for concepts or ideas submitted by young talents aged 30 or less
The winners will benefit from a very nice media package alongside the 15,000-30.000 euros worth of the award.

Applicants can be EU or non-EU residents, as long as their project/idea is or will be developed and implemented in the EU.

The deadline for submissions is on 31 May 2021.

Read more how to apply

Cumulus is a partner in the NEB initiative.
#NewEuropeanBauhaus