June 3 – 7, 2015 Milan, Italy
Hosted by Politecnico di Milano

The conference aims to investigate how design comes out of the interaction between a practice, which seeks to change the state of things, and culture, which makes sense of this change.

June 28 – 30, 2015 Chicago, IL, USA
Hosted by School of the Art Institute of Chicago SAIC

The 3rd International Conference for Design Education Researchers. Organized by the DESIGN-ED Coalition in partnership with Design Research Society and Cumulus.

October 23 – 24, 2014 Cracow, Poland
Hosted by Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow

International Conference under the umbrella of Cumulus to celebrate the 50 years of the Faculty of Industrial Design.

September 22 – 24, 2014 Johannesburg, South Africa
Hosted by Greenside Design Center (GDC) & Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA), University of Johannesburg

The Cumulus Conference to be hosted by GDC and FADA seeks to bring discussions around the role art and design can and should play in sustainable social advancement, particularly in the context of the African Continent.

May 8 – 10, 2014 Aveiro, Portugal

Hosted by the University of Aveiro

The conference sought to bring designers, artists, musicians, theory-based researchers and educators together, in order to develop interdisciplinary discussions.

November 7 – 9, 2013 Dublin, Ireland
Hosted by the National College of Art and Design

We propose that in the deepest recession since the great depression of the 1930s we need to turn the modernist mantra ‘less is more’ on its head as the reduced budgets of governments, business and people demand ‘more for less’, and develop a ‘New Deal’ for design.

Published by Aalto University
2015

Cumulus conference Dublin
More for Less – Design in an Age of Austerity
November 7–9, 2013
Hosted by National College of Art and Design
Dublin, Ireland

Cumulus conference Aveiro
What’s on: Cultural diversity, social engagement and shifting education
May 8 – 10, 2014
Organized by the University of Aveiro
Aveiro, Portugal

What’s on: cultural diversity, social engagement and shifting education
Published by University of Aveiro