Publication Series G
University of Art and Design Helsinki
2007

Cumulus Conference Warsaw 2006
New situation – new reality: new approach, integration and the unifying of Europe
13-14 October 2006
Hosted by Academy of Fine Arts Warsaw

Editor in chief
Yrjö Sotamaa
Cumulus President

Editors
Eija Salmi
Lotta Anusionwu

isbn 978-951-558-226-3 (paperback)
isbn 978-951-558-227-0 (pdf)
issn 1456-307x (paperback)
issn 1795-1879 (pdf)
Painotalo Kyriiri Oy
Helsinki 2007

PDF VERSION
WP_Warsaw 17_06

CONTENTS

5 Yrjö Sotamaa
Foreword Design and the Lisbon Agenda– Design Boosting Innovation

7 Sasha J. Mächtig
Opening Speech New Situation, New Reality, New Approach – Integration

9 Zygmunt Bauman
Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire Or the arts between administration and the markets

23 David Crowley
Cityscape after a Battle: the Faces of Warsaw

30 Stephen Hitchins
The Economic Value of Design

33 Józef A. Mrozek
Design in Poland

PERSPRECTIVE TO THE CONFERENCE THEMEPERSPECTIVE TO THE CONFERENCE THEME

39 Vladimir Sanzharov
Design in Russia on the Turn of the Century or Will Russians come?

42 Michal Stefanowski
Design Profession in Poland after 1989

45 Judit Várhelyi
New Situation – New Reality: New Approach, Integration and the Unifying of Europe The design profession in Central and East European countries in the period of transition

49 Andrzej Jan Wroblewski
The Crossroads of Design