Meet and collaborate with our Cumulus Working Groups, communities of practice created by and for our members to share expertise and engage on a diversity of topics that matter to our disciplines.
Most Cumulus Working Groups meet at the Budapest conference in person. If you register to the conference, you can join any of the meetings in person.
You can also join any of the working group meetings for free, remotely via Zoom. To register, sign up to the specific meetings below.
ReVeDa
The program of Reveda, the Cumulus Working Group about design research for the Cumulus Budapest MOME 2024 is including three speakers from MOME, presenting a picture of research in their institution and then depicting a larger picture of Design Research in China. Additionally, Reveda will host a workshop about Design Research and ERC, the European Research Council, chaired by SID, the Italian Society of Design. Chairs: Loredana Di Lucchio (Sapienza University of Rome), Enza Migliore (SUSTech University), Lorenzo Imbesi (Sapienza University of Rome)
17 MAY 2024, FRI · 11:00–12:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_016)
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DEsign for Health, wellbeing and Aging (DEHA)
The DEHA Working Group focuses on advancing research, education, and innovation in the intersection of design and healthcare, aligning with the objectives of the 3rd Sustainable Development Goal of Good Health and Well-being. It aims to create an open space for discussion and international collaboration to address challenges and opportunities in this critical domain.
16 MAY 2024, THU · 11.00–12.30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_013)
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X-files (International Affairs)
The longest-standing Cumulus working group servs as a pivotal forum for international networking, plays a crucial role in fostering existing collaborations, uncovering new opportunities, and promoting global engagement and interaction. In Budapest X-files organises a short presentation about Hungarian HIE, a workshop session about the global challenges for Internationalisation, followed by discussion & networking.
16 MAY 2024, THU · 11:00–12:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_012)
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21st Century Colour Education
During Cumulus Budapest 2024, we will launch our working group. The session will consist of two parts: first, two colour educators will present (i) the state-of-the-art of colour teaching in design disciplines, and (ii) a discussion of fundamental colour science topics to integrate into the curriculum of visual arts, architecture, and design disciplines. Then, members will collectively reflect on the challenges and opportunities for teaching 21st century colour in our institutions.
16 MAY 2024, THU · 16:00–17:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_016)
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Extraterrestrial
Our references of extra-terrestrial environments come from mass media and from perspectives of other people’s preferences and references of outer space. This workshop will offer 2 presentations and will ask participants to imagine outer space and we will challenge these ideas based not on biased P/References but on the reality of outer space.
15 MAY 2024, WED · 11:00–12:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_014)
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IP 4 A&D HE - Intellectual Property for Art and Design Higher Education
The meeting of the newly created Intellectual Property Working Group will focus on three main topics. The first is about safeguarding creativity by using intellectual property rights to turn ideas into assets. The second is about artificial intelligence and it's relationship to intellectual property rights. Finally, the working group will discuss intellectual property rights at design universities.
15 MAY 2024, WED · 11:00–12:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_016)
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AADT (just on-site presence)
Workshop and discussion on the following topic: Do Art and Design universities see themselves as active contributors to society, not only through education, but also through advocacy, research, and public engagement. Does the institution still have a responsibility to promote principles such as academic freedom, ethical behavior and social responsibility?
16 MAY 2024, THU · 16:00–17:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_013)
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Service Design
Service Design is all about systems, structures and people - thus, it is deeply related to power structures within systems. Who has the say? Who has the informal say? Who is included or excluded? What comes to the table? How are “third places” created and what empowers people to convey their voice? These are a few of the questions we would like to discuss. In this working group, we wish to explore more deeply how to integrate questions of power in Service Design education and practice.
16 MAY 2024, THU · 16:00–17:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_013)
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Designing Response-able Futures
To inaugurate our working group, we will host an ideation workshop to explore diverse approaches to design, futures and response-ability for our working group. This event will be available in two formats: in-person and online. Later on, it will transition into a hybrid version aimed at sharing insights to start building a glossary and collaboratively brainstorming the next steps together.
15 MAY 2024, WED · 11:00–12:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_013)
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Design Education for Social Change // Social Design Network X DESIS Network
The Working Group Design Education for Social Change was founded by Social Design Network and DESIS Network. We aim at investigating key aspects and innovative didactic approaches of design for social change. After our first endeavor, a qualitative global mapping of current design courses, units, and initiatives, at the workshop, we will look at the mapping results, and co-define ways in which our working group can create tangible value.
16 MAY 2024, THU · 11:00–12:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_016)
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The Future of Cumulus
Last year the Excecutive Board began a strategic process to think about the future of our association. This process is participatory, various listening and co-design spaces have been launched so that together as a collective we can reflect on the association we would like to have. Chairs: Lorenzo Imbesi, Cumulus Association President; Roberto Iñiguez-Flores, Cumulus Association Vice-President; Yadira Ornelas-Sanchez, Futures Design_Lab, Tecnológico de Monterrey.
15 MAY 2024, WED · 14:00–15:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_016)
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Kyoto Design Declaration
In 2008 the Kyoto Design Declaration was published, "A statement of commitment by the members of Cumulus to sharing the global responsibility for building sustainable, human-centered, creative societies”. We are living in times of radical change, that invite us to rethink what the manifesto of contemporary design would be. Chairs: Lorenzo Imbesi, Cumulus Association President, Roberto Iñiguez, Cumulus Association Vice-President, David Sanchez-Ruano, Advanced Design Research Group, Tecnológico de Monterrey.
16 MAY 2024, THU · 11:00–12:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_014)
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Women in Design
The Women in Design - Future & Leadership meeting aims to delve into critical areas of women's participation in design leadership. Key areas of focus include: Representation and Visibility; Exploring avenues Empowerment and Mentorship; Facilitating discussions; Breaking Barriers and Overcoming Challenges; Ascending to leadership positions within the design industry; Future Trends and Innovations; Promote gender diversity and inclusivity.
15 MAY 2024, WED · 11:00–12:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_012)
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Fashion and Textile
The fashion and textile working group aims at gathering the fashion departments and actors from Cumulus network. This session in Budapest will feature the presentations of Fashion in Budapest; the Chinese fashion association and the MoU signed with Cumulus; a Gabonese online fashion Media and other features.
15 MAY 2024, WED · 14:00–15:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_014)
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Leadership and Strategy
The session will be separated in 3 parts: - How it all began - the founding of the group - The last 5 years - initiatives and activities - Building a future agenda (including emerging questions of collaborations amongst schools and countries in terms of transparency, democracy) Speakers: Philipp Heidkemp (chair of the CWG) and Teresa Franqueira (co-chair of the CWG); Yrjo Sotamaa (founder of the CWG); Attila Bujdosó (conference chair of Cumulus Budapest 2024, Strategic Design Lead, Innovation Center); Dávid Farkas (lead of the Center of Data Science and Digitalisation of MOME)
15 MAY 2024, WED · 16:00–17:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_013)
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FINDER - Future of Industrial Design reseach and education
The group explores futures of industrial design education and research. We want to learn about Cumulus member Design Research units' activities, research outcomes, and stakeholders. This session at Cumulus Budapest will share the work done so far since our last meeting in Beijing. We are working on a platform to connect Cumulus researchers. At the conference session, we will collect feedback on the user interface design through the focus group.
17 MAY 2024, FRI · 11:00–12:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_014)
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Contemporary Art
Shedding Light on Long Covid" was the Sci-Art Public Realm Research Project, designed to place clinical research data into the public realm through artistic practice. An expert roundtable will discuss place-based research that operates on the intersectionality’s of Creative and Cultural Industry, Public Health and Policy, and H.E. Panellists will discuss the global role and impacts of interdisciplinary practice, including awareness raising and public engagement strategies for sci-art research for knowledge generation and production.
17 MAY 2024, FRI · 11:00–12:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_013)
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Business, Industry and Innovation
The perception of design has evolved in recent years to finally become applicable to all issues and to establish its strategic nature to support businesses and society in general. Design has become a management discipline. To help organizations design, produce and sell differently, designers are taking management positions in all public and private structures. Universities and design schools will have to adapt their programs to observe and support this evolution.
15 MAY 2024, WED · 16:00–17:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_013)
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P-R-E - Practitioners meeting Researchers meeting Educators
The Cumulus Digital Culture Working Group has open a continuing discussion since 2018 in partnership with IxDA, the largest association of interaction designers worldwide,, gathering design professionals, educators and researchers. Chair: Frédéric Degouzon (L’École de design Nantes Atlantique) & Alok Nandi (past president IxDA & design thinker), with Borja Sobas and Isabelle Vérilhac as speakers.
15 MAY 2024, WED · 16:00–17:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_014)
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DESIS
The topic for the DESIS event held during Cumulus Budapest Conference is: “The role of international networks creating bridges and promoting diversity”. We aim to explore and debate how design create the conditions to have spaces for diversity, including human rights, democracy and freedom, among others. We invite all the Cumulus members to join our event and participate in the debate that promises to shed light on the vital role of international networks in fostering diversity and creating bridges through design. Hosted by DESIS Network, this event aims to explore how design can create inclusive spaces for diversity, human rights, democracy, and freedom.
16 MAY 2024, THU · 16:00–17:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_012)
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Creative Competency
In this workshop we will first share the latest about the Cumulus Creative Competency Resource, a global platform for sharing ‘Student Learning Experiences’ that is organized by competencies. Then we ask you to share Learning Experiences and Competencies you learned about in this Cumulus conference. What new competencies do we need to bring back to the classroom? How can we teach them?
17 MAY 2024, FRI · 14:00–15:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_012)
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Food Think Tank
Food design is a way of life, directly and indirectly connected to our food ecosystems, which influence what, where, how, why and with whom we eat? We practise these eating habits in places we inhabit, place where we live, work, socialise, and develop our behavioural patterns, which influence our personal health and cultural identities.
17 MAY 2024, FRI · 11:00–12:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_012)
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CirroCumulus Student Workshop
Cirrocumulus is a young group dedicated to students from the schools of the Cumulus network. Students are invited to join online or onsite to discuss and present their schools, studies, and projects. This working group also relies on the contribution of the Cumulus Student Ambassadors and aims at the creation of Cumulus Student Network. As well a presentation of the Michelangelo Foundation’s programs will take place in the Budapest session.
17 MAY 2024, FRI · 14:00–15:30
Master Building, Seminar Room (M_016)
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