To get there: designing together.

Abstract

Cumulus is the only global association to serve education and research in its disciplines. It is a forum for partnership, friendship and transfer of knowledge and best practices. Cumulus provides its members and partners a wide, flexible, dynamic and diversified friendly forum of exchange, cooperation and innovation. Cumulus promotes and empowers the talent of the next generation of creative and responsible people.

Cumulus builds and maintains a dynamic forum bringing together top-level educational institutions from all parts of the world. The cultural diversity of a variety of nations is a source for synergy and excellence. Cumulus was founded in 1990 consisting currently of 257 members from 55 countries and being able to reach a minimum of 755.000 students and thousands of academics, staff and other audience. Cumulus is endorsed by UNESCO.

FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ART WORKING GROUP. Border Crossings: Pilgrimage to Paris. Contemporary artists and designers cross borders collaborate on innovative and ask challenging questions about how artists and designers challenge the integrity of boundaries.

The Contemporary Art Working Group theme in 2018 addressed the topics of identity, appropriation, collaboration, and hybridity as they pertain to relevant issues in contemporary art and design. Dr Rhiannon Jones presented the paper Design without Walls. The central research question being raised was how can art and design theory and practice work across boards. Providing examples of how artistic research and art and design teaching have achieve this and challenge it within an international context.

BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT TOMORROW THE VARIOUS APPROACHES TO DESIGN RESEARCH SHOULD FOLLOW A COMMON PATH, WE AIM TO STIMULATE COLLABORATIVE PRACTICES TO LET INNOVATION AND UNPREDICTABILITY BREAK FREE. WE AIM TO GET AN OUTLOOK ON THE FUTURE, TO GET IDEAS WE WOULD NEVER HAVE HAD ALONE. TO GET SOMEWHERE NEW, ALL OF US. TO GET THERE, DESIGNING TOGETHER.