Save the date! Cumulus Student Talent Camp Present Tense — Ahmedabad–Gandhinagar, India | 2–8 February 2027*
Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID)
ADADA+CUMULUS 2026: 24th International Conference of Asia Digital Art and Design Association
Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)
ADADA
Intelligenza Circolare exhibition calling for projects!
ISIA Roma Design – Higher Institute for Artistic Industries
TRUST___DISTRUST — 16th European Academy of Design Conference calling for papers!
University of Porto
International Design Education Conference, Design Education Next: Shifting Paradigms
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Drawing Dialogues: Calibration and Celebration of Drawing in Design
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Design (several posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
INVITATION: webinar in our DesignEuropa Mentoring Series – From Emerging Talent to Design Legacy
EUIPO
Cumulus Athens 2026 welcomes Cumulus Plus Grantees
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Cumulus Nantes 2025 proceedings Ethical Leadership – A New Frontier for Design are available online!
The 2025 Spring Cumulus Conference in Nantes welcomed more than 500 participants that explored and exchanged...
Cumulus welcomes 20 new members in 2026
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PhD in Service Design for Public Sector – Call for Applications Now Open
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Junior Researcher (PhD) in Design for the Planetary Design of Service Systems in the Design & Services Research Community
University of Lapland
Assistant Lecturer in Regenerative and Circular Design Strategy
National College of Art and Design Dublin
Assistant Lecturer/Lecturer in Interaction Design & Programme lead for MA Interaction Design
National College of Art and Design Dublin
«Diversity in Design Research. Good Practices and Open Resources» conference invites participants on April 20!
BAU – Arts and Design College of Barcelona
2026 Symposium on Interculturality and Interdisciplinarity: Towards a New Ecology of Design Education
Xiamen University
Associate Director Undergraduate Studies in Design, School of Architecture & Design
IE School of Architecture and Design
OPEN CALL — The International Summer camp 2026 Irregular Circularities
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
PhD Stipend in the role of participatory design futuring in promoting urban transitions
Aalborg University
PhD Positions Human-Centered, Data-Centric Design of Soundscape Platform for Healthcare Environment
Delft University of Technology (DUT)
Junior or senior professor (assistant professor, associate professor or (full) professor) materials, construction and sustainability in interior design
University of Antwerp
PhD Research Fellowship “Critical Design of Public Service Systems -Youth Marginalization”
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
CfP: Designing the Future: Creativity, Inclusion & Technology in Youth Innovation
National Institute of Fashion Technology
Assistant Professor of Human-Centered and Sustainable Design in the Built Environment
Concordia University
CfP: 5th International Transition Design Conference
Carnegie Mellon University
National School of Architecture, Art and Design Tecnológico de Monterrey
University of Palermo
Assistant or Associate professor in Landscape Architecture, especially landscape design practices
Aalto University
Call for Participation: XR-Driven Design Thinking and Innovation session
Sapienza University of Rome
Doctoral Candidate In Caring Heritage – TOUS-ELISAVA Chair
Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
PhD position in Explorative Furniture Upholstery with New Materials and Techniques
Linköping University
Assistant Professor Positions in the Department of Industrial Design
Özyeğin University (OzU) / Istanbul Institute of Design (IID)
In Memoriam Maria Luisa Rossi
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Research Assistant Professor in Design Entrepreneurship / User Experience Design (two posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Cumulus Regional Seminar 2024 “Design for Intercultural Innovation” publication available!
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Cumulus Regional Meeting in conjunction with Sustainability in Creative Industries
Universitas Ciputra
DesignMatters: Nurturing Inclusive and Innovative Design Research conference calling for participation!
BAU – Arts and Design College of Barcelona
RMIT University
Sapienza University of Rome
Universidade Lusófona
ICADE 2025 conference – Future Context: A New Paradigm for Art and Design Education calling for participation!
Tsinghua University
PhD student Designing Branded Spaces through Visual, Sonic and Spatial Narratives
PXL University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Academic Career Track (ACT) faculty member – Human-Centered Transition Design
Delft University of Technology (DUT)
Researcher (50%) for Digital Solutions Inclusive Leadership and Employee Centricity in Hybrid Work
University of Lapland
Design Researcher – Product Design for the Circular Economy (DTIF Solascope Project)
National College of Art and Design Dublin
PRESS RELEASE: Cumulus Design Declaration 2025
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Join Cumulus South Africa 2025 with Cumulus Plus Grant!
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Cumulus welcomes 23 new members in 2025
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National Research Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowships – Bioart and Design Africa (BA + DA)
University of Johannesburg
Cumulus Conference Proceedings Budapest 2024 available!
Welcome to explore the proceedings documenting the main conference Cumulus Budapest 2024: P/References of...
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Post-Doctoral Researcher-Product Design for the Circular Economy (DTIF Solascope Project)
National College of Art and Design Dublin
Postdoc Researcher: IDEE Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI
Delft University of Technology (DUT)
Annual General Assembly of Cumulus and Elections – join on June 6, 2025!
Dear Cumulus Members, Join us at the Annual General Assembly of Cumulus that will take place...
Sr Lecturer/Assistant/Associate Professor -Architecture (Environmental Design)
Canadian University Dubai
Call for the PhD in Experimental Research through Design, Art and Technologies
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Calling for peer-reviewers Cumulus South Africa 2025
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
University of Johannesburg
Checkpoint – The 10th International Alvar Aalto Design Seminar 2025
Alvar Aalto Foundation, Alvar Aalto Academy
Diseña #28 CfP: The Planetary Condition: Designs, Coexistences, and Care to Reimagine Habitability
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
CfP: Participatory Design Conference 2026 | “Peace, Dialogue, Coexistence: Designing for Living Together”
Politecnico di Milano
Notice Cumulus Secretariat’s new email addresses!
You don't hear from us? Please check, if you are using our new email addresses! You can reach the Cumulus...
Available online: Cumulus CAFA Beijing 2023 Proceedings!
Welcome to explore the proceedings documenting the main conference Cumulus Beijing CAFA 2023: Narratives of...
Call for papers: Peri-pheral Design issue of Cubic Journal
Royal College of Art
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Research Assistant Professor in Design Entrepreneurship / User Experience Design (two posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Cumulus joined DESIGNMATTERS project fostering inclusive and innovative design research
Cumulus, together with a group of member institutions, has just kicked-off a European Erasmus+ project to...
Professor for Interior Architecture/Elementary Composition of Spaces
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Junior Researcher (PhD), Arctic in a Changing World Doctoral Programme, 7 Positions
University of Lapland
Join EUIPO’s webinar: Unpacking the details of the Designs legislative reform: what’s new and what’s next?
EUIPO
Cumulus South Africa 2025 calling for abstracts!
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
University of Johannesburg
Check out the Year 1 Report and Outlook for Year 2 of EDIDesk Project!
EDIDesK - Year 1 Report and Year 2 Outlook EDIDesK ‘Open Access Contents on Design for Equality,...
PhD opportunity: Intersectionality in the design and delivery of digital mental health services
Loughborough University
Research Assistant Position – THREADS & Forge Design Factory
Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest
#40 issue of Temes de Disseny published
With guest editors Bori Fehér, Jonathan Ventura and Ariel Guersenzvaig, this issue explores the ethical,...
Our Beautiful World = Better Together
Cumulus is honored to deepen our collaboration with sister associations in Latin America. With Iberoamérica...
2024 Cumulus Regional Seminar China: Design Education in the Tide of Globalization
Jiangnan University
Design for Inter-Cultural Innovation” (Dii) Cumulus Regional Meeting China 2024
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Cumulus partners with DI Integra
We are thrilled to partner with DI Integra! In connection with the Cumulus Monterrey 2024 conference,...
Nora and Gabor join Cumulus Monterrey 2024 as Student Ambassadors
Cumulus Student Ambassador Program is a selective merit-based initiative that rewards exceptional student...
Junior or senior professor materialization, construction and sustainability in design
University of Antwerp
AICAD Symposium 2024 – Teach for Tomorrow: Re-designing the Future
ArtCenter College of Design
AICAD
Cumulus Nantes 2025 Conference calling for participation – Ethical Leadership: A New Frontier for Design
L’École de design Nantes Atlantique
Cumulus Talent Camp Pordenone 2024 Recap!
What an incredible week it was at the Cumulus Talent Camp! Design for Complex Societies Pordenone, Italy...
Samantha and Yuejia joining Cumulus Budapest 2024 as Cumulus Student Ambassadors
Cumulus Student Ambassador Program is a selective merit-based initiative that rewards exceptional student...
Open call PHD in Design, Arts and Transdisciplinarity: 2 scholarships available
IED Istituto Europeo di Design S.p.A. – Società Benefit
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Design (several posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
EDIDesK – Results of the WP2: Research and analysis of teaching contents on Design and EDI
Cumulus is a partner of the Erasmus+ project EDIDesK - Open Access Contents on Design for Equality,...
Research Assistant Professor in Media Art and Design / Social Design / Service Design (two posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professorship Fundamentals of Visual Art/Painting
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Doctoral program Service Design for Public Sector – apply now!
Department of Architecture, University of Bologna
ISIA Florence (Higher Institute for Artistic Industries)
ISIA Roma Design – Higher Institute for Artistic Industries
L’École de design Nantes Atlantique
Politecnico di Milano
Sapienza University of Rome
Università Iuav di Venezia
World Tree: the 2024 CAA Graduation Season
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China Academy of Art
The Social Design Network is a new partner of Cumulus
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In Memoriam – Ulrich Schendzielorz
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Cumulus welcomes 26 new members in 2024
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Cumulus Budapest 2024 welcomes Cumulus Plus Grantees
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Senior lecturer in Design with focus on interactive technologies
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
In Memoriam – Luk van der Hallen
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Call for entries – 7th the Alpavirama International Youth Film Festival
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
DESIGNA 2024 + CITIZENSHIP International Conference on Design Research
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)
CfP: 4th International Conference on Functional Textiles and Clothing FTC
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay)
World University of Design
Cumulus is a part of EDIDesK project
EDIDesK “Open Access Contents on Design for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion for Higher Education...
New documentary “Radical Creatives” encourages all communities to foster creative mindset
Aalto University´s new documentary film "Radical Creatives" expands our understanding of creativity and...
Aalto University
Cfp open! Cumulus Monterrey 2024 – Design Across Borders: United in Creativity
National School of Architecture, Art and Design Tecnológico de Monterrey
Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM)
Assistant Professor – Ecological Transitions
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
Assistant or Associate Professor – Sustainable Design
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
Guest teacher in Fine Art with focus on performative strategies
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
EFOOD24: Experiencing and Envisioning Food: Designing for Phygital Food Systems
Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
Ph.D. Urban living outside the compact city Peri-urbanity as a socio-spatial phenomenon
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
Ph.D. Human-Centred Interaction Design for Maritime Decarbonization
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
Ph.D. Enhancing Aesthetic Consciousness in Industrial Design Education
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
Cumulus Guayaquil: Arts Imagining Communities to Come conference proceedings available!
The Cumulus Guayaquil Conference, Arts Imagining Communities To Come was hosted by Universidad de las Artes...
Call for the PhD Programme in Eco-Social Innovation by Design
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
The 16th Alvar Aalto Symposium – The Weight of Architecture
Alvar Aalto Foundation, Alvar Aalto Academy
Limit/nolimit AD.REC conference 2024
ENSCI – Les Ateliers (Ecole Nationale Superieure de Creation Industrielle)
Professor for Design of digital spaces and Extended Reality
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Professor in Eco Social Design
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Design (several posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professorship for Strategic Transformation Design
University of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmuend (HfG)
Faculty Positions in Industrial Design: AI-Driven Design and Creative Robotics
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Mashal Junaid, Rubab Afzaal and Smriti Saraswat awarded with Cumulus Plus Grants
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Cumulus Budapest 2024 P/References of Design conference calling for proposals
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Assistant/Associate Professor, Full-Time Tenure Track Position, Graduate Communications Design
Pratt Institute
Professorship of Product Design with a focus on sustainability
University of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmuend (HfG)
Research Assistant Professor in Multimedia & Entertainment Technology / Social Design / Service Design (two posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
TRANSFORM 2023 – KI Conference for AI and Sustainability in Art and Design
University of Applied Sciences Trier
Post-Doctoral Researcher specializing in Extended Reality (XR) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
University of Lapland
Founder and President Emeritus of Cumulus Association Mr Yrjö Sotamaa honoured in Shanghai
International Design Jury consisting of 20 eminent designers and design leaders has awarded the 1.000.000 RMB...
KyivTex & Fashion International Scientific Conference
Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design
Postdoc fellowship in Design -from linear to circular, reuse of post-consumer textiles
Linnaeus University
CfP: TRANSFORM 2023 – Conference on AI, Sustainability, Art & Design
University of Applied Sciences Trier
Professorship Philosophy of Art/Cultural Theory
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Doctoral Student in Design with a Specialisation in Textile Design, Fashion Design, or Interaction Design
University of Borås
Senior Lecturer in Fine Art with focus on Curatorial Practices
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Doctoral student in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts – Interior Architecture and Furniture Design: Private and Public Spaces
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Doctoral student in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts – Craft: Textiles
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Doctoral student in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts – Fine Art: Painting
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Doctoral student in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts – Visual Communication: Illustration/Sequential storytelling
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Call for participation [CFP AD •rec 2024] limit/no limit conference
ENSCI – Les Ateliers (Ecole Nationale Superieure de Creation Industrielle)
Senior Lecturer in Design with a Specialisation in Sustainable Development in Fashion Design
University of Borås
Call for participation: Cumulus Beijing 2023: Narratives of Love
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Cumulus Conference Beijing 2023: Narratives of Love Hosted by CAFA, Beijing,...
Become a Fulbright Scholar in Design at the LUCA School of Arts in Genk, Belgium
...
LUCA School of Arts
Join the virtual Cumulus New Members Fair!
Communication University of China
JD Institute of Fashion Technology New Delhi
National Institute of Design Andhra Pradesh (NID AP)
National Institute of Design Madhya Pradesh (NID MP)
Universidad del Rosario
Universitas Ciputra
University of Tuscia
AICAD is a new partner of Cumulus
AICAD – the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design – is a non-profit consortium of the...
Open call: International Design Week HIT, Israel – The Elephant in the Room
HIT, Holon Institute of Technology
5th Alvar Aalto Researchers’ Network Seminar – WHOSE MODERNISM
Alvar Aalto Foundation, Alvar Aalto Academy
HES Associate Lecturer, Head of the Film Department
HEAD, Haute Ecole d’art et de design de Genève (Geneva University of Art and Design)
Call open: PhD Programme Eco-Social Innovation by Design
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Design (several posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
On the Verge: Design in times of Crisis – Bi-Annual Conference of the Social Design Network
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Cumulus welcomes 35 new members!
The Cumulus General Assembly that gathered on April 14th, 2023, in Antwerp, Belgium admitted 35 (31 Full and...
Fashion Matters in Connectivity C3/Cumulus Antwerp 23!
Dear Cumulus Fashion Schools/Departments Cumulus Fashion and Textile Working group organizes a mini...
PhD student in industrial design, with a focus on sustainability and grassroots communities
Umeå University
Designing Environments: Layers, Scopes, and Closures – 18th Annual IASESP conference
Pforzheim University
Summer School – Design and Transitions: Emerging Theories and Practices at the Intersection
Aalto University
Calling for new/ reactivating Cumulus Working Groups!
New/ Update/ Wake-up New: Apply- Existing: Update your group info- Wake-up: Inactive Groups,...
Now available Reflecting on Design Culture(s) publication
The Cumulus Roma 2021 conference presents the volume #1 of the proceedings that were published in the Cumulus...
The Ahmedabad Design Week 4.0: Technologically Revolutionising Across Paradigms
Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID)
Cheers to a Wonderful Holiday Season and Splendid New Year!
We wish to sincerely thank you all, Cumulus members, partners and friends, for the year 2022! The Cumulus...
Thanking Cumulus Detroit Design for Adaptation
Photo credit: CCS We have a pleasure to thank our member university College of Creative Studies in Detroit...
Lived Experience and Lifelong Learning: an Alternative Vision of a Learning City event
University of Derby
CfP: Inaugural Designing Retail and Service Futures Colloquium
...
University of the Arts London
DRS
Joao, Maya and Veyda to join Cumulus Detroit 2022 as Cumulus Student Ambassadors
Joao, Maya and Veyda to join Cumulus Detroit 2022 as Cumulus Student Ambassadors Cumulus Student...
Cumulus Plus Grant program brings new friends to Cumulus Detroit 2022
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Fashion & Textile WG at Cumulus Detroit 2022
ARCH College of Design & Business
Design School Kolding
Ecole Duperré Paris
Contemporary Art WG/21st Century Colour Literacy Project at Cumulus Detroit 2022
Politecnico di Milano
University of Derby
Business, Innovation and Industry Cumulus WG meeting at Cumulus Detroit 2022
L’École de design Nantes Atlantique
Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin
AADTE Cumulus WG Workshop: Share the most inspiring Learning Experiences
College for Creative Studies
OCAD University
University of the Arts London
ServDes.2023 the Service Design and Innovation Conference
Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro – PUC-Rio
Cumulus Antwerp 2023: Connectivity and Creativity in times of Conflict conference calling for participation
University of Antwerp
Cumulus Registration in Finland
Cumulus became a registered association in July 2022 in Helsinki, Finland by the Finnish Patent and...
Cumulus welcomes 21 new members in 2022
Cumulus is honored to welcome 21 new member institutions joining the association at the annual General...
Cumulus announces new President and Executive Board
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The Vienna Declaration on Artistic Research
Cumulus contributed to the the Vienna Declaration on Artistic Research (published in collaboration with AEC...
‘NIFT Journal of Fashion’ invites research articles for its second volume
National Institute of Fashion Technology
Event: Building Pedagogical Futures in the Present. Dispatches on How to Imagine and Design an Otherwise.
Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
Politecnico di Milano
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
University of the Arts London
P-R-E Practitioners – Researchers – Educators: Cumulus with IxDA in St. Etienne
Ecole Supérieure d’Art et Design de Saint-Etienne (ESADSE)
DRHA –the 26th Annual Conference for Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts
Kingston University London
Cumulus suspends the membership of its Russian member institutions
Following the directives of the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and the European Commission under...
CfP: Symposium: Sustainable Urbanism and Architecture: Australia and China Perspectives on Urban Regeneration and Rural Revitalization
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
12th Biennale Internationale Design de Saint-Étienne
Ecole Supérieure d’Art et Design de Saint-Etienne (ESADSE)
PhD Programme Eco-Social Innovation by Design
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
CANCELLED: Cumulus Russia 2022 Un/touchable. New meanings and values.
In reference to the cancellation, Cumulus has issued the following letter to its members. Dear members and...
Copyright for teachers – EU IPO materials available!
The EU Intellectual Property Office is sharing materials on using the copyright protected materials and on...
The 8th International Forum of Design as a Process – Disrupting Geographies in the Design World
Department of Architecture, University of Bologna
National School of Architecture, Art and Design Tecnológico de Monterrey
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
The Promise of Pragmatist Aesthetics conference calling for papers
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Arts mobilizing communities and more. The 3rd Cumulus conference in Latin-America.
Crisis, criticism and creation, Production Design in the Arts, Art, Nature, Biology and Technology and Urban...
Cumulus Russia 2022 Un/Touchable: New meanings and values conference calling for papers!
National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University)
Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University
Saint Petersburg University
Natacha Poggio and José Ignacio López Ramírez Gastón joining Cumulus Guayaquil 2021 as Plus grantees
Save the date! Cumulus Student Talent Camp Present Tense — Ahmedabad–Gandhinagar, India | 2–8 February 2027*
Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID)
ADADA+CUMULUS 2026: 24th International Conference of Asia Digital Art and Design Association
Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)
ADADA
Intelligenza Circolare exhibition calling for projects!
ISIA Roma Design – Higher Institute for Artistic Industries
TRUST___DISTRUST — 16th European Academy of Design Conference calling for papers!
University of Porto
International Design Education Conference, Design Education Next: Shifting Paradigms
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Drawing Dialogues: Calibration and Celebration of Drawing in Design
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Design (several posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
INVITATION: webinar in our DesignEuropa Mentoring Series – From Emerging Talent to Design Legacy
EUIPO
Cumulus Athens 2026 welcomes Cumulus Plus Grantees
Cumulus was thrilled to welcome Karla Scherer (Regional University of Blumenau/ Federal University of...
Cumulus Nantes 2025 proceedings Ethical Leadership – A New Frontier for Design are available online!
The 2025 Spring Cumulus Conference in Nantes welcomed more than 500 participants that explored and exchanged...
Cumulus welcomes 20 new members in 2026
The Cumulus General Assembly that gathered on May 7th, 2026, in Athens, Greece and online, admitted 20 (19...
PhD in Service Design for Public Sector – Call for Applications Now Open
Sapienza University of Rome
Junior Researcher (PhD) in Design for the Planetary Design of Service Systems in the Design & Services Research Community
University of Lapland
Assistant Lecturer in Regenerative and Circular Design Strategy
National College of Art and Design Dublin
Assistant Lecturer/Lecturer in Interaction Design & Programme lead for MA Interaction Design
National College of Art and Design Dublin
«Diversity in Design Research. Good Practices and Open Resources» conference invites participants on April 20!
BAU – Arts and Design College of Barcelona
2026 Symposium on Interculturality and Interdisciplinarity: Towards a New Ecology of Design Education
Xiamen University
Associate Director Undergraduate Studies in Design, School of Architecture & Design
IE School of Architecture and Design
OPEN CALL — The International Summer camp 2026 Irregular Circularities
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
PhD Stipend in the role of participatory design futuring in promoting urban transitions
Aalborg University
PhD Positions Human-Centered, Data-Centric Design of Soundscape Platform for Healthcare Environment
Delft University of Technology (DUT)
Junior or senior professor (assistant professor, associate professor or (full) professor) materials, construction and sustainability in interior design
University of Antwerp
PhD Research Fellowship “Critical Design of Public Service Systems -Youth Marginalization”
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
CfP: Designing the Future: Creativity, Inclusion & Technology in Youth Innovation
National Institute of Fashion Technology
Assistant Professor of Human-Centered and Sustainable Design in the Built Environment
Concordia University
CfP: 5th International Transition Design Conference
Carnegie Mellon University
National School of Architecture, Art and Design Tecnológico de Monterrey
University of Palermo
Assistant or Associate professor in Landscape Architecture, especially landscape design practices
Aalto University
Call for Participation: XR-Driven Design Thinking and Innovation session
Sapienza University of Rome
Doctoral Candidate In Caring Heritage – TOUS-ELISAVA Chair
Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
PhD position in Explorative Furniture Upholstery with New Materials and Techniques
Linköping University
Assistant Professor Positions in the Department of Industrial Design
Özyeğin University (OzU) / Istanbul Institute of Design (IID)
In Memoriam Maria Luisa Rossi
A Tribute to Maria Luisa Rossi On behalf of Cumulus Association and its entire community, it is with...
Research Assistant Professor in Design Entrepreneurship / User Experience Design (two posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Cumulus Regional Seminar 2024 “Design for Intercultural Innovation” publication available!
We are delighted to present the official proceedings, now available for download in open access from the...
Cumulus Regional Meeting in conjunction with Sustainability in Creative Industries
Universitas Ciputra
DesignMatters: Nurturing Inclusive and Innovative Design Research conference calling for participation!
BAU – Arts and Design College of Barcelona
RMIT University
Sapienza University of Rome
Universidade Lusófona
ICADE 2025 conference – Future Context: A New Paradigm for Art and Design Education calling for participation!
Tsinghua University
PhD student Designing Branded Spaces through Visual, Sonic and Spatial Narratives
PXL University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Academic Career Track (ACT) faculty member – Human-Centered Transition Design
Delft University of Technology (DUT)
Researcher (50%) for Digital Solutions Inclusive Leadership and Employee Centricity in Hybrid Work
University of Lapland
Design Researcher – Product Design for the Circular Economy (DTIF Solascope Project)
National College of Art and Design Dublin
PRESS RELEASE: Cumulus Design Declaration 2025
Design in the face of emergency: Cumulus launches a global declaration for a regenerative future. Nantes,...
Join Cumulus South Africa 2025 with Cumulus Plus Grant!
Call for Cumulus Plus Grants South Africa 2025 Cumulus offers three scholarships with its signature...
Crisis in Gaza – Cumulus General Assembly’s Motion
On June 6, 2025, the Cumulus General Assembly, gathered in Nantes, France, approved a motion addressing the...
Cumulus welcomes 23 new members in 2025
The Cumulus General Assembly that gathered on June 6th, 2025, in Nantes, France and online, admitted 23 (20...
Cumulus announces new President and Executive Board 2025-2028
Cumulus congratulates the 2025-2028 President and Executive Board elected at the annual General Assembly held...
National Research Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowships – Bioart and Design Africa (BA + DA)
University of Johannesburg
Cumulus Conference Proceedings Budapest 2024 available!
Welcome to explore the proceedings documenting the main conference Cumulus Budapest 2024: P/References of...
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Post-Doctoral Researcher-Product Design for the Circular Economy (DTIF Solascope Project)
National College of Art and Design Dublin
Postdoc Researcher: IDEE Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI
Delft University of Technology (DUT)
Annual General Assembly of Cumulus and Elections – join on June 6, 2025!
Dear Cumulus Members, Join us at the Annual General Assembly of Cumulus that will take place...
Sr Lecturer/Assistant/Associate Professor -Architecture (Environmental Design)
Canadian University Dubai
Call for the PhD in Experimental Research through Design, Art and Technologies
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Calling for peer-reviewers Cumulus South Africa 2025
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
University of Johannesburg
Checkpoint – The 10th International Alvar Aalto Design Seminar 2025
Alvar Aalto Foundation, Alvar Aalto Academy
Diseña #28 CfP: The Planetary Condition: Designs, Coexistences, and Care to Reimagine Habitability
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
CfP: Participatory Design Conference 2026 | “Peace, Dialogue, Coexistence: Designing for Living Together”
Politecnico di Milano
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Available online: Cumulus CAFA Beijing 2023 Proceedings!
Welcome to explore the proceedings documenting the main conference Cumulus Beijing CAFA 2023: Narratives of...
Call for papers: Peri-pheral Design issue of Cubic Journal
Royal College of Art
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Research Assistant Professor in Design Entrepreneurship / User Experience Design (two posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Cumulus joined DESIGNMATTERS project fostering inclusive and innovative design research
Cumulus, together with a group of member institutions, has just kicked-off a European Erasmus+ project to...
Professor for Interior Architecture/Elementary Composition of Spaces
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Junior Researcher (PhD), Arctic in a Changing World Doctoral Programme, 7 Positions
University of Lapland
Join EUIPO’s webinar: Unpacking the details of the Designs legislative reform: what’s new and what’s next?
EUIPO
Cumulus South Africa 2025 calling for abstracts!
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
University of Johannesburg
Check out the Year 1 Report and Outlook for Year 2 of EDIDesk Project!
EDIDesK - Year 1 Report and Year 2 Outlook EDIDesK ‘Open Access Contents on Design for Equality,...
PhD opportunity: Intersectionality in the design and delivery of digital mental health services
Loughborough University
Research Assistant Position – THREADS & Forge Design Factory
Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest
#40 issue of Temes de Disseny published
With guest editors Bori Fehér, Jonathan Ventura and Ariel Guersenzvaig, this issue explores the ethical,...
Our Beautiful World = Better Together
Cumulus is honored to deepen our collaboration with sister associations in Latin America. With Iberoamérica...
2024 Cumulus Regional Seminar China: Design Education in the Tide of Globalization
Jiangnan University
Design for Inter-Cultural Innovation” (Dii) Cumulus Regional Meeting China 2024
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Cumulus partners with DI Integra
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Nora and Gabor join Cumulus Monterrey 2024 as Student Ambassadors
Cumulus Student Ambassador Program is a selective merit-based initiative that rewards exceptional student...
Junior or senior professor materialization, construction and sustainability in design
University of Antwerp
AICAD Symposium 2024 – Teach for Tomorrow: Re-designing the Future
ArtCenter College of Design
AICAD
Cumulus Nantes 2025 Conference calling for participation – Ethical Leadership: A New Frontier for Design
L’École de design Nantes Atlantique
Cumulus Talent Camp Pordenone 2024 Recap!
What an incredible week it was at the Cumulus Talent Camp! Design for Complex Societies Pordenone, Italy...
Samantha and Yuejia joining Cumulus Budapest 2024 as Cumulus Student Ambassadors
Cumulus Student Ambassador Program is a selective merit-based initiative that rewards exceptional student...
Open call PHD in Design, Arts and Transdisciplinarity: 2 scholarships available
IED Istituto Europeo di Design S.p.A. – Società Benefit
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Design (several posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
EDIDesK – Results of the WP2: Research and analysis of teaching contents on Design and EDI
Cumulus is a partner of the Erasmus+ project EDIDesK - Open Access Contents on Design for Equality,...
Research Assistant Professor in Media Art and Design / Social Design / Service Design (two posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professorship Fundamentals of Visual Art/Painting
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Doctoral program Service Design for Public Sector – apply now!
Department of Architecture, University of Bologna
ISIA Florence (Higher Institute for Artistic Industries)
ISIA Roma Design – Higher Institute for Artistic Industries
L’École de design Nantes Atlantique
Politecnico di Milano
Sapienza University of Rome
Università Iuav di Venezia
World Tree: the 2024 CAA Graduation Season
The World Tree CAA’s 2024 Graduation Season The 2024 Graduation Season at the China Academy of Art will...
China Academy of Art
The Social Design Network is a new partner of Cumulus
Cumulus and Social Design Network signed the MoU on 15 May 2024, as represented by Dr. Bori Fehér and Prof....
In Memoriam – Ulrich Schendzielorz
In Memoriam Ulrich Schendzielorz (1958-2024) Cumulus Executive Board Member 2013-2016; re-elected...
Cumulus welcomes 26 new members in 2024
Photo: New member representatives with the Cumulus Executive Board. Photo credit: MOME, Máté Lakos The...
Cumulus Budapest 2024 welcomes Cumulus Plus Grantees
Cumulus is thrilled to welcome Ingrid Calvo Ivanovic (Universidad de Chile, Chile), Xayaphone VONGVILAY...
Senior lecturer in Design with focus on interactive technologies
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
In Memoriam – Luk van der Hallen
In Memoriam Luk van der Hallen, the professor of product design at the Media & Design Academy (KHLim),...
Call for entries – 7th the Alpavirama International Youth Film Festival
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
DESIGNA 2024 + CITIZENSHIP International Conference on Design Research
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)
CfP: 4th International Conference on Functional Textiles and Clothing FTC
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay)
World University of Design
Cumulus is a part of EDIDesK project
EDIDesK “Open Access Contents on Design for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion for Higher Education...
New documentary “Radical Creatives” encourages all communities to foster creative mindset
Aalto University´s new documentary film "Radical Creatives" expands our understanding of creativity and...
Aalto University
Cfp open! Cumulus Monterrey 2024 – Design Across Borders: United in Creativity
National School of Architecture, Art and Design Tecnológico de Monterrey
Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM)
Assistant Professor – Ecological Transitions
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
Assistant or Associate Professor – Sustainable Design
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
Guest teacher in Fine Art with focus on performative strategies
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
EFOOD24: Experiencing and Envisioning Food: Designing for Phygital Food Systems
Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
Ph.D. Urban living outside the compact city Peri-urbanity as a socio-spatial phenomenon
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
Ph.D. Human-Centred Interaction Design for Maritime Decarbonization
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
Ph.D. Enhancing Aesthetic Consciousness in Industrial Design Education
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
Cumulus Guayaquil: Arts Imagining Communities to Come conference proceedings available!
The Cumulus Guayaquil Conference, Arts Imagining Communities To Come was hosted by Universidad de las Artes...
Call for the PhD Programme in Eco-Social Innovation by Design
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
The 16th Alvar Aalto Symposium – The Weight of Architecture
Alvar Aalto Foundation, Alvar Aalto Academy
Limit/nolimit AD.REC conference 2024
ENSCI – Les Ateliers (Ecole Nationale Superieure de Creation Industrielle)
Professor for Design of digital spaces and Extended Reality
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Professor in Eco Social Design
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Design (several posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professorship for Strategic Transformation Design
University of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmuend (HfG)
Faculty Positions in Industrial Design: AI-Driven Design and Creative Robotics
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Mashal Junaid, Rubab Afzaal and Smriti Saraswat awarded with Cumulus Plus Grants
Cumulus had the pleasure to welcome three Cumulus Plus Grantees to join in-person/online our conference...
Cumulus Budapest 2024 P/References of Design conference calling for proposals
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Assistant/Associate Professor, Full-Time Tenure Track Position, Graduate Communications Design
Pratt Institute
Professorship of Product Design with a focus on sustainability
University of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmuend (HfG)
Research Assistant Professor in Multimedia & Entertainment Technology / Social Design / Service Design (two posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
TRANSFORM 2023 – KI Conference for AI and Sustainability in Art and Design
University of Applied Sciences Trier
Post-Doctoral Researcher specializing in Extended Reality (XR) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
University of Lapland
Founder and President Emeritus of Cumulus Association Mr Yrjö Sotamaa honoured in Shanghai
International Design Jury consisting of 20 eminent designers and design leaders has awarded the 1.000.000 RMB...
KyivTex & Fashion International Scientific Conference
Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design
Postdoc fellowship in Design -from linear to circular, reuse of post-consumer textiles
Linnaeus University
CfP: TRANSFORM 2023 – Conference on AI, Sustainability, Art & Design
University of Applied Sciences Trier
Professorship Philosophy of Art/Cultural Theory
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Doctoral Student in Design with a Specialisation in Textile Design, Fashion Design, or Interaction Design
University of Borås
Senior Lecturer in Fine Art with focus on Curatorial Practices
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Doctoral student in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts – Interior Architecture and Furniture Design: Private and Public Spaces
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Doctoral student in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts – Craft: Textiles
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Doctoral student in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts – Fine Art: Painting
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Doctoral student in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts – Visual Communication: Illustration/Sequential storytelling
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Call for participation [CFP AD •rec 2024] limit/no limit conference
ENSCI – Les Ateliers (Ecole Nationale Superieure de Creation Industrielle)
Senior Lecturer in Design with a Specialisation in Sustainable Development in Fashion Design
University of Borås
Call for participation: Cumulus Beijing 2023: Narratives of Love
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Cumulus Conference Beijing 2023: Narratives of Love Hosted by CAFA, Beijing,...
Become a Fulbright Scholar in Design at the LUCA School of Arts in Genk, Belgium
...
LUCA School of Arts
Join the virtual Cumulus New Members Fair!
Communication University of China
JD Institute of Fashion Technology New Delhi
National Institute of Design Andhra Pradesh (NID AP)
National Institute of Design Madhya Pradesh (NID MP)
Universidad del Rosario
Universitas Ciputra
University of Tuscia
AICAD is a new partner of Cumulus
AICAD – the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design – is a non-profit consortium of the...
Open call: International Design Week HIT, Israel – The Elephant in the Room
HIT, Holon Institute of Technology
5th Alvar Aalto Researchers’ Network Seminar – WHOSE MODERNISM
Alvar Aalto Foundation, Alvar Aalto Academy
HES Associate Lecturer, Head of the Film Department
HEAD, Haute Ecole d’art et de design de Genève (Geneva University of Art and Design)
Call open: PhD Programme Eco-Social Innovation by Design
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Design (several posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
On the Verge: Design in times of Crisis – Bi-Annual Conference of the Social Design Network
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Cumulus welcomes 35 new members!
The Cumulus General Assembly that gathered on April 14th, 2023, in Antwerp, Belgium admitted 35 (31 Full and...
Fashion Matters in Connectivity C3/Cumulus Antwerp 23!
Dear Cumulus Fashion Schools/Departments Cumulus Fashion and Textile Working group organizes a mini...
PhD student in industrial design, with a focus on sustainability and grassroots communities
Umeå University
Designing Environments: Layers, Scopes, and Closures – 18th Annual IASESP conference
Pforzheim University
Summer School – Design and Transitions: Emerging Theories and Practices at the Intersection
Aalto University
Calling for new/ reactivating Cumulus Working Groups!
New/ Update/ Wake-up New: Apply- Existing: Update your group info- Wake-up: Inactive Groups,...
Now available Reflecting on Design Culture(s) publication
The Cumulus Roma 2021 conference presents the volume #1 of the proceedings that were published in the Cumulus...
The Ahmedabad Design Week 4.0: Technologically Revolutionising Across Paradigms
Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID)
Cheers to a Wonderful Holiday Season and Splendid New Year!
We wish to sincerely thank you all, Cumulus members, partners and friends, for the year 2022! The Cumulus...
Thanking Cumulus Detroit Design for Adaptation
Photo credit: CCS We have a pleasure to thank our member university College of Creative Studies in Detroit...
Lived Experience and Lifelong Learning: an Alternative Vision of a Learning City event
University of Derby
CfP: Inaugural Designing Retail and Service Futures Colloquium
...
University of the Arts London
DRS
Joao, Maya and Veyda to join Cumulus Detroit 2022 as Cumulus Student Ambassadors
Joao, Maya and Veyda to join Cumulus Detroit 2022 as Cumulus Student Ambassadors Cumulus Student...
Cumulus Plus Grant program brings new friends to Cumulus Detroit 2022
Cumulus is thrilled to welcome Joseph Amewu (Ho Technical University (HTU), Ghana), Muhammad Fawad Noori...
Fashion & Textile WG at Cumulus Detroit 2022
ARCH College of Design & Business
Design School Kolding
Ecole Duperré Paris
Contemporary Art WG/21st Century Colour Literacy Project at Cumulus Detroit 2022
Politecnico di Milano
University of Derby
Business, Innovation and Industry Cumulus WG meeting at Cumulus Detroit 2022
L’École de design Nantes Atlantique
Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin
AADTE Cumulus WG Workshop: Share the most inspiring Learning Experiences
College for Creative Studies
OCAD University
University of the Arts London
ServDes.2023 the Service Design and Innovation Conference
Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro – PUC-Rio
Cumulus Antwerp 2023: Connectivity and Creativity in times of Conflict conference calling for participation
University of Antwerp
Cumulus Registration in Finland
Cumulus became a registered association in July 2022 in Helsinki, Finland by the Finnish Patent and...
Cumulus welcomes 21 new members in 2022
Cumulus is honored to welcome 21 new member institutions joining the association at the annual General...
Cumulus announces new President and Executive Board
Cumulus congratulates the 2022-2025 President and Executive Board announced at the annual General Assembly...
The Vienna Declaration on Artistic Research
Cumulus contributed to the the Vienna Declaration on Artistic Research (published in collaboration with AEC...
‘NIFT Journal of Fashion’ invites research articles for its second volume
National Institute of Fashion Technology
Event: Building Pedagogical Futures in the Present. Dispatches on How to Imagine and Design an Otherwise.
Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
Politecnico di Milano
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
University of the Arts London
P-R-E Practitioners – Researchers – Educators: Cumulus with IxDA in St. Etienne
Ecole Supérieure d’Art et Design de Saint-Etienne (ESADSE)
DRHA –the 26th Annual Conference for Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts
Kingston University London
Cumulus suspends the membership of its Russian member institutions
Following the directives of the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and the European Commission under...
CfP: Symposium: Sustainable Urbanism and Architecture: Australia and China Perspectives on Urban Regeneration and Rural Revitalization
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
12th Biennale Internationale Design de Saint-Étienne
Ecole Supérieure d’Art et Design de Saint-Etienne (ESADSE)
PhD Programme Eco-Social Innovation by Design
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
CANCELLED: Cumulus Russia 2022 Un/touchable. New meanings and values.
In reference to the cancellation, Cumulus has issued the following letter to its members. Dear members and...
Copyright for teachers – EU IPO materials available!
The EU Intellectual Property Office is sharing materials on using the copyright protected materials and on...
The 8th International Forum of Design as a Process – Disrupting Geographies in the Design World
Department of Architecture, University of Bologna
National School of Architecture, Art and Design Tecnológico de Monterrey
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
The Promise of Pragmatist Aesthetics conference calling for papers
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Arts mobilizing communities and more. The 3rd Cumulus conference in Latin-America.
Crisis, criticism and creation, Production Design in the Arts, Art, Nature, Biology and Technology and Urban...
Cumulus Russia 2022 Un/Touchable: New meanings and values conference calling for papers!
National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University)
Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University
Saint Petersburg University
Natacha Poggio and José Ignacio López Ramírez Gastón joining Cumulus Guayaquil 2021 as Plus grantees
Save the date! Cumulus Student Talent Camp Present Tense — Ahmedabad–Gandhinagar, India | 2–8 February 2027*
Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID)
ADADA+CUMULUS 2026: 24th International Conference of Asia Digital Art and Design Association
Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)
ADADA
Intelligenza Circolare exhibition calling for projects!
ISIA Roma Design – Higher Institute for Artistic Industries
TRUST___DISTRUST — 16th European Academy of Design Conference calling for papers!
University of Porto
International Design Education Conference, Design Education Next: Shifting Paradigms
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Drawing Dialogues: Calibration and Celebration of Drawing in Design
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Design (several posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
INVITATION: webinar in our DesignEuropa Mentoring Series – From Emerging Talent to Design Legacy
EUIPO
Cumulus Athens 2026 welcomes Cumulus Plus Grantees
Cumulus was thrilled to welcome Karla Scherer (Regional University of Blumenau/ Federal University of...
Cumulus Nantes 2025 proceedings Ethical Leadership – A New Frontier for Design are available online!
The 2025 Spring Cumulus Conference in Nantes welcomed more than 500 participants that explored and exchanged...
Cumulus welcomes 20 new members in 2026
The Cumulus General Assembly that gathered on May 7th, 2026, in Athens, Greece and online, admitted 20 (19...
PhD in Service Design for Public Sector – Call for Applications Now Open
Sapienza University of Rome
Junior Researcher (PhD) in Design for the Planetary Design of Service Systems in the Design & Services Research Community
University of Lapland
Assistant Lecturer in Regenerative and Circular Design Strategy
National College of Art and Design Dublin
Assistant Lecturer/Lecturer in Interaction Design & Programme lead for MA Interaction Design
National College of Art and Design Dublin
«Diversity in Design Research. Good Practices and Open Resources» conference invites participants on April 20!
BAU – Arts and Design College of Barcelona
2026 Symposium on Interculturality and Interdisciplinarity: Towards a New Ecology of Design Education
Xiamen University
Associate Director Undergraduate Studies in Design, School of Architecture & Design
IE School of Architecture and Design
OPEN CALL — The International Summer camp 2026 Irregular Circularities
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
PhD Stipend in the role of participatory design futuring in promoting urban transitions
Aalborg University
PhD Positions Human-Centered, Data-Centric Design of Soundscape Platform for Healthcare Environment
Delft University of Technology (DUT)
Junior or senior professor (assistant professor, associate professor or (full) professor) materials, construction and sustainability in interior design
University of Antwerp
PhD Research Fellowship “Critical Design of Public Service Systems -Youth Marginalization”
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
CfP: Designing the Future: Creativity, Inclusion & Technology in Youth Innovation
National Institute of Fashion Technology
Assistant Professor of Human-Centered and Sustainable Design in the Built Environment
Concordia University
CfP: 5th International Transition Design Conference
Carnegie Mellon University
National School of Architecture, Art and Design Tecnológico de Monterrey
University of Palermo
Assistant or Associate professor in Landscape Architecture, especially landscape design practices
Aalto University
Call for Participation: XR-Driven Design Thinking and Innovation session
Sapienza University of Rome
Doctoral Candidate In Caring Heritage – TOUS-ELISAVA Chair
Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
PhD position in Explorative Furniture Upholstery with New Materials and Techniques
Linköping University
Assistant Professor Positions in the Department of Industrial Design
Özyeğin University (OzU) / Istanbul Institute of Design (IID)
In Memoriam Maria Luisa Rossi
A Tribute to Maria Luisa Rossi On behalf of Cumulus Association and its entire community, it is with...
Research Assistant Professor in Design Entrepreneurship / User Experience Design (two posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Cumulus Regional Seminar 2024 “Design for Intercultural Innovation” publication available!
We are delighted to present the official proceedings, now available for download in open access from the...
Cumulus Regional Meeting in conjunction with Sustainability in Creative Industries
Universitas Ciputra
DesignMatters: Nurturing Inclusive and Innovative Design Research conference calling for participation!
BAU – Arts and Design College of Barcelona
RMIT University
Sapienza University of Rome
Universidade Lusófona
ICADE 2025 conference – Future Context: A New Paradigm for Art and Design Education calling for participation!
Tsinghua University
PhD student Designing Branded Spaces through Visual, Sonic and Spatial Narratives
PXL University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Academic Career Track (ACT) faculty member – Human-Centered Transition Design
Delft University of Technology (DUT)
Researcher (50%) for Digital Solutions Inclusive Leadership and Employee Centricity in Hybrid Work
University of Lapland
Design Researcher – Product Design for the Circular Economy (DTIF Solascope Project)
National College of Art and Design Dublin
PRESS RELEASE: Cumulus Design Declaration 2025
Design in the face of emergency: Cumulus launches a global declaration for a regenerative future. Nantes,...
Join Cumulus South Africa 2025 with Cumulus Plus Grant!
Call for Cumulus Plus Grants South Africa 2025 Cumulus offers three scholarships with its signature...
Crisis in Gaza – Cumulus General Assembly’s Motion
On June 6, 2025, the Cumulus General Assembly, gathered in Nantes, France, approved a motion addressing the...
Cumulus welcomes 23 new members in 2025
The Cumulus General Assembly that gathered on June 6th, 2025, in Nantes, France and online, admitted 23 (20...
Cumulus announces new President and Executive Board 2025-2028
Cumulus congratulates the 2025-2028 President and Executive Board elected at the annual General Assembly held...
National Research Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowships – Bioart and Design Africa (BA + DA)
University of Johannesburg
Cumulus Conference Proceedings Budapest 2024 available!
Welcome to explore the proceedings documenting the main conference Cumulus Budapest 2024: P/References of...
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Post-Doctoral Researcher-Product Design for the Circular Economy (DTIF Solascope Project)
National College of Art and Design Dublin
Postdoc Researcher: IDEE Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI
Delft University of Technology (DUT)
Annual General Assembly of Cumulus and Elections – join on June 6, 2025!
Dear Cumulus Members, Join us at the Annual General Assembly of Cumulus that will take place...
Sr Lecturer/Assistant/Associate Professor -Architecture (Environmental Design)
Canadian University Dubai
Call for the PhD in Experimental Research through Design, Art and Technologies
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Calling for peer-reviewers Cumulus South Africa 2025
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
University of Johannesburg
Checkpoint – The 10th International Alvar Aalto Design Seminar 2025
Alvar Aalto Foundation, Alvar Aalto Academy
Diseña #28 CfP: The Planetary Condition: Designs, Coexistences, and Care to Reimagine Habitability
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
CfP: Participatory Design Conference 2026 | “Peace, Dialogue, Coexistence: Designing for Living Together”
Politecnico di Milano
Notice Cumulus Secretariat’s new email addresses!
You don't hear from us? Please check, if you are using our new email addresses! You can reach the Cumulus...
Available online: Cumulus CAFA Beijing 2023 Proceedings!
Welcome to explore the proceedings documenting the main conference Cumulus Beijing CAFA 2023: Narratives of...
Call for papers: Peri-pheral Design issue of Cubic Journal
Royal College of Art
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Research Assistant Professor in Design Entrepreneurship / User Experience Design (two posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Cumulus joined DESIGNMATTERS project fostering inclusive and innovative design research
Cumulus, together with a group of member institutions, has just kicked-off a European Erasmus+ project to...
Professor for Interior Architecture/Elementary Composition of Spaces
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Junior Researcher (PhD), Arctic in a Changing World Doctoral Programme, 7 Positions
University of Lapland
Join EUIPO’s webinar: Unpacking the details of the Designs legislative reform: what’s new and what’s next?
EUIPO
Cumulus South Africa 2025 calling for abstracts!
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
University of Johannesburg
Check out the Year 1 Report and Outlook for Year 2 of EDIDesk Project!
EDIDesK - Year 1 Report and Year 2 Outlook EDIDesK ‘Open Access Contents on Design for Equality,...
PhD opportunity: Intersectionality in the design and delivery of digital mental health services
Loughborough University
Research Assistant Position – THREADS & Forge Design Factory
Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest
#40 issue of Temes de Disseny published
With guest editors Bori Fehér, Jonathan Ventura and Ariel Guersenzvaig, this issue explores the ethical,...
Our Beautiful World = Better Together
Cumulus is honored to deepen our collaboration with sister associations in Latin America. With Iberoamérica...
2024 Cumulus Regional Seminar China: Design Education in the Tide of Globalization
Jiangnan University
Design for Inter-Cultural Innovation” (Dii) Cumulus Regional Meeting China 2024
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Cumulus partners with DI Integra
We are thrilled to partner with DI Integra! In connection with the Cumulus Monterrey 2024 conference,...
Nora and Gabor join Cumulus Monterrey 2024 as Student Ambassadors
Cumulus Student Ambassador Program is a selective merit-based initiative that rewards exceptional student...
Junior or senior professor materialization, construction and sustainability in design
University of Antwerp
AICAD Symposium 2024 – Teach for Tomorrow: Re-designing the Future
ArtCenter College of Design
AICAD
Cumulus Nantes 2025 Conference calling for participation – Ethical Leadership: A New Frontier for Design
L’École de design Nantes Atlantique
Cumulus Talent Camp Pordenone 2024 Recap!
What an incredible week it was at the Cumulus Talent Camp! Design for Complex Societies Pordenone, Italy...
Samantha and Yuejia joining Cumulus Budapest 2024 as Cumulus Student Ambassadors
Cumulus Student Ambassador Program is a selective merit-based initiative that rewards exceptional student...
Open call PHD in Design, Arts and Transdisciplinarity: 2 scholarships available
IED Istituto Europeo di Design S.p.A. – Società Benefit
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Design (several posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
EDIDesK – Results of the WP2: Research and analysis of teaching contents on Design and EDI
Cumulus is a partner of the Erasmus+ project EDIDesK - Open Access Contents on Design for Equality,...
Research Assistant Professor in Media Art and Design / Social Design / Service Design (two posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professorship Fundamentals of Visual Art/Painting
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Doctoral program Service Design for Public Sector – apply now!
Department of Architecture, University of Bologna
ISIA Florence (Higher Institute for Artistic Industries)
ISIA Roma Design – Higher Institute for Artistic Industries
L’École de design Nantes Atlantique
Politecnico di Milano
Sapienza University of Rome
Università Iuav di Venezia
World Tree: the 2024 CAA Graduation Season
The World Tree CAA’s 2024 Graduation Season The 2024 Graduation Season at the China Academy of Art will...
China Academy of Art
The Social Design Network is a new partner of Cumulus
Cumulus and Social Design Network signed the MoU on 15 May 2024, as represented by Dr. Bori Fehér and Prof....
In Memoriam – Ulrich Schendzielorz
In Memoriam Ulrich Schendzielorz (1958-2024) Cumulus Executive Board Member 2013-2016; re-elected...
Cumulus welcomes 26 new members in 2024
Photo: New member representatives with the Cumulus Executive Board. Photo credit: MOME, Máté Lakos The...
Cumulus Budapest 2024 welcomes Cumulus Plus Grantees
Cumulus is thrilled to welcome Ingrid Calvo Ivanovic (Universidad de Chile, Chile), Xayaphone VONGVILAY...
Senior lecturer in Design with focus on interactive technologies
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
In Memoriam – Luk van der Hallen
In Memoriam Luk van der Hallen, the professor of product design at the Media & Design Academy (KHLim),...
Call for entries – 7th the Alpavirama International Youth Film Festival
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
DESIGNA 2024 + CITIZENSHIP International Conference on Design Research
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)
CfP: 4th International Conference on Functional Textiles and Clothing FTC
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay)
World University of Design
Cumulus is a part of EDIDesK project
EDIDesK “Open Access Contents on Design for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion for Higher Education...
New documentary “Radical Creatives” encourages all communities to foster creative mindset
Aalto University´s new documentary film "Radical Creatives" expands our understanding of creativity and...
Aalto University
Cfp open! Cumulus Monterrey 2024 – Design Across Borders: United in Creativity
National School of Architecture, Art and Design Tecnológico de Monterrey
Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM)
Assistant Professor – Ecological Transitions
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
Assistant or Associate Professor – Sustainable Design
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
Guest teacher in Fine Art with focus on performative strategies
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
EFOOD24: Experiencing and Envisioning Food: Designing for Phygital Food Systems
Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
Ph.D. Urban living outside the compact city Peri-urbanity as a socio-spatial phenomenon
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
Ph.D. Human-Centred Interaction Design for Maritime Decarbonization
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
Ph.D. Enhancing Aesthetic Consciousness in Industrial Design Education
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
Cumulus Guayaquil: Arts Imagining Communities to Come conference proceedings available!
The Cumulus Guayaquil Conference, Arts Imagining Communities To Come was hosted by Universidad de las Artes...
Call for the PhD Programme in Eco-Social Innovation by Design
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
The 16th Alvar Aalto Symposium – The Weight of Architecture
Alvar Aalto Foundation, Alvar Aalto Academy
Limit/nolimit AD.REC conference 2024
ENSCI – Les Ateliers (Ecole Nationale Superieure de Creation Industrielle)
Professor for Design of digital spaces and Extended Reality
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Professor in Eco Social Design
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Design (several posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professorship for Strategic Transformation Design
University of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmuend (HfG)
Faculty Positions in Industrial Design: AI-Driven Design and Creative Robotics
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Mashal Junaid, Rubab Afzaal and Smriti Saraswat awarded with Cumulus Plus Grants
Cumulus had the pleasure to welcome three Cumulus Plus Grantees to join in-person/online our conference...
Cumulus Budapest 2024 P/References of Design conference calling for proposals
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Assistant/Associate Professor, Full-Time Tenure Track Position, Graduate Communications Design
Pratt Institute
Professorship of Product Design with a focus on sustainability
University of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmuend (HfG)
Research Assistant Professor in Multimedia & Entertainment Technology / Social Design / Service Design (two posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
TRANSFORM 2023 – KI Conference for AI and Sustainability in Art and Design
University of Applied Sciences Trier
Post-Doctoral Researcher specializing in Extended Reality (XR) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
University of Lapland
Founder and President Emeritus of Cumulus Association Mr Yrjö Sotamaa honoured in Shanghai
International Design Jury consisting of 20 eminent designers and design leaders has awarded the 1.000.000 RMB...
KyivTex & Fashion International Scientific Conference
Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design
Postdoc fellowship in Design -from linear to circular, reuse of post-consumer textiles
Linnaeus University
CfP: TRANSFORM 2023 – Conference on AI, Sustainability, Art & Design
University of Applied Sciences Trier
Professorship Philosophy of Art/Cultural Theory
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Doctoral Student in Design with a Specialisation in Textile Design, Fashion Design, or Interaction Design
University of Borås
Senior Lecturer in Fine Art with focus on Curatorial Practices
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Doctoral student in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts – Interior Architecture and Furniture Design: Private and Public Spaces
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Doctoral student in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts – Craft: Textiles
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Doctoral student in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts – Fine Art: Painting
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Doctoral student in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts – Visual Communication: Illustration/Sequential storytelling
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Call for participation [CFP AD •rec 2024] limit/no limit conference
ENSCI – Les Ateliers (Ecole Nationale Superieure de Creation Industrielle)
Senior Lecturer in Design with a Specialisation in Sustainable Development in Fashion Design
University of Borås
Call for participation: Cumulus Beijing 2023: Narratives of Love
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Cumulus Conference Beijing 2023: Narratives of Love Hosted by CAFA, Beijing,...
Become a Fulbright Scholar in Design at the LUCA School of Arts in Genk, Belgium
...
LUCA School of Arts
Join the virtual Cumulus New Members Fair!
Communication University of China
JD Institute of Fashion Technology New Delhi
National Institute of Design Andhra Pradesh (NID AP)
National Institute of Design Madhya Pradesh (NID MP)
Universidad del Rosario
Universitas Ciputra
University of Tuscia
AICAD is a new partner of Cumulus
AICAD – the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design – is a non-profit consortium of the...
Open call: International Design Week HIT, Israel – The Elephant in the Room
HIT, Holon Institute of Technology
5th Alvar Aalto Researchers’ Network Seminar – WHOSE MODERNISM
Alvar Aalto Foundation, Alvar Aalto Academy
HES Associate Lecturer, Head of the Film Department
HEAD, Haute Ecole d’art et de design de Genève (Geneva University of Art and Design)
Call open: PhD Programme Eco-Social Innovation by Design
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Design (several posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
On the Verge: Design in times of Crisis – Bi-Annual Conference of the Social Design Network
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Cumulus welcomes 35 new members!
The Cumulus General Assembly that gathered on April 14th, 2023, in Antwerp, Belgium admitted 35 (31 Full and...
Fashion Matters in Connectivity C3/Cumulus Antwerp 23!
Dear Cumulus Fashion Schools/Departments Cumulus Fashion and Textile Working group organizes a mini...
PhD student in industrial design, with a focus on sustainability and grassroots communities
Umeå University
Designing Environments: Layers, Scopes, and Closures – 18th Annual IASESP conference
Pforzheim University
Summer School – Design and Transitions: Emerging Theories and Practices at the Intersection
Aalto University
Calling for new/ reactivating Cumulus Working Groups!
New/ Update/ Wake-up New: Apply- Existing: Update your group info- Wake-up: Inactive Groups,...
Now available Reflecting on Design Culture(s) publication
The Cumulus Roma 2021 conference presents the volume #1 of the proceedings that were published in the Cumulus...
The Ahmedabad Design Week 4.0: Technologically Revolutionising Across Paradigms
Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID)
Cheers to a Wonderful Holiday Season and Splendid New Year!
We wish to sincerely thank you all, Cumulus members, partners and friends, for the year 2022! The Cumulus...
Thanking Cumulus Detroit Design for Adaptation
Photo credit: CCS We have a pleasure to thank our member university College of Creative Studies in Detroit...
Lived Experience and Lifelong Learning: an Alternative Vision of a Learning City event
University of Derby
CfP: Inaugural Designing Retail and Service Futures Colloquium
...
University of the Arts London
DRS
Joao, Maya and Veyda to join Cumulus Detroit 2022 as Cumulus Student Ambassadors
Joao, Maya and Veyda to join Cumulus Detroit 2022 as Cumulus Student Ambassadors Cumulus Student...
Cumulus Plus Grant program brings new friends to Cumulus Detroit 2022
Cumulus is thrilled to welcome Joseph Amewu (Ho Technical University (HTU), Ghana), Muhammad Fawad Noori...
Fashion & Textile WG at Cumulus Detroit 2022
ARCH College of Design & Business
Design School Kolding
Ecole Duperré Paris
Contemporary Art WG/21st Century Colour Literacy Project at Cumulus Detroit 2022
Politecnico di Milano
University of Derby
Business, Innovation and Industry Cumulus WG meeting at Cumulus Detroit 2022
L’École de design Nantes Atlantique
Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin
AADTE Cumulus WG Workshop: Share the most inspiring Learning Experiences
College for Creative Studies
OCAD University
University of the Arts London
ServDes.2023 the Service Design and Innovation Conference
Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro – PUC-Rio
Cumulus Antwerp 2023: Connectivity and Creativity in times of Conflict conference calling for participation
University of Antwerp
Cumulus Registration in Finland
Cumulus became a registered association in July 2022 in Helsinki, Finland by the Finnish Patent and...
Cumulus welcomes 21 new members in 2022
Cumulus is honored to welcome 21 new member institutions joining the association at the annual General...
Cumulus announces new President and Executive Board
Cumulus congratulates the 2022-2025 President and Executive Board announced at the annual General Assembly...
The Vienna Declaration on Artistic Research
Cumulus contributed to the the Vienna Declaration on Artistic Research (published in collaboration with AEC...
‘NIFT Journal of Fashion’ invites research articles for its second volume
National Institute of Fashion Technology
Event: Building Pedagogical Futures in the Present. Dispatches on How to Imagine and Design an Otherwise.
Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
Politecnico di Milano
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
University of the Arts London
P-R-E Practitioners – Researchers – Educators: Cumulus with IxDA in St. Etienne
Ecole Supérieure d’Art et Design de Saint-Etienne (ESADSE)
DRHA –the 26th Annual Conference for Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts
Kingston University London
Cumulus suspends the membership of its Russian member institutions
Following the directives of the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and the European Commission under...
CfP: Symposium: Sustainable Urbanism and Architecture: Australia and China Perspectives on Urban Regeneration and Rural Revitalization
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
12th Biennale Internationale Design de Saint-Étienne
Ecole Supérieure d’Art et Design de Saint-Etienne (ESADSE)
PhD Programme Eco-Social Innovation by Design
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
CANCELLED: Cumulus Russia 2022 Un/touchable. New meanings and values.
In reference to the cancellation, Cumulus has issued the following letter to its members. Dear members and...
Copyright for teachers – EU IPO materials available!
The EU Intellectual Property Office is sharing materials on using the copyright protected materials and on...
The 8th International Forum of Design as a Process – Disrupting Geographies in the Design World
Department of Architecture, University of Bologna
National School of Architecture, Art and Design Tecnológico de Monterrey
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
The Promise of Pragmatist Aesthetics conference calling for papers
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Arts mobilizing communities and more. The 3rd Cumulus conference in Latin-America.
Crisis, criticism and creation, Production Design in the Arts, Art, Nature, Biology and Technology and Urban...
Cumulus Russia 2022 Un/Touchable: New meanings and values conference calling for papers!
National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University)
Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University
Saint Petersburg University
Natacha Poggio and José Ignacio López Ramírez Gastón joining Cumulus Guayaquil 2021 as Plus grantees
Save the date! Cumulus Student Talent Camp Present Tense — Ahmedabad–Gandhinagar, India | 2–8 February 2027*
Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID)
ADADA+CUMULUS 2026: 24th International Conference of Asia Digital Art and Design Association
Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)
ADADA
Intelligenza Circolare exhibition calling for projects!
ISIA Roma Design – Higher Institute for Artistic Industries
TRUST___DISTRUST — 16th European Academy of Design Conference calling for papers!
University of Porto
International Design Education Conference, Design Education Next: Shifting Paradigms
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Drawing Dialogues: Calibration and Celebration of Drawing in Design
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Design (several posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
INVITATION: webinar in our DesignEuropa Mentoring Series – From Emerging Talent to Design Legacy
EUIPO
Cumulus Athens 2026 welcomes Cumulus Plus Grantees
Cumulus was thrilled to welcome Karla Scherer (Regional University of Blumenau/ Federal University of...
Cumulus Nantes 2025 proceedings Ethical Leadership – A New Frontier for Design are available online!
The 2025 Spring Cumulus Conference in Nantes welcomed more than 500 participants that explored and exchanged...
Cumulus welcomes 20 new members in 2026
The Cumulus General Assembly that gathered on May 7th, 2026, in Athens, Greece and online, admitted 20 (19...
PhD in Service Design for Public Sector – Call for Applications Now Open
Sapienza University of Rome
Junior Researcher (PhD) in Design for the Planetary Design of Service Systems in the Design & Services Research Community
University of Lapland
Assistant Lecturer in Regenerative and Circular Design Strategy
National College of Art and Design Dublin
Assistant Lecturer/Lecturer in Interaction Design & Programme lead for MA Interaction Design
National College of Art and Design Dublin
«Diversity in Design Research. Good Practices and Open Resources» conference invites participants on April 20!
BAU – Arts and Design College of Barcelona
2026 Symposium on Interculturality and Interdisciplinarity: Towards a New Ecology of Design Education
Xiamen University
Associate Director Undergraduate Studies in Design, School of Architecture & Design
IE School of Architecture and Design
OPEN CALL — The International Summer camp 2026 Irregular Circularities
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
PhD Stipend in the role of participatory design futuring in promoting urban transitions
Aalborg University
PhD Positions Human-Centered, Data-Centric Design of Soundscape Platform for Healthcare Environment
Delft University of Technology (DUT)
Junior or senior professor (assistant professor, associate professor or (full) professor) materials, construction and sustainability in interior design
University of Antwerp
PhD Research Fellowship “Critical Design of Public Service Systems -Youth Marginalization”
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
CfP: Designing the Future: Creativity, Inclusion & Technology in Youth Innovation
National Institute of Fashion Technology
Assistant Professor of Human-Centered and Sustainable Design in the Built Environment
Concordia University
CfP: 5th International Transition Design Conference
Carnegie Mellon University
National School of Architecture, Art and Design Tecnológico de Monterrey
University of Palermo
Assistant or Associate professor in Landscape Architecture, especially landscape design practices
Aalto University
Call for Participation: XR-Driven Design Thinking and Innovation session
Sapienza University of Rome
Doctoral Candidate In Caring Heritage – TOUS-ELISAVA Chair
Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
PhD position in Explorative Furniture Upholstery with New Materials and Techniques
Linköping University
Assistant Professor Positions in the Department of Industrial Design
Özyeğin University (OzU) / Istanbul Institute of Design (IID)
In Memoriam Maria Luisa Rossi
A Tribute to Maria Luisa Rossi On behalf of Cumulus Association and its entire community, it is with...
Research Assistant Professor in Design Entrepreneurship / User Experience Design (two posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Cumulus Regional Seminar 2024 “Design for Intercultural Innovation” publication available!
We are delighted to present the official proceedings, now available for download in open access from the...
Cumulus Regional Meeting in conjunction with Sustainability in Creative Industries
Universitas Ciputra
DesignMatters: Nurturing Inclusive and Innovative Design Research conference calling for participation!
BAU – Arts and Design College of Barcelona
RMIT University
Sapienza University of Rome
Universidade Lusófona
ICADE 2025 conference – Future Context: A New Paradigm for Art and Design Education calling for participation!
Tsinghua University
PhD student Designing Branded Spaces through Visual, Sonic and Spatial Narratives
PXL University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Academic Career Track (ACT) faculty member – Human-Centered Transition Design
Delft University of Technology (DUT)
Researcher (50%) for Digital Solutions Inclusive Leadership and Employee Centricity in Hybrid Work
University of Lapland
Design Researcher – Product Design for the Circular Economy (DTIF Solascope Project)
National College of Art and Design Dublin
PRESS RELEASE: Cumulus Design Declaration 2025
Design in the face of emergency: Cumulus launches a global declaration for a regenerative future. Nantes,...
Join Cumulus South Africa 2025 with Cumulus Plus Grant!
Call for Cumulus Plus Grants South Africa 2025 Cumulus offers three scholarships with its signature...
Crisis in Gaza – Cumulus General Assembly’s Motion
On June 6, 2025, the Cumulus General Assembly, gathered in Nantes, France, approved a motion addressing the...
Cumulus welcomes 23 new members in 2025
The Cumulus General Assembly that gathered on June 6th, 2025, in Nantes, France and online, admitted 23 (20...
Cumulus announces new President and Executive Board 2025-2028
Cumulus congratulates the 2025-2028 President and Executive Board elected at the annual General Assembly held...
National Research Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowships – Bioart and Design Africa (BA + DA)
University of Johannesburg
Cumulus Conference Proceedings Budapest 2024 available!
Welcome to explore the proceedings documenting the main conference Cumulus Budapest 2024: P/References of...
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Post-Doctoral Researcher-Product Design for the Circular Economy (DTIF Solascope Project)
National College of Art and Design Dublin
Postdoc Researcher: IDEE Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI
Delft University of Technology (DUT)
Annual General Assembly of Cumulus and Elections – join on June 6, 2025!
Dear Cumulus Members, Join us at the Annual General Assembly of Cumulus that will take place...
Sr Lecturer/Assistant/Associate Professor -Architecture (Environmental Design)
Canadian University Dubai
Call for the PhD in Experimental Research through Design, Art and Technologies
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Calling for peer-reviewers Cumulus South Africa 2025
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
University of Johannesburg
Checkpoint – The 10th International Alvar Aalto Design Seminar 2025
Alvar Aalto Foundation, Alvar Aalto Academy
Diseña #28 CfP: The Planetary Condition: Designs, Coexistences, and Care to Reimagine Habitability
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
CfP: Participatory Design Conference 2026 | “Peace, Dialogue, Coexistence: Designing for Living Together”
Politecnico di Milano
Notice Cumulus Secretariat’s new email addresses!
You don't hear from us? Please check, if you are using our new email addresses! You can reach the Cumulus...
Available online: Cumulus CAFA Beijing 2023 Proceedings!
Welcome to explore the proceedings documenting the main conference Cumulus Beijing CAFA 2023: Narratives of...
Call for papers: Peri-pheral Design issue of Cubic Journal
Royal College of Art
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Research Assistant Professor in Design Entrepreneurship / User Experience Design (two posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Cumulus joined DESIGNMATTERS project fostering inclusive and innovative design research
Cumulus, together with a group of member institutions, has just kicked-off a European Erasmus+ project to...
Professor for Interior Architecture/Elementary Composition of Spaces
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Junior Researcher (PhD), Arctic in a Changing World Doctoral Programme, 7 Positions
University of Lapland
Join EUIPO’s webinar: Unpacking the details of the Designs legislative reform: what’s new and what’s next?
EUIPO
Cumulus South Africa 2025 calling for abstracts!
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
University of Johannesburg
Check out the Year 1 Report and Outlook for Year 2 of EDIDesk Project!
EDIDesK - Year 1 Report and Year 2 Outlook EDIDesK ‘Open Access Contents on Design for Equality,...
PhD opportunity: Intersectionality in the design and delivery of digital mental health services
Loughborough University
Research Assistant Position – THREADS & Forge Design Factory
Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest
#40 issue of Temes de Disseny published
With guest editors Bori Fehér, Jonathan Ventura and Ariel Guersenzvaig, this issue explores the ethical,...
Our Beautiful World = Better Together
Cumulus is honored to deepen our collaboration with sister associations in Latin America. With Iberoamérica...
2024 Cumulus Regional Seminar China: Design Education in the Tide of Globalization
Jiangnan University
Design for Inter-Cultural Innovation” (Dii) Cumulus Regional Meeting China 2024
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Cumulus partners with DI Integra
We are thrilled to partner with DI Integra! In connection with the Cumulus Monterrey 2024 conference,...
Nora and Gabor join Cumulus Monterrey 2024 as Student Ambassadors
Cumulus Student Ambassador Program is a selective merit-based initiative that rewards exceptional student...
Junior or senior professor materialization, construction and sustainability in design
University of Antwerp
AICAD Symposium 2024 – Teach for Tomorrow: Re-designing the Future
ArtCenter College of Design
AICAD
Cumulus Nantes 2025 Conference calling for participation – Ethical Leadership: A New Frontier for Design
L’École de design Nantes Atlantique
Cumulus Talent Camp Pordenone 2024 Recap!
What an incredible week it was at the Cumulus Talent Camp! Design for Complex Societies Pordenone, Italy...
Samantha and Yuejia joining Cumulus Budapest 2024 as Cumulus Student Ambassadors
Cumulus Student Ambassador Program is a selective merit-based initiative that rewards exceptional student...
Open call PHD in Design, Arts and Transdisciplinarity: 2 scholarships available
IED Istituto Europeo di Design S.p.A. – Società Benefit
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Design (several posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
EDIDesK – Results of the WP2: Research and analysis of teaching contents on Design and EDI
Cumulus is a partner of the Erasmus+ project EDIDesK - Open Access Contents on Design for Equality,...
Research Assistant Professor in Media Art and Design / Social Design / Service Design (two posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professorship Fundamentals of Visual Art/Painting
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Doctoral program Service Design for Public Sector – apply now!
Department of Architecture, University of Bologna
ISIA Florence (Higher Institute for Artistic Industries)
ISIA Roma Design – Higher Institute for Artistic Industries
L’École de design Nantes Atlantique
Politecnico di Milano
Sapienza University of Rome
Università Iuav di Venezia
World Tree: the 2024 CAA Graduation Season
The World Tree CAA’s 2024 Graduation Season The 2024 Graduation Season at the China Academy of Art will...
China Academy of Art
The Social Design Network is a new partner of Cumulus
Cumulus and Social Design Network signed the MoU on 15 May 2024, as represented by Dr. Bori Fehér and Prof....
In Memoriam – Ulrich Schendzielorz
In Memoriam Ulrich Schendzielorz (1958-2024) Cumulus Executive Board Member 2013-2016; re-elected...
Cumulus welcomes 26 new members in 2024
Photo: New member representatives with the Cumulus Executive Board. Photo credit: MOME, Máté Lakos The...
Cumulus Budapest 2024 welcomes Cumulus Plus Grantees
Cumulus is thrilled to welcome Ingrid Calvo Ivanovic (Universidad de Chile, Chile), Xayaphone VONGVILAY...
Senior lecturer in Design with focus on interactive technologies
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
In Memoriam – Luk van der Hallen
In Memoriam Luk van der Hallen, the professor of product design at the Media & Design Academy (KHLim),...
Call for entries – 7th the Alpavirama International Youth Film Festival
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
DESIGNA 2024 + CITIZENSHIP International Conference on Design Research
Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)
CfP: 4th International Conference on Functional Textiles and Clothing FTC
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay)
World University of Design
Cumulus is a part of EDIDesK project
EDIDesK “Open Access Contents on Design for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion for Higher Education...
New documentary “Radical Creatives” encourages all communities to foster creative mindset
Aalto University´s new documentary film "Radical Creatives" expands our understanding of creativity and...
Aalto University
Cfp open! Cumulus Monterrey 2024 – Design Across Borders: United in Creativity
National School of Architecture, Art and Design Tecnológico de Monterrey
Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM)
Assistant Professor – Ecological Transitions
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
Assistant or Associate Professor – Sustainable Design
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
Guest teacher in Fine Art with focus on performative strategies
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
EFOOD24: Experiencing and Envisioning Food: Designing for Phygital Food Systems
Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
Ph.D. Urban living outside the compact city Peri-urbanity as a socio-spatial phenomenon
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
Ph.D. Human-Centred Interaction Design for Maritime Decarbonization
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
Ph.D. Enhancing Aesthetic Consciousness in Industrial Design Education
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
Cumulus Guayaquil: Arts Imagining Communities to Come conference proceedings available!
The Cumulus Guayaquil Conference, Arts Imagining Communities To Come was hosted by Universidad de las Artes...
Call for the PhD Programme in Eco-Social Innovation by Design
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
The 16th Alvar Aalto Symposium – The Weight of Architecture
Alvar Aalto Foundation, Alvar Aalto Academy
Limit/nolimit AD.REC conference 2024
ENSCI – Les Ateliers (Ecole Nationale Superieure de Creation Industrielle)
Professor for Design of digital spaces and Extended Reality
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Professor in Eco Social Design
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Design (several posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professorship for Strategic Transformation Design
University of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmuend (HfG)
Faculty Positions in Industrial Design: AI-Driven Design and Creative Robotics
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Mashal Junaid, Rubab Afzaal and Smriti Saraswat awarded with Cumulus Plus Grants
Cumulus had the pleasure to welcome three Cumulus Plus Grantees to join in-person/online our conference...
Cumulus Budapest 2024 P/References of Design conference calling for proposals
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Assistant/Associate Professor, Full-Time Tenure Track Position, Graduate Communications Design
Pratt Institute
Professorship of Product Design with a focus on sustainability
University of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmuend (HfG)
Research Assistant Professor in Multimedia & Entertainment Technology / Social Design / Service Design (two posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
TRANSFORM 2023 – KI Conference for AI and Sustainability in Art and Design
University of Applied Sciences Trier
Post-Doctoral Researcher specializing in Extended Reality (XR) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
University of Lapland
Founder and President Emeritus of Cumulus Association Mr Yrjö Sotamaa honoured in Shanghai
International Design Jury consisting of 20 eminent designers and design leaders has awarded the 1.000.000 RMB...
KyivTex & Fashion International Scientific Conference
Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design
Postdoc fellowship in Design -from linear to circular, reuse of post-consumer textiles
Linnaeus University
CfP: TRANSFORM 2023 – Conference on AI, Sustainability, Art & Design
University of Applied Sciences Trier
Professorship Philosophy of Art/Cultural Theory
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Doctoral Student in Design with a Specialisation in Textile Design, Fashion Design, or Interaction Design
University of Borås
Senior Lecturer in Fine Art with focus on Curatorial Practices
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Doctoral student in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts – Interior Architecture and Furniture Design: Private and Public Spaces
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Doctoral student in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts – Craft: Textiles
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Doctoral student in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts – Fine Art: Painting
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Doctoral student in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts – Visual Communication: Illustration/Sequential storytelling
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
Call for participation [CFP AD •rec 2024] limit/no limit conference
ENSCI – Les Ateliers (Ecole Nationale Superieure de Creation Industrielle)
Senior Lecturer in Design with a Specialisation in Sustainable Development in Fashion Design
University of Borås
Call for participation: Cumulus Beijing 2023: Narratives of Love
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Cumulus Conference Beijing 2023: Narratives of Love Hosted by CAFA, Beijing,...
Become a Fulbright Scholar in Design at the LUCA School of Arts in Genk, Belgium
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LUCA School of Arts
Join the virtual Cumulus New Members Fair!
Communication University of China
JD Institute of Fashion Technology New Delhi
National Institute of Design Andhra Pradesh (NID AP)
National Institute of Design Madhya Pradesh (NID MP)
Universidad del Rosario
Universitas Ciputra
University of Tuscia
AICAD is a new partner of Cumulus
AICAD – the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design – is a non-profit consortium of the...
Open call: International Design Week HIT, Israel – The Elephant in the Room
HIT, Holon Institute of Technology
5th Alvar Aalto Researchers’ Network Seminar – WHOSE MODERNISM
Alvar Aalto Foundation, Alvar Aalto Academy
HES Associate Lecturer, Head of the Film Department
HEAD, Haute Ecole d’art et de design de Genève (Geneva University of Art and Design)
Call open: PhD Programme Eco-Social Innovation by Design
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Design (several posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
On the Verge: Design in times of Crisis – Bi-Annual Conference of the Social Design Network
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Cumulus welcomes 35 new members!
The Cumulus General Assembly that gathered on April 14th, 2023, in Antwerp, Belgium admitted 35 (31 Full and...
Fashion Matters in Connectivity C3/Cumulus Antwerp 23!
Dear Cumulus Fashion Schools/Departments Cumulus Fashion and Textile Working group organizes a mini...
PhD student in industrial design, with a focus on sustainability and grassroots communities
Umeå University
Designing Environments: Layers, Scopes, and Closures – 18th Annual IASESP conference
Pforzheim University
Summer School – Design and Transitions: Emerging Theories and Practices at the Intersection
Aalto University
Calling for new/ reactivating Cumulus Working Groups!
New/ Update/ Wake-up New: Apply- Existing: Update your group info- Wake-up: Inactive Groups,...
Now available Reflecting on Design Culture(s) publication
The Cumulus Roma 2021 conference presents the volume #1 of the proceedings that were published in the Cumulus...
The Ahmedabad Design Week 4.0: Technologically Revolutionising Across Paradigms
Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID)
Cheers to a Wonderful Holiday Season and Splendid New Year!
We wish to sincerely thank you all, Cumulus members, partners and friends, for the year 2022! The Cumulus...
Thanking Cumulus Detroit Design for Adaptation
Photo credit: CCS We have a pleasure to thank our member university College of Creative Studies in Detroit...
Lived Experience and Lifelong Learning: an Alternative Vision of a Learning City event
University of Derby
CfP: Inaugural Designing Retail and Service Futures Colloquium
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University of the Arts London
DRS
Joao, Maya and Veyda to join Cumulus Detroit 2022 as Cumulus Student Ambassadors
Joao, Maya and Veyda to join Cumulus Detroit 2022 as Cumulus Student Ambassadors Cumulus Student...
Cumulus Plus Grant program brings new friends to Cumulus Detroit 2022
Cumulus is thrilled to welcome Joseph Amewu (Ho Technical University (HTU), Ghana), Muhammad Fawad Noori...
Fashion & Textile WG at Cumulus Detroit 2022
ARCH College of Design & Business
Design School Kolding
Ecole Duperré Paris
Contemporary Art WG/21st Century Colour Literacy Project at Cumulus Detroit 2022
Politecnico di Milano
University of Derby
Business, Innovation and Industry Cumulus WG meeting at Cumulus Detroit 2022
L’École de design Nantes Atlantique
Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin
AADTE Cumulus WG Workshop: Share the most inspiring Learning Experiences
College for Creative Studies
OCAD University
University of the Arts London
ServDes.2023 the Service Design and Innovation Conference
Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro – PUC-Rio
Cumulus Antwerp 2023: Connectivity and Creativity in times of Conflict conference calling for participation
University of Antwerp
Cumulus Registration in Finland
Cumulus became a registered association in July 2022 in Helsinki, Finland by the Finnish Patent and...
Cumulus welcomes 21 new members in 2022
Cumulus is honored to welcome 21 new member institutions joining the association at the annual General...
Cumulus announces new President and Executive Board
Cumulus congratulates the 2022-2025 President and Executive Board announced at the annual General Assembly...
The Vienna Declaration on Artistic Research
Cumulus contributed to the the Vienna Declaration on Artistic Research (published in collaboration with AEC...
‘NIFT Journal of Fashion’ invites research articles for its second volume
National Institute of Fashion Technology
Event: Building Pedagogical Futures in the Present. Dispatches on How to Imagine and Design an Otherwise.
Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
Politecnico di Milano
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
University of the Arts London
P-R-E Practitioners – Researchers – Educators: Cumulus with IxDA in St. Etienne
Ecole Supérieure d’Art et Design de Saint-Etienne (ESADSE)
DRHA –the 26th Annual Conference for Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts
Kingston University London
Cumulus suspends the membership of its Russian member institutions
Following the directives of the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and the European Commission under...
CfP: Symposium: Sustainable Urbanism and Architecture: Australia and China Perspectives on Urban Regeneration and Rural Revitalization
Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
12th Biennale Internationale Design de Saint-Étienne
Ecole Supérieure d’Art et Design de Saint-Etienne (ESADSE)
PhD Programme Eco-Social Innovation by Design
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
CANCELLED: Cumulus Russia 2022 Un/touchable. New meanings and values.
In reference to the cancellation, Cumulus has issued the following letter to its members. Dear members and...
Copyright for teachers – EU IPO materials available!
The EU Intellectual Property Office is sharing materials on using the copyright protected materials and on...
The 8th International Forum of Design as a Process – Disrupting Geographies in the Design World
Department of Architecture, University of Bologna
National School of Architecture, Art and Design Tecnológico de Monterrey
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
The Promise of Pragmatist Aesthetics conference calling for papers
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Arts mobilizing communities and more. The 3rd Cumulus conference in Latin-America.
Crisis, criticism and creation, Production Design in the Arts, Art, Nature, Biology and Technology and Urban...
Cumulus Russia 2022 Un/Touchable: New meanings and values conference calling for papers!
National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University)
Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University
Saint Petersburg University
Natacha Poggio and José Ignacio López Ramírez Gastón joining Cumulus Guayaquil 2021 as Plus grantees
Save the date! Cumulus Student Talent Camp Present Tense — Ahmedabad–Gandhinagar, India | 2–8 February 2027*
Unitedworld Institute of Design (UID)
ADADA+CUMULUS 2026: 24th International Conference of Asia Digital Art and Design Association
Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)
ADADA
Intelligenza Circolare exhibition calling for projects!
ISIA Roma Design – Higher Institute for Artistic Industries
TRUST___DISTRUST — 16th European Academy of Design Conference calling for papers!
University of Porto
International Design Education Conference, Design Education Next: Shifting Paradigms
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Drawing Dialogues: Calibration and Celebration of Drawing in Design
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor in Design (several posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
INVITATION: webinar in our DesignEuropa Mentoring Series – From Emerging Talent to Design Legacy
EUIPO
Cumulus Athens 2026 welcomes Cumulus Plus Grantees
Cumulus was thrilled to welcome Karla Scherer (Regional University of Blumenau/ Federal University of...
Cumulus Nantes 2025 proceedings Ethical Leadership – A New Frontier for Design are available online!
The 2025 Spring Cumulus Conference in Nantes welcomed more than 500 participants that explored and exchanged...
Cumulus welcomes 20 new members in 2026
The Cumulus General Assembly that gathered on May 7th, 2026, in Athens, Greece and online, admitted 20 (19...
PhD in Service Design for Public Sector – Call for Applications Now Open
Sapienza University of Rome
Junior Researcher (PhD) in Design for the Planetary Design of Service Systems in the Design & Services Research Community
University of Lapland
Assistant Lecturer in Regenerative and Circular Design Strategy
National College of Art and Design Dublin
Assistant Lecturer/Lecturer in Interaction Design & Programme lead for MA Interaction Design
National College of Art and Design Dublin
«Diversity in Design Research. Good Practices and Open Resources» conference invites participants on April 20!
BAU – Arts and Design College of Barcelona
2026 Symposium on Interculturality and Interdisciplinarity: Towards a New Ecology of Design Education
Xiamen University
Associate Director Undergraduate Studies in Design, School of Architecture & Design
IE School of Architecture and Design
OPEN CALL — The International Summer camp 2026 Irregular Circularities
Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
PhD Stipend in the role of participatory design futuring in promoting urban transitions
Aalborg University
PhD Positions Human-Centered, Data-Centric Design of Soundscape Platform for Healthcare Environment
Delft University of Technology (DUT)
Junior or senior professor (assistant professor, associate professor or (full) professor) materials, construction and sustainability in interior design
University of Antwerp
PhD Research Fellowship “Critical Design of Public Service Systems -Youth Marginalization”
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
CfP: Designing the Future: Creativity, Inclusion & Technology in Youth Innovation
National Institute of Fashion Technology
Assistant Professor of Human-Centered and Sustainable Design in the Built Environment
Concordia University
CfP: 5th International Transition Design Conference
Carnegie Mellon University
National School of Architecture, Art and Design Tecnológico de Monterrey
University of Palermo
Assistant or Associate professor in Landscape Architecture, especially landscape design practices
Aalto University
Call for Participation: XR-Driven Design Thinking and Innovation session
Sapienza University of Rome
Doctoral Candidate In Caring Heritage – TOUS-ELISAVA Chair
Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
PhD position in Explorative Furniture Upholstery with New Materials and Techniques
Linköping University
Assistant Professor Positions in the Department of Industrial Design
Özyeğin University (OzU) / Istanbul Institute of Design (IID)
In Memoriam Maria Luisa Rossi
A Tribute to Maria Luisa Rossi On behalf of Cumulus Association and its entire community, it is with...
Research Assistant Professor in Design Entrepreneurship / User Experience Design (two posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Cumulus Regional Seminar 2024 “Design for Intercultural Innovation” publication available!
We are delighted to present the official proceedings, now available for download in open access from the...
Cumulus Regional Meeting in conjunction with Sustainability in Creative Industries
Universitas Ciputra
DesignMatters: Nurturing Inclusive and Innovative Design Research conference calling for participation!
BAU – Arts and Design College of Barcelona
RMIT University
Sapienza University of Rome
Universidade Lusófona
ICADE 2025 conference – Future Context: A New Paradigm for Art and Design Education calling for participation!
Tsinghua University
PhD student Designing Branded Spaces through Visual, Sonic and Spatial Narratives
PXL University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Academic Career Track (ACT) faculty member – Human-Centered Transition Design
Delft University of Technology (DUT)
Researcher (50%) for Digital Solutions Inclusive Leadership and Employee Centricity in Hybrid Work
University of Lapland
Design Researcher – Product Design for the Circular Economy (DTIF Solascope Project)
National College of Art and Design Dublin
PRESS RELEASE: Cumulus Design Declaration 2025
Design in the face of emergency: Cumulus launches a global declaration for a regenerative future. Nantes,...
Join Cumulus South Africa 2025 with Cumulus Plus Grant!
Call for Cumulus Plus Grants South Africa 2025 Cumulus offers three scholarships with its signature...
Crisis in Gaza – Cumulus General Assembly’s Motion
On June 6, 2025, the Cumulus General Assembly, gathered in Nantes, France, approved a motion addressing the...
Cumulus welcomes 23 new members in 2025
The Cumulus General Assembly that gathered on June 6th, 2025, in Nantes, France and online, admitted 23 (20...
Cumulus announces new President and Executive Board 2025-2028
Cumulus congratulates the 2025-2028 President and Executive Board elected at the annual General Assembly held...
National Research Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowships – Bioart and Design Africa (BA + DA)
University of Johannesburg
Cumulus Conference Proceedings Budapest 2024 available!
Welcome to explore the proceedings documenting the main conference Cumulus Budapest 2024: P/References of...
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest
Post-Doctoral Researcher-Product Design for the Circular Economy (DTIF Solascope Project)
National College of Art and Design Dublin
Postdoc Researcher: IDEE Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI
Delft University of Technology (DUT)
Annual General Assembly of Cumulus and Elections – join on June 6, 2025!
Dear Cumulus Members, Join us at the Annual General Assembly of Cumulus that will take place...
Sr Lecturer/Assistant/Associate Professor -Architecture (Environmental Design)
Canadian University Dubai
Call for the PhD in Experimental Research through Design, Art and Technologies
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Calling for peer-reviewers Cumulus South Africa 2025
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
University of Johannesburg
Checkpoint – The 10th International Alvar Aalto Design Seminar 2025
Alvar Aalto Foundation, Alvar Aalto Academy
Diseña #28 CfP: The Planetary Condition: Designs, Coexistences, and Care to Reimagine Habitability
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos
CfP: Participatory Design Conference 2026 | “Peace, Dialogue, Coexistence: Designing for Living Together”
Politecnico di Milano
Notice Cumulus Secretariat’s new email addresses!
You don't hear from us? Please check, if you are using our new email addresses! You can reach the Cumulus...
Available online: Cumulus CAFA Beijing 2023 Proceedings!
Welcome to explore the proceedings documenting the main conference Cumulus Beijing CAFA 2023: Narratives of...
Call for papers: Peri-pheral Design issue of Cubic Journal
Royal College of Art
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Research Assistant Professor in Design Entrepreneurship / User Experience Design (two posts)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Cumulus joined DESIGNMATTERS project fostering inclusive and innovative design research
Cumulus, together with a group of member institutions, has just kicked-off a European Erasmus+ project to...
Professor for Interior Architecture/Elementary Composition of Spaces
Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
Junior Researcher (PhD), Arctic in a Changing World Doctoral Programme, 7 Positions
University of Lapland
Join EUIPO’s webinar: Unpacking the details of the Designs legislative reform: what’s new and what’s next?
EUIPO