Cusp Conference

Cusp Conference
Cusp Conference

Cusp Conference is an annual gathering of thinkers, innovators, creators, skeptics, believers, visionaries and explorers from the arts, sciences, technology, business and design.

A conference "about the design of everything" [1] created and hosted by design firm smbolic [2] (formerly SamataMason) [3] and held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Theater in Chicago, [4] Cusp is centered around the idea that virtually everything that exists has been designed - by humans, by nature or by some other force.

Cusp Conference presenters have touched on topics as diverse as landscape waste, contemporary dance, electric vehicles, democracy, social media [5], education [6], intellectual property law, medicine [7], virtual worlds, typography, green architecture, evolutionary biology [8], smell and taste and serious games.

History

Launched in 2008, Cusp Conference presenters and performers have included Lynda Barry, Andy Bichlbaum [6], Baba Brinkman [2], Josh Elder, Hartmut Esslinger, Justine Ezarik [5], Richard Farson, Mayor John Fetterman [6], Douglas Gayeton [5], Kirsty Hawkshaw [5], Dr. Alan Hirsch, Dr. Carl Hodges [9], Dr. Ayanna Howard [5], Michelle Kaufmann [2], Robert F Kennedy Jr. [1], Neo-Futurists, Dr Paul Polak [1], Daniel Bernard Roumain, Smoking Popes [10] , Rita J. King [11], Yves Behar, [12] Design for America - Mert Iseri [13] and Richard Saul Wurman. [6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cusp Conference 2008: The Design of Everything". Gapers Block. 17 September 2008. http://gapersblock.com/ac/2008/09/17/review-cusp-conference-2008/. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
  2. ^ a b c "It’s a Swamp Thing". Metropolis Magazine. 2010-09-29. http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/tag/cusp. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
  3. ^ Val Maloney (23 August 2010). "SamataMason renamed Smbolic". Design Edge Canada. http://www.designedgecanada.com/news/2010/20100823843.shtml. Retrieved 2011-02-18. 
  4. ^ Jackson, Derrell (2010-09-27). "Herman Miller Sponsors CUSP Conference in Chicago". Herman Miller. http://www.hermanmiller.com/discover/herman-miller-sponsors-cusp-conference-in-chicago/. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
  5. ^ a b c d e Justine Ezarik (2008-09-12). "Cusp Conference". iJustine. http://ijustine.com/cusp-conference/. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
  6. ^ a b c d "Cusp Conference 2010 Recap". Pitch Design Union. 2010-09-28. http://pitchdesignunion.com/?p=4170. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
  7. ^ Jacquie Wallace (2010-11-10). "Riding the Cusp: Highlights from Chicago's Coolest Design Conference". All Beef Media. http://allbeefmedia.com/the-blog/riding-the-cusp-highlights-from-chicagos-coolest-design-conf.html. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
  8. ^ Leon Fitzpatrick (2010-09-26). "CUSP Conference: Don’t Waste Your Thing". Evil Monito article. http://evilmonito.com/2010/09/26/cusp-conference-dont-waste-your-thing/. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
  9. ^ "Cusp Conference". Design Taxi. 2008-09-11. http://designtaxi.com/article/100432/Cusp-Conference/. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
  10. ^ "Cusp Conference 2008". AIGA Chicago. 2008-07-24. http://www.aigachicago.org/node/1902. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
  11. ^ "Cusp Conference 2011". Design Applause. 2011-07-21. http://designapplause.com/2011/cusp-conference-2011-update-28/16861/. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 
  12. ^ "Design, Creativity on display at Cusp Conference". Chicago Tribune. 2011-09-29. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0929-confidential-cusp-20110930,0,1080765.column. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 
  13. ^ "DFA at Cusp Conference". inDesign Northwestern. 2011-09-29. http://designforamerica.com/dfa-at-cusp-conference/. Retrieved 2011-10-17. 

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