Design, Olympics and Harmony – Lecture in Jinan, July 2008
The conference in Jinan is a new step in the development of Cumulus* and a very crucial one. The challenge of education in China is a potentially world-changing one. Training all the Chinese youth is a...
View ArticleOpening of Cumulus conference at the Biennale of Saint-Etienne
The capitalist world, in which development and the creation of wealth went solely to enriching the happy few, has just fallen. The designer, more than anyone else, is responsible for reconstructing the...
View ArticleCumulus* opening ceremony – London – May 2009
Cumulus has never had so many activities and it is quite normal : there are more and more members, we have more and more influence in the education and design fields. I d like to salute Richard Grefé,...
View ArticleDesign and research
I have recently given a lecture at the symposium organized by the IASDR – “International Association of Societies of Design Research” 2009* – a research-oriented conference presenting the work of a...
View ArticleBetter cities, better life – Tongji Shanghai – Cumulus – September 2010
Tongji University has brought together in Shanghai the most eminent international experts in design and architecture in order to reflect upon the theme of « better cities, better life. » This theme is...
View ArticleChina, Harmony and Green Economy
I am back from Professor LIU’s conference in “materiology for designing” during the Cumulus pre-conference in Tsinghua University in Beijing. Professor Liu teaches design. He considers design as a...
View ArticleDesign Education will change and be predominant – Lecture – Design and...
Design Schools are experiencing and will continue to experience huge upheavals. They are benefiting from real opportunities in development proportionate to the large cultural and socio-economic issues...
View ArticleResearch, the credibility condition to ensuring recognition in design
I’ve already had the opportunity to address the major challenges that design schools are bound to encounter down the road. Design schools have become management schools, and it is now up to designers...
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