Cusp Conference

Cusp Conference

Cusp Conference was an annual conference of people from the arts, sciences, technology, business and design.

The program was intended to provoke cross-pollination of ideas and generate new thinking, in 25 or more presentations over two days.

A conference "about the design of everything"[1] created and hosted by design firm Multiple Inc.[2] (formerly smbolic)[3] and held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Theater in Chicago,[4] Cusp was centered on 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 including 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.

  1. ^ "Cusp Conference 2008: The Design of Everything". Gapers Block. 17 September 2008. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  2. ^ "multiple inc".
  3. ^ "smbolic".
  4. ^ Jackson, Derrell (2010-09-27). "Herman Miller Sponsors CUSP Conference in Chicago". Herman Miller. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference iJustine was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Cusp Conference 2010 Recap". Pitch Design Union. 2010-09-28. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  7. ^ Jacquie Wallace (2010-11-10). "Riding the Cusp: Highlights from Chicago's Coolest Design Conference". All Beef Media. Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  8. ^ Leon Fitzpatrick (2010-09-26). "CUSP Conference: Don't Waste Your Thing". Evil Monito article. Archived from the original on 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2011-02-17.