Cusp Conference

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

Cusp Conference

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.

History

Launched in 2008, Cusp Conference presenters and performers have included Adam Curry, Yves Behar,[9] Andy Bichlbaum,[6] Baba Brinkman,[10] Molly Crabapple,[11] Matthew Diffee,[12] Josh Elder, Hartmut Esslinger, iJustine,[5] Richard Farson, John Fetterman,[6] Douglas Gayeton,[5] Kirsty Hawkshaw,[5] Dr. Alan Hirsch, Dr. Carl Hodges,[13] Dr. Ayanna Howard,[5] Michelle Kaufmann,[10] Robert F Kennedy Jr.,[1] Rita J. King,[14] Camille and Kennerly Kitt,[15] Neo-Futurists, Dr Paul Polak,[1] Wendell Potter, Daniel Bernard Roumain, Smoking Popes,[16] and Richard Saul Wurman.[6]

No new conferences have been held following the 2018 conference.

References
  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. Justine Ezarik (2008-09-12). "Cusp Conference". iJustine. Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  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.
  9. "Design, Creativity on display at Cusp Conference". Chicago Tribune. 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  10. "It's a Swamp Thing". Metropolis Magazine. 2010-09-29. Archived from the original on 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  11. Cusp Presenter Crabapple
  12. Cusp Presenter Diffee
  13. "Cusp Conference". Design Taxi. 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  14. "Cusp Conference 2011". Design Applause. 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-10-12.
  15. Cusp 2011 Special Guests Cusp Website. Retrieved on 2011-12-18.
  16. "Cusp Conference 2008". AIGA Chicago. 2008-07-24. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
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