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.
History
[edit | edit source]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
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External links
[edit | edit source]- CuspConference.com - official website
- Multipleinc.com - owner
- 2010 Cusp Conference on DesignChat - video interview