Our references for understanding and relating to the world, as well as our preferences when we make our choices as humans are confronted by major ecological, socio-economic, and geopolitical challenges. The horizons of art and design are changing. Anchor points, both old and new, must be reconsidered. As modern value structures break down and new ones emerge, we find ourselves in an age of liminality.
A hundred years ago, during another time of global turbulence, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, an emblematic figure of the Bauhaus movement, stated that “tradition must be dynamic.”¹ As we see our own century unfolding, with collapsing ecosystems, struggling global and local communities, and failing economic paradigms, we must admit that Moholy-Nagy was right. Human references and preferences do shift, and must be shifted.
The Cumulus conference in Budapest aims to explore contemporary design culture² by examining its current tensions and parallels. Participants are encouraged to share their perspectives on the ongoing “revaluation of values”³ which concern established references and competing preferences in design.
Our references for understanding and relating to the world, as well as our preferences when we make our choices as humans are confronted by major ecological, socio-economic, and geopolitical challenges. The horizons of art and design are changing. Anchor points, both old and new, must be reconsidered. As modern value structures break down and new ones emerge, we find ourselves in an age of liminality.
A hundred years ago, during another time of global turbulence, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, an emblematic figure of the Bauhaus movement, stated that “tradition must be dynamic.”¹ As we see our own century unfolding, with collapsing ecosystems, struggling global and local communities, and failing economic paradigms, we must admit that Moholy-Nagy was right. Human references and preferences do shift, and must be shifted.
The Cumulus conference in Budapest aims to explore contemporary design culture² by examining its current tensions and parallels. Participants are encouraged to share their perspectives on the ongoing “revaluation of values”³ which concern established references and competing preferences in design.
