Cusp Conference is an annual gathering of thinkers, innovators, creators, visionaries and explorers from the arts, sciences, technology, business and design. The program is eclectic by design, 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" created and hosted by design firm ''Multiple Inc.'' (formerly ) and held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Theater in Chicago, Cusp is 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 as diverse as landscape waste,

contemporary dance Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in ...

electric vehicle An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion. It can be powered by a collector system, with electricity from extravehicular sources, or it can be powered autonomously by a battery (sometimes c ...

s, democracy, social media, education, intellectual property law, medicine, virtual worlds, typography, green architecture, evolutionary biology, smell and taste and serious games.

History

Launched in 2008, Cusp Conference presenters and performers have included

Adam Curry Adam Clark Curry (born September 3, 1964) is an American podcaster, announcer, Internet entrepreneur and media personality, known for his stint as a VJ on MTV and being one of the first celebrities to personally create and administer Web sit ...

, Yves Behar, Andy Bichlbaum,

Baba Brinkman Dirk Murray Brinkman (born October 22, 1978) is a Canadian rapper and playwright best known for recordings and performances that combine hip hop music with literature, theatre, and science. Early life and education Born in the remote communi ...

, Molly Crabapple,

Matthew Diffee Matthew ("Matt") Diffee is an American cartoonist whose works appear in the New Yorker magazine. Biography Diffee was born in Denton, Texas and grew up in Texas and North Carolina. The son of an airline pilot, he attended Bob Jones University ...

Josh Elder Josh Elder (born May 17, 1980 in Carmi, Illinois) is an American journalist, lecturer and writer, primarily of comic books and graphic novels. Early life Josh Elder graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree in Film.http://www ...

, Hartmut Esslinger, iJustine,

Richard Farson Richard Farson Ph.D., (November 16, 1926 – June 13, 2017) was an American psychologist, author, and educator. He was the president and chief executive officer of the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute, which he co-founded in 1958 with physic ...

John Fetterman John Karl Fetterman (born August 15, 1969) is an American politician who is the United States senator-elect from Pennsylvania. A member of the Democratic Party, he has also served as the 34th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania since 2019. Fe ...

, Douglas Gayeton,

Kirsty Hawkshaw Kirsty Hawkshaw (born 26 October 1969) is an English electronic music vocalist and songwriter. In addition to her work as a solo artist, she is known as the lead vocalist of early 1990s dance group Opus III, and her collaborative work with oth ...

, Dr. Alan Hirsch, Dr. Carl Hodges, Dr. Ayanna Howard, Michelle Kaufmann, Robert F Kennedy Jr., Rita J. King,

Camille and Kennerly Kitt Camille Karie and Kennerly Caye Kitt (born 1989) are American identical twin actresses and electric/acoustic harpists, who compose, arrange, and perform as The Harp Twins. The Kitt sisters have released over 100 singles online, as well as nin ...

, Neo-Futurists, Dr Paul Polak, Wendell Potter,

Daniel Bernard Roumain Daniel Bernard Roumain (known by his initials, DBR; born 1970) is a classically trained composer, performer, violinist, and band-leader, whose work combines classical music with jazz, hip-hop and rock. Composer In September 2010, ''Dancers, Drea ...

Smoking Popes Smoking Popes is an American pop punk band from the northwest suburbs of Chicago. They are composed of brothers Matt Caterer (bass), Josh Caterer (lead vocals/guitar) and Eli Caterer (guitar/backing vocals) and Mike Felumlee (drums). History ...

, and

Richard Saul Wurman Richard Saul Wurman (born March 26, 1935) is an American architect and graphic designer. Wurman has written, designed, and published 90 books and created the TED conferences, the EG Conference, TEDMED, and the WWW Conference. Education and ho ...

References

External links

CuspConference.com
- official website
Multipleinc.com
- owner
2010 Cusp Conference on DesignChat
- video interview Conferences in the United States {{design-stub