On 15, 16 and 17 May, the CUMULUS Budapest 2024 Conference took place at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design MOME, where tensions and parallels in contemporary design culture were explored in a context in which the world is facing ecological, socio-economic and geopolitical challenges. In this framework, ... Read more
The theme of the DESIS event held during the CUMULUS Budapest 2024 Conference was: "The role of international networks in building bridges and promoting diversity". The session discussed how design can create the conditions for spaces for diversity, including human rights, democracy and freedom, and the role of international networks in promoting diversity. Read more
In the context of the CUMULUS BUDAPEST 2024 conference, the first workshop of the CUMULUS WORKING GROUP DESC (Design Education for Social Change) was held. This working group was co-founded by Bori Féher (Moholy Nagy University, Budapest), Francesco Mazzarella (LCF, UAL, London), Jonathan Ventura (Shenkar College, Tel Aviv, Israel) and our ESDA DESIS Lab ... Read more
(by Francesco Mazzarella and Cecilia Casas) Given the current environmental, social and economic crises in the world, it is becoming increasingly clear that designers can play a crucial role in working with vulnerable people and people at risk of exclusion (such as prisoners, refugees, people with disabilities, homeless people, etc.), contribute to improving their lives, and help them to ... Read more
Design is a superpower that can contribute to changing the world, achieving social justice and improving the lives of those who have been less fortunate. ESDA, its teachers and students have proven to be very good at doing this. We have a DESIS lab and that is a recognition of the work ... Read more
Gráfica Impar is a sample of the creative process carried out by the artists of Andar de Nones under the guidance of Isidro Ferrer, together with a group of ESDA students who were in charge of the graphic design. All of them met in the creative space of Andar de Nones in Harinera ZGZ, to collectively explore ... Read more
Last November 2023, Professor Cecilia Casas Romero attended the CUMULUS conference in Beijing, China on behalf of ESDA and ESDA DESIS Lab.
ESDA collaborates with the project Caídos del Zielo, an inclusive artistic project of social innovation aimed at people in situations of homelessness and/or extreme economic precariousness, directed by Félix Martín.
