Alf RehnRight now, in our post-Christmas reveries, let us consider the sloth we are collectively engaging…The relentless pursuit of efficiency, i.e. our ‘normal lives’ leads to a kind of myopia. It’s like trying to read “War and Peace” on a…Dec 26, 2023Dec 26, 2023
Alf RehnAs a person who has “design” in the title of their professorship, and as an assumed urban…For those who have never heard of a spork, it gets its name from a portmanteau of a spoon and a fork, and is also exactly that — a hybrid…Dec 13, 2023Dec 13, 2023
Alf RehnThe Creative Gloom of Joy DivisionCreativity discourse tends to emphasize the upbeat and the joyful, and despite their name, this band wasn’t that. Formed in 1976 (as the…Dec 11, 2023Dec 11, 2023
Alf RehnWrestlecrap: The Creative Potential of Anti-FandomFandom is not only a key form of agency in popular culture, it is also an intellectually interesting creative dynamic. That’s a fancy way…Dec 9, 2023Dec 9, 2023
Alf RehnEttore Sottsass — An AppreciationHas there ever been design quite as polarizing or as exuberantly playful as that of the Memphis Design Movement, spearheaded by the…Dec 8, 2023Dec 8, 2023
Alf RehnSports & Innovation: The Azzurri’s CatenaccioI am not a sports guy, but I am a creativity guy, and as such I have to accept that sports, too, has lessons to impart — such as the story…Dec 7, 2023Dec 7, 2023