Björn Rust (he/him) is a post-industrial designer, researcher and educator, developing context-sensitive solutions in service of people and the planet.

Recent writings

  1. On the limits of orthodox economic theory and the role of design in supporting state economic policy
  2. Opportunity hoarding
  3. Doing away with bullshit

Writings

  1. On the limits of orthodox economic theory and the role of design in supporting state economic policy
  2. Opportunity hoarding
  3. Doing away with bullshit
  4. The course of my life, so far
  5. Zero-sum workforce
  6. Curiosity > Passion
  7. Low-tech, high technique & culture
  8. We Of_Substance
  9. Core houses
  10. Design thinking meets development thinking
  11. Practical quantum computers
  12. The gene-drive
  13. Walkable
  14. Devolution
  15. Humanity in the fourth Industrial Revolution
  16. Animals in Space
  17. Rise of the commune
  18. If you can’t fix it, you don’t own it
  19. Procrastination for creativity
  20. Technology and the empowerment of women
  21. Flipping the script
  22. Call me Trim Tab
  23. The carport for essential living
  24. Democratic design and the environment
  25. Ego depletion and morality
  26. Humans as part of the system
  27. Day of Mourning
  28. Glut
  29. There’s more than one of you in there
  30. A case for cognitive strain
  31. Putting something back into the world
  32. What’s in a name
  33. The influence of IQ
  34. Remembering the last man on the Moon
  35. Emails from a Stoic