Kjetil Fallan

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Email kjetil.fallan@ifikk.uio.no
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Visiting address Blindernveien 31 Georg Morgenstiernes hus 0313 OSLO
Postal address Postboks 1020 Blindern 0315 OSLO

Research interests

Design history, visual/material culture, popular culture, historiography, theory and method.

Courses taught

I supervise MA and PhD projects in these research fields, especially design history and visual/material culture.

Background

M.Phil in history (2001) and PhD in cultural history (2007) from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Postdoc Research Fellow in NTNU's Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture before I joined the University of Oslo, Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas in 2009 - first as Associate Professor, then Professor since 2013.

Appointments

Editor (Editorial Board Member), Journal of Design History. Editorial Advisory Board Member, Design and Culture.

Tags: Art History, Design History, Cultural History, Design Studies, Modernism, Industrial Design, Material Culture, Popular Culture, Scandinavian Design

Publications

Books

Book chapters

Articles

  • Fallan, Kjetil & Jørgensen, Finn Arne (2017). Environmental histories of design: Towards a new research agenda. Journal of Design History.  ISSN 0952-4649.  30(2), s 103- 121 . doi: 10.1093/jdh/epx017
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2016). A Match Made in Utopia? The Uneasy Love Affaire of Art and Industry in Scandinavia, In Penny Sparke & Fiona Fisher (ed.),  The Routledge Companion to Design Studies.  Routledge.  ISBN 9781138780507.  Chapter 21.  s 255 - 265
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2016). High Fidelity: Visioning Sound at Tandbergs Radiofabrikk, In Denise Hagströmer (ed.),  Ekstrøm Extreme: Norwegian Furniture and Industrial Design.  Arnoldsche.  ISBN 978-3-89790-460-6.  5.  s 75 - 93
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2016). Things at Home: Pursuing the Genuine in Contemporary Norwegian Design, In Solveig Lønmo & Monika Rydiger (ed.),  The Logic of the Local: Norwegian and Polish Contemporary Design.  International Cultural Centre.  ISBN 978-83-63463-61-8.  4.  s 45 - 53
  • Fallan, Kjetil & Lees-Maffei, Grace (2016). Real Imagined Communities: National Narratives and the Globalization of Design History. Design Issues.  ISSN 0747-9360.  32(1), s 5- 18 . doi: 10.1162/DESI_a_00360
  • Fallan, Kjetil & Zetterlund, Christina (2016). Altering a Homogenized Heritage: Articulating Heterogeneous Material Cultures in Norway and Sweden, In Kjetil Fallan & Grace Lees-Maffei (ed.),  Designing Worlds: National Design Histories in an Age of Globalization.  Berghahn Books.  ISBN 978-1-78533-155-8.  Chapter 10.  s 172 - 187
  • Lees-Maffei, Grace & Fallan, Kjetil (2016). Introduction: National Design Histories in an Age of Globalization, In Kjetil Fallan & Grace Lees-Maffei (ed.),  Designing Worlds: National Design Histories in an Age of Globalization.  Berghahn Books.  ISBN 978-1-78533-155-8.  Introduksjonskapittel.  s 1 - 21
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2015). Love and Hate in Industrial Design: Europe’s Design Professionals and America in the 1950s, In Per Lundin & Thomas Kaiserfeld (ed.),  The Making of European Consumption: Facing the American Challenge.  Palgrave Macmillan.  ISBN 9781137374035.  Chapter 6.  s 134 - 156
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2015). Nordic Noir: Deadly Design from the Peacemongering Periphery. Design and Culture.  ISSN 1754-7075.  7(3), s 377- 402 . doi: 10.1080/17547075.2015.1117718
  • Fallan, Kjetil & Hazell, Paul (2015). The Enthusiast’s Eye: The Value of Unsanctioned Knowledge in Design Historical Scholarship. Design and Culture.  ISSN 1754-7075.  7(1), s 107- 123 . doi: 10.2752/175470715X14153615623763
  • Fallan, Kjetil & Lees-Maffei, Grace (2015). It’s Personal: Subjectivity in Design History. Design and Culture.  ISSN 1754-7075.  7(1), s 5- 27 . doi: 10.2752/175470715X14153615623565
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2014). LEGO, Denmark (Ole Kirk Christiansen, 1958), In Grace Lees-Maffei (ed.),  Iconic Designs: 50 Stories about 50 Things.  Bloomsbury Academic.  ISBN 978-0-85785-352-3.  37.  s 176 - 179
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2014). Milanese Mediations: Crafting Scandinavian Design at the Triennali di Milano. Konsthistorisk Tidskrift.  ISSN 0023-3609.  83(1), s 1- 23 . doi: 10.1080/00233609.2013.878389
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2014). Our Common Future: Joining Forces for Histories of Sustainable Design. Tecnoscienza, Italian Journal of Science & Technology Studies.  ISSN 2038-3460.  5(2), s 13- 44 Full text in Research Archive.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2014). Rubik’s Cube, Hungary (Ernő Rubik, 1974), In Grace Lees-Maffei (ed.),  Iconic Designs: 50 Stories about 50 Things.  Bloomsbury Academic.  ISBN 978-0-85785-352-3.  28.  s 138 - 141
  • Ringdal, Siv & Fallan, Kjetil (2014). 110 Volts at Home: the American Lista. Journal of Design History.  ISSN 0952-4649.  27(1), s 79- 96 . doi: 10.1093/jdh/ept046
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2013). Annus Mirabilis: 1954, Alberto Rosselli and the Institutionalization of Design Mediation, In Kjetil Fallan & Grace Lees-Maffei (ed.),  Made in Italy: Rethinking a Century of Italian Design.  Bloomsbury Academic.  ISBN 978-0-85785-389-9.  Chapter 14.  s 255 - 270
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2013). Culture by Design: Co-Constructing Material and Meaning, In Kjerstin Aukrust (ed.),  Assigning Cultural Values.  Peter Lang Publishing Group.  ISBN 9783631632987.  Chapter 7.  s 135 - 163
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2013). De-tooling Design History: To What Purpose and For Whom Do We Write?. Design and Culture.  ISSN 1754-7075.  5(1), s 13- 19 . doi: 10.2752/175470813X13491105785389
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2013). Kombi-Nation: Mini Bicycles as Moving Memories. Journal of Design History.  ISSN 0952-4649.  26(1), s 65- 85 . doi: 10.1093/jdh/eps051
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2013). La Kombi nacional: Mini bicicletas como recuerdos en movimiento. IF.  ISSN 1669-9300.  (8), s 54- 64
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2013). L’histoire du design, I: Alexandra Midal (red.),  Design, l'anthologie.  Cité du design / Ecole supérieure d’art et design.  ISBN 978-2-912808-55-4.  87.  s 453 - 462
  • Fallan, Kjetil & Lees-Maffei, Grace (2013). Introduction: The History of Italian Design, In Kjetil Fallan & Grace Lees-Maffei (ed.),  Made in Italy: Rethinking a Century of Italian Design.  Bloomsbury Academic.  ISBN 978-0-85785-389-9.  Introduksjonskapittel.  s 1 - 33
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2012). Epilogue, In Kjetil Fallan (ed.),  Scandinavian Design: Alternative Histories.  Berg Publishers.  ISBN 9781847889119.  Epilog.  s 237 - 241
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2012). Goldfish Memories: Recounting Oslo's Streamlined Aluminium Trams, In Kjetil Fallan (ed.),  Scandinavian Design: Alternative Histories.  Berg Publishers.  ISBN 9781847889119.  Chapter 7.  s 117 - 135
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2012). Introduction, In Kjetil Fallan (ed.),  Scandinavian Design: Alternative Histories.  Berg Publishers.  ISBN 9781847889119.  Introduksjonskapittel.  s 1 - 12
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2012). The Metamorphosis of a Norwegian Design Magazine: nye bonytt, 1968-1971, In Grace Lees-Maffei (ed.),  Writing design : words and objects.  Berg Publishers.  ISBN 978-1-84788-956-0.  Chapter 3.  s 47 - 61
  • Fallan, Kjetil; Korvenmaa, Pekka; Johnsen, Espen; Zetterlund, Christina; Kristoffersson, Sara & Munch, Anders V (2012). A Historiography of Scandinavian Design, In Kjetil Fallan (ed.),  Scandinavian Design: Alternative Histories.  Berg Publishers.  ISBN 9781847889119.  Chapter 1.  s 13 - 31
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2011). Architecture in Action: Traveling with Actor-Network Theory in the Land of Architectural Research. Architectural Theory Review.  ISSN 1326-4826.  16(2), s 184- 200 . doi: 10.1080/13264826.2011.601545
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2011). "The 'Designer'-The 11th Plague": Design Discourse from Consumer Activism to Environmentalism in 1960s Norway. Design Issues.  ISSN 0747-9360.  27(4), s 30- 42 Full text in Research Archive.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2011). Ting og teori i nyere designhistorie :. Kunst og kultur.  ISSN 0023-5415.  94(4), s 230- 239
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2010). Crafting Scandinavian Design: Craft vs. industrial design in the Norwegian contributions to the Design in Scandinavia and X Triennale di Milano exhibtions, In Javier Gimeno-Martinez & Fredie Floré (ed.),  Design and Craft: A history of convergences and divergences.  Koninklijke vlaamse academie van Belgie voor Wetenschappen en kunsten.  ISBN 9789065690715.  3.8.  s 420 - 424
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2009). Heresy and Heroics: The debate on the alleged ‘crisis’ in Italian design around 1960. Modern Italy.  ISSN 1353-2944.  14(3), s 257- 274
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2009). "One must offer ‘something for everyone’": Designing crockery for consumer consent in 1950s’ Norway. Journal of Design History.  ISSN 0952-4649.  22(2), s 133- 149
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2009). The Realpolitik of the Artificial: Strategic Design at Figgjo Fajanse Facing International Free Trade in the 1960s. Enterprise & society.  ISSN 1467-2227.  10(3), s 559- 589 . doi: 10.1093/es/khp012
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2008). Architecture in Action – Traveling with Actor-Network Theory in the Land of Architectural Research. Architectural Theory Review.  ISSN 1326-4826.  13(1), s 80- 96
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2008). De-scribing Design: Appropriating Script Analysis to Design History. Design Issues.  ISSN 0747-9360.  24(4), s 61- 75 . doi: 10.1162/desi.2008.24.4.61

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  • Fallan, Kjetil (2018). And After Us... Robert Esdaile and the Emergence of Ecological Design.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2018). Carl A. Zimring, Aluminum Upcycled: Sustainable Design in Historical Perspective. Journal of Design History.  ISSN 0952-4649.  31(2), s 209- 210
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2018). Norwegian Wood: Økologiens estetikk i norsk designhistorie.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2017). Appetite for Construction: Design History as Environmental History.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2017, 26. mai). Kast eller fiks. Ekko, NRK P2, 26. mai 2017.. [Radio].
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2017). Norwegian Wood: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Ecological Design.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2017). Reparatørene kommer! Om varighet, tilknytning, og åpenhet i vår produktkultur.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2016). An Educated Guess: History Lessons for the Environment.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2016). Future Anterior: A Historiography of Contemporary Design.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2016). Grønt forbruk: et designhistorisk perspektiv.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2016). Hi-Fi: Visualisering av lyd ved Tandbergs Radiofabrikk.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2016). Ingeniørkunst: teknologen som designer. Kunsthåndverk.  ISSN 0333-1059.  36(140), s 7- 11
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2016). Learning from Nowhere? Locating William Morris' Eco-Fiction in Design History.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2015). For the Love of It: Enthusiasts, Collectors, Amateurs, and the Value of Unsanctioned Knowledge.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2015). Green is Beautiful: Design History as if Nature Mattered.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2015). Gullfiskminner: Aluminiumstrikken fra Holmestrand og Strømmen.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2015). Ruth Oldenziel and Mikael Hård, Consumers, Tinkerers, Rebels: The People Who Shaped Europe. Journal of Design History.  ISSN 0952-4649.  28(2), s 212- 213 . doi: 10.1093/jdh/epu040
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2015). The Making of Design History.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2015). The Station of the Nation: National Narratives and the Globalization of Design History.
  • Fallan, Kjetil & Lees-Maffei, Grace (2015). National Design Histories in an Age of Globalization.
  • Jørgensen, Finn Arne & Fallan, Kjetil (2015). Environmental histories of design. Environment and History.  ISSN 0967-3407.  21(4), s 641- 644
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2014). Design Culturing: Making Design History Matter.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2014). Introduction to ‘110 Volts at Home: The American Lista’ by Siv Ringdal. Journal of Design History.  ISSN 0952-4649.  27(1), s 76- 78 . doi: 10.1093/jdh/ept047
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2014). New Nordic: Contemporary Design.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2014). Weapons of Mass Deception: Deadly Design from the Peacemongering Periphery.
  • Fallan, Kjetil & Zetterlund, Christina (2014). Minoriteters materielle kultur: en utfordring for nordisk designhistorie.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2013). Confessions of an Anti-Instrumentalist: Teaching Design History outside Design Schools.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2013). De-tooling Design History: To What Purpose and For Whom Do We Write?.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2013). Icons of Play, Icons at Play: LEGO and Rubik’s Cube.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2013). “Kombi-Nation: Mini Bicycles as Moving Memories”.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2012). Alumination: Co-constructing Material and Meaning in the Design History of Aluminium.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2012). Aluminium i designhistorien: "... som ild og vand"?.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2012). Aluminium i norsk designhistorie: "... som ild og vand"?.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2012). Designhistorie i bedriftshistorien: teoretiske og metodiske innganger.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2012). Et fag i forming: Designhistorisk teori og metode.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2012). Relationships between Text, Narrative and Image.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2012). Skandinavisk design: Alternative historier.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2012). Skandinavisk design: Alternative historier.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2012). Turning My Story into History: Making Memories Matter.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2012). Turning My Story into History: Mini-Bicycles as Moving Memories.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2012). Up Close and Personal: Subjectivity in Research and Design.
  • Fallan, Kjetil & Bulie, Kåre (2012, 22. juni). Historisk redesign.  Dagens Næringsliv, D2.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2011). Boradkar, Prasad. Designing Things: A Critical Introduction to the Culture of Objects. Design and Culture.  ISSN 1754-7075.  3(2), s 263- 265 . doi: 10.2752/175470811X13002771868247
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2011). Design and Truth. Design Issues.  ISSN 0747-9360.  27(4), s 103- 104
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2011). Finnish Design: A Concise History. Journal of Design History.  ISSN 0952-4649.  14(1), s 136- 140 . doi: 10.2752/175630610X12877385838966
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2011). ”Finnish Design: A Concise History by Pekka Korvenmaa”. The Design Journal.  ISSN 1460-6925.  14(1), s 136- 140 . doi: 10.2752/175630610X12877385838966
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2011). Robert Grudin, Design and Truth. Design Issues.  ISSN 0747-9360.  27(4), s 103- 104
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2011). Theorizing Things in Design History.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2011). ’We Have Teacups Enough!’ Design School Activism in 1960s’ Norway.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2010). Design Studies: A Reader. Hazel Clark & David Brody (eds.), Berg, 2009. 658 pp., 50 b&w illus, paper, £19.99. ISBN: 9781847882363. Journal of Design History.  ISSN 0952-4649.  23(1), s 110- 112
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2010). God design er ingen kunst: pragmatisme i praksis ved Figgjo.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2010). Kombi-Nation: Mini bikes and material memories.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2010). Material Matters: The Uneasy Love Affair of Art and Industry.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2010). Tingenes tale: Teoretiseringer i nyere designhistorie.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2009). Cursing “the Chromium-plated Calf”: Norwegian fears and desires of American industrial design in the 1950s.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2009). Re-Writing Design: The metamorphosis of a magazine - Bonytt, 1968-1971.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2008). An ANT in our pants? A design historian’s reflections on Actor-Network Theory.
  • Fallan, Kjetil (2008). Establishing a History of Design.

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