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Beauty That Does Not Fly

Once, I read an interview in which an aircraft designer said of a particular airplane that it would not fly because it was ugly.At the time, this statement seemed almost anecdotal – an aesthetic whim disguised as professional conviction. Yet the longer I reflected on it, the clearer it became: the issue was not appearance.…
Innovation Is a Chain: The Role of the Middle Segment in Turning Ideas into Technology

In one television conversation with an experienced engineer, I once heard a strikingly accurate formulation: “You cannot sell a technology if you have nowhere to show the process.” He explained that new solutions used to be demonstrated in a factory, where a client could see how materials behaved, how the process unfolded, and where real…
The Wise Person in the Age of AI — Across Three Logics

Wisdom in the age of artificial intelligence begins not with answers, but with the ability to exist between worlds — between the logic of science, governance, and algorithms. But how can a person preserve meaning in a time when calculation moves faster than thought, and how can a scientist remain a translator between facts, systems,…
Boundary Matter

Wood is a material that resists binary thinking. It is not merely an “element” of nature, nor is it a man-made artifact. Wood is a boundary matter, existing in an intermediate state – where nature turns into culture, and culture continues to preserve the memory of nature. In this sense, wood is an ontological transition.…
Packaging as an Existential Phenomenon: Form, Boundary, and Responsibility

In everyday life, we take packaging for granted – it protects the contents, facilitates transport, and then disappears from view, ending up in landfills. Yet, through the lens of existential phenomenology, packaging is more than a functional object – it is a structuring element in our relationship with the world, with things, and with ourselves.…
Biochar as a World-Shaping Substance: A New Materialist Perspective

In sustainability discourse, biochar is often interpreted as a symbol of green technologies – an alternative to fossil carbon and a promise of a cleaner future. However, this perspective risks reducing the material to its representational meaning, neglecting its active presence in the material world. New materialism offers an alternative understanding: it encourages us to…

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