Ingrid Halland

Ingrid Halland is an Associate Professor at Oslo School of Architecture and Design and Aarhus University (Denmark), focusing on aesthetics and cultural philosophy. Her research bridges material culture, environmental ethics, artistic research, and Nordic design history, particularly examining titanium dioxide's ecological impact and modernist surface invisibility. She leads the Norges Forskningsråd-funded project How Norway Made the World Whiter (2023–2028) and co-leads The Materiality of White (DIKU, 2022–2025).

Her scientific articles (2019–2024) explore material sustainability, surface aesthetics, and deep ecology through interdisciplinary lenses, including chemistry, biology, and cultural studies. Key themes include toxic material entanglements, speculative design, and historical material analysis.

Halland founded and edits Metode, a platform for art and design research. She has received grants like the CAS Research Grant (2025–2026) and published books such as Ung Uro (2021) and the upcoming Deep White (2025). Her 2025 book White World Waste will further investigate pigment sustainability.