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Johan Liedgren, Founder of The Liminal Circle.

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The liminal epistemology of ChatGPT — a radical design perspective

The traditional epistemological categories — truth, belief, inference, and justification — don’t apply. And we need radically new…

May 9, 2025

Caravaggio’s Doubting Thomas, with apostle and finger stuck inside Jesus to validate truth.

May 9, 2025

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The liminal design of opening sequences, Top Gun and Henry V

The opening sequence of TOP GUN stands out as a liminal masterpiece, leading us resolutely from a handful of over-salted popcorn in a…

May 4, 2025

Screen shot off of opening titles for Top Gun, jet engines ablaze under director’s credit.

May 4, 2025

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Sincerity, is it any fun? — a liminal design perspective.

There is a clear link between sincerity, liminality and the deep and meaningful experiences we seek to be fully alive. But not everyone is…

Feb 19, 2024

Barbara Kruger’s large black and white illustration of two kids in 5’s advertising style looking a their arm muscles — with red text banner splashed across reading: We don’t need another hero.

Feb 19, 2024

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Hello, I’m Barbie. Or whatever you want me to be.

Liminality under fire, and how the Barbie movie took a design page out of the fascist playbook.

Aug 3, 2024

Image of Barbie doll framed seductively naked.

Aug 3, 2024

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Welcome to the Liminal Economy: from more volume to more interesting

Traditional business metrics have run dry. Liminality offers a new way to look at growth.

Mar 5, 2024

Elliott Erwitt’s photo of 1950’s rear mirror showing couple kissing.

Mar 5, 2024

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Legs About Love

A section from the upcoming book ‘How to Kiss a Cannibal — writings on liminality’, by Johan Liedgren. Published by The Liminality Press.

Nov 17, 2025

Legs About Love

Nov 17, 2025

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First Come the Hunters

Short fiction

Nov 13, 2025

First Come the Hunters

Nov 13, 2025

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The Patron Saint of Elevators

A chapter from the upcoming book ‘How to Kiss a Cannibal — writings about liminality’, by Johan Liedgren. Published by The Liminality…

Nov 10, 2025

The Patron Saint of Elevators

Nov 10, 2025

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Poses Plastiques en Trois Tableaux

A chapter from the upcoming book ‘How to Kiss a Cannibal — writings about liminality’, by Johan Liedgren. Published by The Liminal Press.

Nov 6, 2025

Poses Plastiques en Trois Tableaux

Nov 6, 2025

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The Simple and The Complex.

A chapter from the upcoming book ‘How to Kiss a Cannibal — writings about liminality’, by Johan Liedgren. Published by The Liminal Press.

Nov 4, 2025

The Simple and The Complex.

Nov 4, 2025

Johan Liedgren, Founder of The Liminal Circle.

Johan Liedgren, Founder of The Liminal Circle.

Founder of The Liminal Circle: international think tank working with technology companies on applied liminality and new products.

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