Eik Hermann (b. 1978) is an Estonian philosopher and architectural theorist. He is a lecturer in philosophy and practice-based theory at the Estonian Academy of Arts and head of the doctoral programme in architecture and urban planning. In 2022, Hermann received the Estonian Cultural Endowment’s architecture award for advancing and mediating architectural thought. He is thus one of the key theorists in Estonia engaged with spatial logic, spatial poetics and the “spatial turn”, contributing both to analytical discourse and to practical work in the field, including participation in architectural competitions. Hermann has been involved in editing the journal Ehituskunst and has compiled several of its issues. Alongside his many roles, he is also a translator and editor; for instance, last year saw the publication of his Estonian translation of New York University professor James P. Carse’s Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility, which distinguishes between two types of games: finite games driven by egoism and competition, and infinite games that enable cooperation.
Eik Hermann
