Sleep is for dreamingWe all dream. It is an activity reserved for sentient beings. Computers can’t do it.Jun 29, 2023Jun 29, 2023
The Power of FocusSometimes distraction can be an important part of the creative processApr 19, 2023Apr 19, 2023
The Power of FocusI tell my kids to “drop their weapons” (as I refer to their iPhones)Apr 12, 2023Apr 12, 2023
The Power of FocusMore and more I meet members of Gen Z who also want to use screens lessApr 5, 2023Apr 5, 2023
The Power of FocusI was less distracted, and more present in the moment before I had a smartphoneMar 30, 2023Mar 30, 2023
Punkt. The Power of FocusI make active efforts to focus and to ensure distraction-free timeMar 23, 2023Mar 23, 2023
Punkt. The Power of FocusThe capacity for solitude is at the heart of our capacity for intimacyMar 15, 2023Mar 15, 2023
Look Around, by Henrietta ThompsonWriter, curator and editor-at-large of Wallpaper* magazine Henrietta Thompson wrote a thoughtful essay for Punkt. entitled ‘Look Around’…Feb 21, 2023Feb 21, 2023
The story behind the Punkt. MC01 LegendVoicephones, smartphones, buttons, touchscreens, software and the future.Jan 24, 20231Jan 24, 20231
A year without a smartphoneBerlin-based single-working parent, Clara Hahn, tells us how quitting her smartphone for a voicephone changed her life.Nov 10, 2022Nov 10, 2022
Sleep is more than just downtimeIf we didn’t really know how vital sleep is for our good health and wellbeing before the digital revolution, we certainly do now.Sep 27, 2022Sep 27, 2022
Can old technology remind us how to use new tech intentionally?This piece on the legacy of the morse code is a contribution by community member, Micah Schweizer. Micah works in communications in the…Aug 4, 2022Aug 4, 2022
How can the consumer electronic industry respond to the challenges of the ecological transition?Design students, Raphael Jung and Jan Sagasser, from the German design school HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd, asked Punkt. to support their…Jul 27, 2022Jul 27, 2022
Non-physical money: Part 2Part of a series of essays on the subject of cash versus computer-based financial exchange.Jul 12, 2022Jul 12, 2022
Cashless society: a contradiction in terms?Part One of a series of essays on the subject of cash vs. computer-based financial exchange.Jun 2, 2022Jun 2, 2022
Losing TractionThis essay is the first written contribution from the Punkt. Community, a team of like-minded people interested in the movement for a good…Mar 11, 2022Mar 11, 2022
Beauty In The Real WorldUntil recently, the real world wasn’t usually referred to as such — because it wasn’t referred to much at all. It used to be a given; now…Jul 27, 2021Jul 27, 2021