042025: From a Design Perspective
I just got back from one week at HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd. At the university for design, I hosted a one-week writing workshop with the task: write about an...
032025: The Screenless Office
It has been invisible at first. But over the past years, I noticed it more and more: this weird barrier between me and my computer. I spend so much time...
022025: The World is Outside
Hello readers and new subscribers! I’m Christoph and this is Christel’s Corner, my occasional newsletter about everyday life, design, technology, and things...
012025: Play It as It Lays
The time between years is drenched in train rides, as per usual. I scroll through my phone while the Swiss alps and lakes pass by, and reflect on the past...
042024: The New Aesthetic
Where I was. We entered the U8 train at Alexanderplatz. A person comes up to me: “Hey, aren’t you christowski from Twitter?!” It’s extremely weird and...
032024: Greetings from the shore
Where I was. I am writing this as I am sitting in a kayak on the swells of the Atlantic Ocean. We’re passing by the caves of Benagil, as I decided to live my...
022024: Something That Needs Nothing
Where I was. At 11pm, as I sit here and write, I open a book of short stories. What I’m looking for is right in the middle of it, page 63. As I flip through...
012024: The long hard stupid way
Coordinates: I am typing this—again!—on a train, as this seems to be the only place for me to unplug from the world and jot down some words. As night falls,...