Feature · 12 min read
Why we deleted every notification.
And what twelve months without a red dot did to our weekly output, our team's mood, and our definition of urgent.
Issue 01 · Summer 2026
A quieter
way to work.
Lumen is a focus-first workspace that turns scattered notes, tasks and half-formed ideas into a single calm thread — so your best thinking can finally find you.
Built by teams from
Notion alumni
Linear
Figma
Stripe Press
Arc
Loom
Vercel
Inside the issue
Three pieces, one
continuous train of thought.
Essay · 6 min
The cost of a context switch, measured.
Interview
"I write three sentences before I open Slack."
Iris Tanaka, design lead.
Manifesto
Four rules we won't break.
Lumen is opinionated software. These are the lines that hold.
- 01
Tools should disappear.
If you notice the interface, we failed.
- 02
Defaults are politics.
We choose calm before we choose clever.
- 03
Speed is a feeling.
Not a benchmark, not a marketing chart.
- 04
Your data is yours.
Exportable, portable, deletable — always.
Pricing
Honest pricing. No tier called "Enterprise+".
Solo
$0for one quiet mind
- ✦ Unlimited notes
- ✦ 3 active projects
- ✦ Local-first sync
- ✦ Markdown export
Most chosen
Studio
$12per editor / month
- ✦ Everything in Solo
- ✦ Shared threads
- ✦ Version history
- ✦ Priority support
- ✦ Custom themes
Atelier
Customfor teams of teams
- ✦ SSO & SCIM
- ✦ Audit log
- ✦ Dedicated success
- ✦ On-prem option
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