Create the identity of pnyx.org - the project that will change the way we engage in public debate

pnyx / pnyx.org

Space for Discourse

Pnyx.org is a software project developing a web application for formalized discourse for experts, companies, institutions and the general public and will thereby contribute to the propagation and advancement of reason in public debate.

The Pnyx is a public space in ancient Athens west of the Acropolis. It was used for popular assemblies in Athens as early as 507 BC, when the reforms of Cleisthenes transferred political power to the citizenry, making the hill one of the earliest and most important sites in the creation of democracy. The Pnyx is the material embodiment of the principle of isēgoría (ἰσηγορία), "equal speech", i.e. the equal right of every citizen to debate matters of policy. It contained an oratorical platform made from stone, called the bema (see the attached pictures).