the idea is to consider one single function from the multitude of functions found in for example smart phone and rethink them as a single indivual object with just this one function. what would come out of this reduction? how would it change our relation to certain functionalities?

there are examples where this is already happening. take the kindle for example. a device that is for example far inferior to most smart phone. but even appart from the price and the special screen, there is some beauty to the fact of having a device just for reading.