PSFK and Nissan are hosting a Good Ideas Salon in Tokyo. For the event, Piers Fawkes will moderate a conversation on “Pure Living” with two panels of distinguished guests. Together, we will explore perspectives on pure living and how it is currently manifesting itself in design, technology, urban living, and transportation.

PSFK is proud to announce our next Good Ideas Salon in Tokyo on the evening of October 20, 2009.

We spent some time recently looking back at the patterns in the content in PSFK to try to identify emerging themes within specific target categories. ‘Four-Wheeled’ is one of three trends we identified from the data found on our site.

We spent some time recently looking back at the patterns in the content in PSFK to try to identify emerging themes within specific target categories. ‘Livable Cities’ is one of three trends we identified from the data found on our site.

PSFK’s next Good Ideas Salon in New York will be on October 1 with Nokia researcher Jan Chipchase. Chipchase will present his thoughts on ‘Pattern Recognition’ at the salon followed by a Q&A with the audience.

Last week, PSFK and The Guardian presented a Good Ideas Salon at the Soho House in NYC, which focused on the past events, present issues and future possibilities of advertising. Moderated by George Parker of AdScam, the salon was split into two different panels.
The second part of the discussion features Dominico Vitale (Founder, PI&C), Gill Linton (Founder, The Joneses), and Alain Sylvain (Managing Director, RedScout), discussing the importance of creative strategy, the industry’s lack of connection with consumers, the use and over-use of terms such as “the big idea” and “branding”, and accountability.  Watch the discussion below, and see part [...]

Yesterday, PSFK hosted a two panel Good Ideas Salon at Soho House in New York. Moderated by George Parker, our veteran (or “Old Geezer”) panel consisted of Curvin O’Reilly, Tom Messner and John Garland; and the emerging talent (or “Younger Geezer”) panel consisted of Domenico Vitale, Gill Linton and Alain Sylvain. We think with the contrast of ‘been there done that’ with the ‘doing something new’ it went rather well. Videos to follow.

Good Ideas Salons

PSFK recently conducted a review of global brands that are doing “good” in regards to innovation, environmental responsibility and social collaboration. From this exploration, we’ve created the Good Brands Report 2009.
We looked at the companies we were writing about on PSFK.com and then asked a panel of cross industry global experts from the Purple List to tell us which of 40 common brands on PSFK were considered ‘Good’. These companies represent businesses from which we should learn. They are not just the well-known brands of the day but also companies that lead by example. Beyond the top 10 Good Brands, [...]

PSFK is hosting a Good Ideas Salon on the morning of August 20 at Soho House with special guest George Parker. Good Ideas Salons are designed to bring likeminds together to share ideas and positivity around certain subjects.
For this salon, the topic is Good Ideas in Advertising and PSFK will invite two panels to debate how New York (and America’s) advertising industry needs to retool itself to become relevant and important again in business for the 21st century. The first panels will consist of industry veterans and this will be followed by new leaders from emerging creative agencies.

Panel 1 Speakers

George [...]

PSFK is happy to announce the publication of our newest book, PSFK Snapshot Brooklyn. From the more obscure corners of the borough to just off the G train, we’ve gathered over 40 of the most inspiring shops, restaurants, galleries, venues, movements and happenings from around the diverse neighborhoods of Brooklyn, New York.
PSFK Snapshot Brooklyn was born of the same spirit as our website, PSFK.com and our last book, PSFK Good Ideas 2009. Our intention was to present the same creative, idea-generating content, this time drawing from a focused locale. Brooklyn, along with San Francisco, represent the first of many [...]

At PSFK Conference NYC, Colin Nagy (PSFK/Attention) led a discussion with Help Remedies‘ founder Richard Fine and Hello Health’s Dr. Jay Parkinson and Dr. Sean Khozin about “Building Healthy Brands With Heart”. The panel touched upon the different ways their ventures were setting out to innovate an industry resistant to change. Richard Fine talked about how Help Remedies is attempting to change the way we think about medicine and first aid. Richard’s aim with creating Help was to simplify medication, from packaging to ingredients. His range stands apart from the myriad “dual-action”/”24-hr relief”/”fast-acting” products on the market – most recognizably, [...]

The videos from PSFK’s Good Ideas Salon in London are now available (and embeddable) for your inspiration:
Simon Waldman’s Good Ideas in Media
Good Ideas through Collaboration Panel
Good Ideas in Storytelling With Colin Nightingale

Good Ideas and Youth Panel
Good Ideas in Mobile Panel
Richard Banks on Good Ideas Over Time
Troika Design at Good Ideas Salon London
Christian Nold on Good Ideas for Communities
Good Ideas in Design Panel
Good Ideas from London Panel
Mark Earls on Why Good Ideas Matter
Hope you enjoy them enough to share the ideas.
Good Ideas Salons

The results are in.  Thank you to everyone who participated in our Annual PSFK Reader Survey.  We received an overwhelming response and now have even greater insight into who you are, how you consume PSFK content, and how you share it with your peers.
It turns out that we already had a pretty clear idea of our audience: a group of highly-networked, tech-savvy, urbanites.  Here are a couple of statistics that we thought were worth sharing:
Your network:
- 91.9% of PSFK readers have a Facebook page
- 64.6% of PSFK readers have a Twitter account
Your background and activities:
- 53.7% of PSFK readers publish [...]

PSFK senior writer, moderator and regular photo-hound Dave Pinter has uploaded his top photos from the PSFK Conference NYC. You can see them here.
Also – check the PSFK tag for photos taken by the audience (and Dave) here.

Although we visited Urban Outfitter’s garden center last year, we were so charmed with the experience there that we had to pay a visit when we were in the neighborhood last weekend. Garden center doesn’t describe the Terrain store well. It’s a home and garden wonderland.
Suburbia is often written off as a wasteland of MacHomes and copy cat malls that serve a population that rejects individuality and creativity. Terrain challenges this assumption – the place was packed with people looking for an alternative, seeking something different and trying to make a change.
The team behind this one-of-a-kind store have curated a [...]