http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:30:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/bamboo-android-smartphone.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:30:34 +0000 World's first mobile phone designed using organic, eco-friendly material. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/bamboo-iphone-cases-adorned-with-laser-cut-art.html Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:26:06 +0000 Artist Ryan Chapman collaborates with sustainable design team Grove to create Submarine adorned iPhone cases]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/armored-cabinet-constructed-from-80000-bamboo-skewers.html Mon, 23 May 2011 09:01:58 +0000 A cabinet constructed from 80,000 bamboo skewers wards off the uninvited with its prickly demeanor. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/phoenix-the-bamboo-car-pics.html Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:02:58 +0000 Furniture designer Kenneth Cobonpue creates a bird-like car made from bamboo and rattan.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/the-bamboo-bench-pics.html Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:05:38 +0000 Bamboo stalks are bound together to create a natural bench for everyday use.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/an-environmentally-friendly-toothbrush.html Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:33:31 +0000 This biodegradable bamboo alternative could help eliminate tons of plastic waste every year.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/the-egg-house-green-micro-living-in-beijing.html Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:45:33 +0000 The unique living structure was constructed to avoid the high rents in the city.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/massive-bamboo-dome-created-using-traditional-vietnamese-weaving.html Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:26:27 +0000 Architect Vo Trong Nghia created a 30 feet tall structure without the use of nails ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/sustainable-materials-add-a-classic-touch-to-everyday-objects.html Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:26:02 +0000 Elium studio has designed a range of sustainable electronics for Lexon made out of bamboo and maize bio-plastics.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/the-bamboo-bicycle-lightweight-flexible-and-sustainable.html Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:19:47 +0000 We recently wrote about Brooklyn’s Bamboo Bike Studio, and now the Guardian points us to a similar venture lead by  Craig Calfee, a California based bicycle designer and early pioneer of carbon fiber, who since 2005 has begun to turn his attentions to the use of bamboo in frame construction. Given bamboo’s numerous advantages – lightweight, flexibility and when grown under the right circumstances, sustainability – as a raw material it is virtually unmatched. Not to mention, it requires a less energy-intensive (and environmentally intrusive) process to harden. So why has it yet to catch on as the smarter alternative toRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/bamboo-bike-studio.html Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:37:06 +0000 The Bamboo Bike Studio is a Brooklyn-based venture which teaches people to create their own bike frame out of the renewable and “performance-positive” material, bamboo.  Working in collaboration with the Earth Institute at Columbia University and the Millennium Cities Initiative, the studio offers a two-day course where bike enthusiasts can learn building techniques and when the weekend is over, ride away on the finished product. The BBS customises each bike to it’s rider, and attendees of the course can work off two bike body styles - ‘Local‘ for the casual, ‘mellow’ rider; and ‘Express’ – suitable for intermediate, urban cyclistsRead more...]]>