http://www.psfk.com Good Ideas Report Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:12:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/burger-king-to-serve-seattles-best-coffee.html http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/burger-king-to-serve-seattles-best-coffee.html#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:00:37 +0000 Paloma Vazquez http://www.psfk.com/?p=57331 By September, Seattle's Best coffee (owned by Starbucks) will be served at 7,250 Burger King restaurants in the US.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/burger-king-to-serve-seattles-best-coffee.html/feed 4 http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/pic-disloyalty-card.html http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/pic-disloyalty-card.html#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:55:27 +0000 Dan Gould http://www.psfk.com/?p=55053 World Barista Champion Gwilym Davies has devised an interesting concept - the disloyalty card.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/pic-disloyalty-card.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/illy-caffe-looking-to-replace-your-morning-starbucks.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/illy-caffe-looking-to-replace-your-morning-starbucks.html#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:10:36 +0000 Paloma Vazquez http://www.psfk.com/?p=51273 Italian coffee maker Illy Caffe will challenge Starbucks Corp's stronghold over the US out-of-home coffee market by expanding its reach within independent coffee shops, rather than opening up its own. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/illy-caffe-looking-to-replace-your-morning-starbucks.html/feed 4 http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/the-long-tail-of-coffee-adds-to-starbucks-identity-crisis.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/the-long-tail-of-coffee-adds-to-starbucks-identity-crisis.html#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:27:24 +0000 Caleb Kramer http://www.psfk.com/?p=47522 Over the past year we’ve noticed experimentation in Starbucks’ marketing, a reflection of an identity crisis in the industry as “mass-market powerhouses” McDonald’s and Dunkin’ Donuts use the recession to rise from below. On the opposite front gourmet coffee startups are beginning to present the premium quality Starbucks once used as its primary selling point. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/the-long-tail-of-coffee-adds-to-starbucks-identity-crisis.html/feed 1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/la-colombe-torrefaction-nyc.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/la-colombe-torrefaction-nyc.html#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:56:51 +0000 Piers Fawkes http://www.psfk.com/?p=40665 La Colombe Torrefaction recently opened their second cafe in New York after a successful opening in Tribeca. The cafe and the company behind it has a long and traveled history in coffee.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/la-colombe-torrefaction-nyc.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/interview-with-starbucks-designer-liz-muller-creator-of-15th-avenue-e.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/interview-with-starbucks-designer-liz-muller-creator-of-15th-avenue-e.html#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:00:40 +0000 Piers Fawkes http://www.psfk.com/?p=40085 PSFK got in touch with Liz Muller who is Director of Global Concept Design and interviewed her on the phone about the 15th Avenue E concept store they had rolled out in Seattle, the reasons behind it and the company's plans for the future.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/interview-with-starbucks-designer-liz-muller-creator-of-15th-avenue-e.html/feed 5 http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/inside-starbucks-new-stealth-store-15th-avenue-e-coffee-and-tea.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/inside-starbucks-new-stealth-store-15th-avenue-e-coffee-and-tea.html#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:00:33 +0000 Piers Fawkes http://www.psfk.com/?p=40037 Last Friday, the Seattle based corporation opened their first 'stealth store' called 15th Avenue E Coffee and Tea - a cafe "inspired by Starbucks". Our PSFK spy got herself down to the store opening and snapped some of these photos. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/inside-starbucks-new-stealth-store-15th-avenue-e-coffee-and-tea.html/feed 21 http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/new-fabric-made-from-coffee-grounds.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/new-fabric-made-from-coffee-grounds.html#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:25:48 +0000 Laura Feinstein http://www.psfk.com/?p=37752 While it’s popular cousin the soybean may hog most of the spotlight, the multi-purposefulness of the coffee ground is nothing to scoff at. … [visit site to read more] © Laura Feinstein for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: coffee, environment, Fashion, S.Cafe, Singtex Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/new-fabric-made-from-coffee-grounds.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/experimental-coffee-design-from-tel-aviv.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/experimental-coffee-design-from-tel-aviv.html#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:42:18 +0000 Sam Biddle http://www.psfk.com/?p=36966 Students at the Shenkar Academy of Design in Tel Aviv were directed to scrutinize and reexamine the ways in which coffee and tea drinkers interact with their beverage, in terms of materials, taste, and ritual. The results are visually arresting and for the most part functional, and … [visit site to read more] © Sam Biddle for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: coffee, tea, tel aviv Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/experimental-coffee-design-from-tel-aviv.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/feed-bags-to-furniture-upclycle-ottoman.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/feed-bags-to-furniture-upclycle-ottoman.html#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:30:08 +0000 Dan Gould http://www.psfk.com/?p=35971 Gus* Design has created a simple, but useful piece of furniture … [visit site to read more] © Dan Gould for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: coffee, Furniture, recycling, upcycle Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/feed-bags-to-furniture-upclycle-ottoman.html/feed 2 http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/peep-insights-the-latest-in-the-coffee-wars.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/peep-insights-the-latest-in-the-coffee-wars.html#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 20:52:56 +0000 Dan Gould http://www.psfk.com/?p=32957 Last Wednesday was National Beverage Day, a little-known holiday that inspired us to examine the new McCafé … [visit site to read more] © Dan Gould for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: coffee, mcdonalds, Price, starbucks Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/peep-insights-the-latest-in-the-coffee-wars.html/feed 2 http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/a-low-fat-latte-thats-also-commercial-free.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/a-low-fat-latte-thats-also-commercial-free.html#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:24:52 +0000 Scott Lachut http://www.psfk.com/?p=24887 During an interview with FOX News that took place in August, GoGORILLA Media CEO Alan Wolan said, “Just because you can put an ad … [visit site to read more] © Scott Lachut for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | 4 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Alan Wolan, coffee, CoffeeMedia, GoGORILLA Media Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/a-low-fat-latte-thats-also-commercial-free.html/feed 4 http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/starbucks-fueled-higher-quality-competition-home-brewing-alternative.html http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/starbucks-fueled-higher-quality-competition-home-brewing-alternative.html#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:57:23 +0000 Piers Fawkes http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/starbucks-fueled-higher-quality-competition-home-brewing-alternative.html In reaction an previous piece in the Financial Times about the decline of Starbucks Thurston says that we should remember that Starbucks created a market for high quality coffee retail (to compete against perceived average quality of the Seattle brand's beverages). He also points out that the tastebud awakening that Starbucks encouraged also drove the popularity of home brewing...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/starbucks-fueled-higher-quality-competition-home-brewing-alternative.html/feed 5 http://www.psfk.com/2007/03/likemind-around-the-world-this-friday.html http://www.psfk.com/2007/03/likemind-around-the-world-this-friday.html#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:57:25 +0000 Piers Fawkes http://www.marktd.com/?p=2500 New cities, bigger meet-ups, this Friday morning in New York, San Francisco, London, Seattle, Copenhagen, Boston, Los Angeles, Dallas, Minneapolis, Malmö, Ancona, Orlando, Jakarta, Hamburg, Stockholm, Amsterdam!]]> http://www.psfk.com/2007/03/likemind-around-the-world-this-friday.html/feed 0