http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:00:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/magazine-updates-qr-codes.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:00:27 +0000 A local publication save printing cost and keeps information current by updating its issue using barcodes. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/secret-michelin-starred-restaurant.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:42:38 +0000 St John, the upscale eatery, and Secret Cinema, the impromptu film screening collective, team up to create an exclusive dining experience that combines food with music and art.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/order-take-out-on-your-smartphone-with-qr-codes.html Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:23:49 +0000 Now you can order and pay for food simply by scanning a barcode with your phone.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/mcdonalds-emphasizes-modern-family-dining-with-new-restaurant-in-france.html Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:17:27 +0000 Local designer Patrick Norguet creates a new interior for the fast food chain inspired by the brand's 'roots'.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/new-york-diner-the-first-to-be-animal-welfare-approved.html Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:03:51 +0000 Restaurant in Hudson promotes local sustainability and ethical treatment of animals. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/co-run-a-restaurant-for-500.html Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:58:56 +0000 A crowd-sourced restaurant in San Francisco allows everyday people to become seatholders and get discounts for life.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/track-price-changes-of-restaurant-menus.html Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:56:36 +0000 Website run by a well-known food critic lets you know when restaurant menu prices increase. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/springwise-turntable-kitchen-food-and-music-combinations-you-never-imagined.html Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:02:16 +0000 Did you know that honey and rosewater tapioca go well with SBTRKT? Turntable Kitchen has a subscription service that shows you how to pair food with music for a tasty listening experience.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/virtual-tablecloth-visualizes-menu-selection.html Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:02:10 +0000 London’s oriental fusion restaurant Inamo St. James integrated a virtual tablecloth into its tabletops enabling patrons to visualize items on the menu as they appear projected onto the plate in front of them.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/foursquares-growth-in-southeast-asia.html Fri, 20 May 2011 15:11:28 +0000 The geo-social platform attracts loyal users in 4 major Asian markets.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/bridging-content-and-commerce-thrillist-style-video.html Wed, 04 May 2011 10:00:24 +0000 Co-founder of Thrillist Ben Lerer, spoke to the audience at the 2011 PSFK Conference in NYC about the company’s beginnings as a local city guide into a competitive daily discount site.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/emerging-trends-at-the-intersection-of-food-technology.html Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:58:29 +0000 Food+Tech Connect shares their observations following their SXSW panel on How Technology is Revolutionizing the Way We Eat.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/sensory-tableware-encourages-novel-dining-experiences.html Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:11:48 +0000 An industrial designer explores interesting ways to transform dining experiences into active explorations of the senses. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/mcdonalds-2011-2-4-billion-makeover.html Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:23:10 +0000 The world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants is looking to revamp their menus, store design, and ordering experience. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/a-four-poster-table-brings-fun-back-into-dining.html Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:37:02 +0000 An aesthetically designed furniture piece with playful hanging chairs.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/zagat-foursquare-and-foodspotting-integrate.html Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:54:41 +0000 The new (premium) To-Go Guide features integrated check-in and user-submitted photography.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/10-innovative-uses-of-the-ipad-by-the-hospitality-industry.html Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:00:26 +0000 PSFK investigates ten novel examples of how the iPad is being used by restaurants and hotels. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/future-of-retail-experience-centric-restaurant-sells-tickets-not-dishes.html Tue, 04 May 2010 16:12:07 +0000 The Next Restaurant has been inspired by performance and travel experiences to develop an interesting business model. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/food-secret-nutritional-fast-fastidious-food.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:27:30 +0000 Based on a foundation of fresh produce, international culinary techniques and solid nutritional value, Food Secret is trying to position itself as London’s health conscious take-away of choice.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/van-gogh-is-bipolar-restaurant-serves-brain-healthy-food.html Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:01:55 +0000 "Van Gogh is Bipolar" takes healthy eating to a new level by only serving natural foods which help produce "happy hormones." ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/video-diy-hotel-dining.html Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:19:37 +0000 With the economy still in a bad state state, travel across the board is down. Family vacations are losing ground to rediscovering the wonders closer to home, while business trips are increasingly being replaced by remote meetings conducted over webcam and phone. But assuming you still find yourself living out of a suitcase on occasion, there’s no reason you can’t do so on a budget, and without skimping on the finer things in life. To that end, aptly named British comedian George Egg, shows how a bit of DIY ingenuity can transform your hotel room into an ad hoc kitchen,Read more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/virtual-restaurants-a-singular-dining-experience.html Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:45:59 +0000 As far as most experiences go, we like to keep ours decidedly on the side of the real, but with the internet increasingly taking over more aspects of our lives, that’s becoming a bit more difficult. Thankfully though, the digital realms haven’t managed to find adequate replacements for some things, eating and drinking chief among them, until recently perhaps. The NY Times points to the strange trend of virtual bars and restaurants that are popping up on the web, a concept that is becoming so popular in fact, that one such establishment, Air Yakiniku, is now the 29th most searchedRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/foods-increasing-mobility.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:47:33 +0000 The South American dishes Argentine chef Diego Felix and fiancee Sanra Ritten serve weekly from their home to a mix of locales and tourists have become so popular that the couple have been able to take their special brand of cuisine on the road. Their supper club, Casa Felix, is in the midst of its second North American Tour, catering to a select group of diners in six cities over the course of three months. In an effort to personalize the experience further, the chef promises to use local ingredients as the inspiration behind the meals, though he couldn’t resist bringingRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/multipurpose-dining-table-cooks-and-refrigerates.html Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:39:16 +0000 The “future dining table” designed by Petr Kubik is a multi-purpose kitchen appliance that combines the functions of cooking and eating in the form of the familiar dining room table. The table has hidden compartments to store your food and appliances, and the surface OLED changes from opaque to transparent to reveal the refrigerated food underneath. Different foods are compartmentalized and drinks can be retrieved from the centre core. A mini-dish washer, toaster, micro-wave, coffee maker are stored underneath the inner circle. While making meals, you can browse for recipes or read the news off the tabletop that functions asRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/the-emergence-of-londons-new-underground.html Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:44:40 +0000 Underground restaurants are the dining equivalent of a speak-easy or a rave. Whether they are entirely legal or not is a bit of a grey area. But this is part of their allure. There’s something very intoxicating about the combination of being “in the know” and illicitness that creates an experience that people can’t help but talk about. It’s word of mouth marketing at its most powerful. Underground restaurants are new to the UK in the guise of MsMarmitelover’s Underground Restaurant in Kilburn and Horton Jupiter’s Secret Ingredient in Hackney, but are much more familiar in other parts of theRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/freestyle-dining-in-manila.html Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:18:31 +0000 “Freestyle dining” is an emerging food trend in Manila. The process: customers picks from a list of key ingredients. Then they order based on whatever emotion or adjective best describes their dining mood, trusting the chef with the task of translating it into a matching meal. It’s like assigning the chef the role of culinary therapist. Respected freestyle dining spots are maintaining a certain level of exclusivity by using only word-of-mouth marketing and by staying well-hidden. One of the more buzzworthy spots is Chef’s Table, a secluded rooftop space that serves as a TV set for a daytime food showRead more...]]>