http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:25:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/99-a-behance-cool-hunting-conference.html Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:37:42 +0000 Behance & Cool Hunting are teaming together to host a conference that “focuses less on idea-generation, and more on how inspiration and organization come together to make ideas happen.” More often than not, the realities of bringing ideas to life cause even the best ones to die a mediocre death. As Director/Curator Aaron Rose admits, “Managing budgets is the hardest part of any creative project.” While we don’t expect The 99% to get into the finer details of project management, we’re glad to finally see a conference that explores a side of the creative process that always gets overlooked —Read more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/gizmodo-showcasing-gadgets-at-reed-space.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:19:59 +0000 Gizmodo is bringing a bundle of interesting electronics to display to visitors of the Reed Space in New York.  The Gizmodo Gallery begins today and continues until December 7th, with funding coming from GizMine, an online store of well designed gadgets like the recently written about Mir:ror.  The gallery is a huge collection of items (aspirational, for most) and gives visitors the opportunity to actually play around with the latest toys, games, and electronics.  Gizmodo is bringing a Red One Camera (to be played back on a 103-inch plasma screen), the world’s most powerful flashlight and some Gundam slippers thatRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/live-drawing-competition-watch-learn-participate.html Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:58:10 +0000 The Jen Bekman gallery is currently hosting the Thrilla in Manila, “a no holds barred draw-a-thon” between artists Jane Mount and Jason Polan to benefit 826NYC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting youth writing.  The live art experience began December 3rd and will run until 6pm December 6th.  In the spirit of community and collaboration, the press release invites the audience to “come into the gallery, join in the drawing, learn how to draw, be drawn yourself, or just root for your favorite artist,” opening up the creative process in a way that can’t be captured by simply looking at aRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/notes-from-the-underground-the-good-knife-supper-club.html Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:07:50 +0000 Despite a long list of “must try” restaurants in our neighborhood, last week we opted for an entirely new experience and attended the launch of the Good Knife, a new underground supper club in Manhattan’s Gramercy area. Originally, many such clubs arose as a means of allowing chefs to stretch their creativity. Participants could enjoy an intimate and casual setting, welcome in an era ruled by theme restaurants and grand settings. Foodies especially jumped at the chance to sample new talent. As the popularity of underground restaurants and eating clubs grew, so did the scale and spectacle of the dinnersRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/11/free-shipping-on-psfks-good-ideas-in-2009-report.html Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:18:12 +0000 The fine people at Blurb have offered free shipping within the US for our book Good Ideas In 2009. All you have to do is add ‘freeshipping’ in to the promo-code box on the product page here before Dec 9 (and read the small print below*). Want to know more about the book? Well, at this time of year we’re supposed to produce a trends report for 2009. When we all sat down and chatted about it, we thought such a report would be so gloomy and rather depressing. We didn’t want to write about things like ‘trading down’ orRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/11/good-ideas-in-2009-mobile-allison-mooney.html Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:12:42 +0000 Allison Mooney, friend and Contributing Editor to PSFK, will be moderating our first Good Ideas in 2009 Salon on Tuesday, November 18th.  The discussion will surround ideas and innovations in the Mobile space as we look ahead to next year. Allison Mooney has been working in media and marketing for six years and was part of the launch team for Mobile Behavior, a new Omnicom Group company. As the Director of Trends & Insights, Allison manages the group’s R&D lab, NGT, leads behavioral research efforts, and guides thinking on youth trends, mobile innovations, and consumer behavior. She also started and currentlyRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/11/good-ideas-in-2009-salon-mobile-alistair-fulton.html Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:45:40 +0000 PSFK is happy to include Alistair Fulton, Senior Manager in Deloitte’s Telecommunications, Media & Technology practice, as a speaker in our Good Ideas in 2009 Salon.  Alistair will be participating in our first discussion surrounding ideas and innovations in the Mobile space on the morning of Tuesday, November 18th. Alistair has over 15 years of experience in customer and brand strategy, product development and performance transformation in the wireless space both in an advisory role and in industry.  Prior to joining Deloitte Consulting he served as SVP of Strategy & Business Performance for O2, the largest wireless operator in the UnitedRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/11/good-ideas-in-2009-salon-mobile-steve-roberts.html Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:19:40 +0000 PSFK is excited to announce Steve Roberts, CEO and Founder of ShopText, as a speaker in our Good Ideas in 2009 Salon.  Steve will be participating in our first discussion surrounding ideas and innovations in the Mobile space on the morning of Tuesday, November 18th. ShopText has developed a technology that brings the shopping experience directly to the cell phone, enabling consumers and brands to interact via text message.  This new model literally takes retail anywhere, to a point where brick and mortar stores and even internet connections are no longer necessary. Steve Roberts launched ShopText in November 2006. PriorRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/10/event-first-impressions-last-at-kemistry-gallery-in-london.html Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:58:58 +0000 If you’re in London, you still have time to check out (and participate in) Kemistry‘s ‘First Impressions Last’ exhibition, a collaborative project with Fallon that offers a playful look at identity, anonymity, and naturally, first impressions. Until the beginning of November, visitors are invited into the gallery to stand before 5 writers, seated in the room, and become the subject of a two-minute free writing session. A polaroid is then taken of the subject, which is kept with the writers’ vignettes. Then, as part two of the exhibit, for the month of November participants and visitors will be challenged toRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/10/event-we-love-cildo-meireles-meshes-of-freedom-in-london.html Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:35:09 +0000 Londonist points us to a great social art project to be unveiled at the Tate Modern this weekend. As part of artist Cildo Meireles’ Malhas de Liberdade / Meshes of Freedom piece, thousands of Londoners were mailed a set of three orange plastic rods, all parts of a gigantic mesh to be assembled at the museum on the on Saturday. The community-assembled piece will become part of Meireles’ ongoing series of mathematically- and literary-inspired mesh works, which have been seen three iterations since his first mesh piece appeared in 1976 (in the form of cotton weaved together by a fishermanRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/10/likemind-coffee-mornings-this-friday-around-the-world.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:24:30 +0000 Where will you be Friday morning? At Likemind, that’s where! If you live in (or will be stopping through) any of these cities, please join us and other Likemind-ed folks for some refreshing conversation and coffee, from 8:00am-10am Fri, Oct 17. Check out the Facebook event page for more info, and why not join your local Likemind Facebook group while you’re at it. NYCers, looking forward to seeing you all at ‘Snice in Manhattan…]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/10/dr-sketchys-anti-art-school.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:55:14 +0000 Dr. Sketchy’s is an interesting hybrid between art school life drawing classes and a burlesque performance. Attendees gather to drink, socialize and draw unusual models (think: circus freaks, ballet and burlesque dancers and muscle men). The event takes the stuffynes out of the art class experience and encourages light hearted fun with drawing contests and comedy skits. They encourage anyone to come too, whether a pro artist, or rank amateur – it’s more about the experience than making a masterpiece. Dr. Sketchy’s happens in Williamsburg, Brooklyn every other Sunday, and has branched out to 53 cities around the world. Dr.Read more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/10/designboost-2008-long-live-the-city.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:58:48 +0000 We are delighted to be participating in this year’s Designboost conference in Malmö, Sweden, taking place from Oct 15-17. Designboost is a knowledge company that aims to share design knowledge through their different events and publications. Since 2007 David Carlson and Peer Eriksson have been the heads behind the designboost conference. David is also the publisher of David Report, where he regularly compiles a bulletin covering the intersection of design, culture and business life. Designboost gathers creative thinkers (or Boosters as David and Peer prefer to call them) from all over the world to workshop, lecture and discuss one currentRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/09/event-conflux-festival-in-nyc.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:58:34 +0000 On Sep 11, the fifth annual Conflux Festival will take over NYC, bringing together creative-minded people from around the world interested in exploring and discussing technology, culture, and urban space. The festival, headquartered at the Center for Architecture in Greenwich Village, includes lectures, art installations, ‘street art interventions’, performances, tours, workshops, film and music designed to celebrate and challenge how we think about the ecology of the city. Via Flavorpill: Converse with keynote speaker Chris Carlsson (co-founder of Critical Mass and editor of Processed World), participate in Twiceband’s staging of John Cage’s 49 Waltzes for the 5 Boroughs, and takeRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/09/generosity-foundation-free-money-for-artists.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:40:14 +0000 The Generosity Foundation, (or The Federation of Students and Nominally or Unemployed Artists) is part performance art and part micro-lending grant program. The group of 10, each gathered $100 then pooled the money to be given away as grants to jump start art projects. This past June, they set up a booth in a New York park and gave away cash and official looking grant certificates to random aspiring artists that passed by. The Foundation will be doing more free-form giving this week in New York, as part of the Conflux Festival. The Generosity Foundation explains how it works: TheRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/09/event-dorkbot-sf.html Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:25:54 +0000 If you fancy yourself an electrophile (?) and you’re in SF tomorrow, you might want to check out Dorkbot SF, a celebration of “people doing strange things with electricity”. The event will take place at 7:30pm at Million Fishes and feature demonstrations from several innovators in the circuitry circle, including  Carl Pisaturo who will be presenting Orbit 2. From the Dorkbot site: The Orbit 2 machine is a tabletop sized “kinetic light sculpture” which moves LEDs rapidly through space on 2 axes, each with its own speed control. It can be compared to a Ferris wheel riding on a merry-go-round. WithRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/09/event-picnic-conference-08.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:57:28 +0000 Coming up in Amsterdam at the end of the month is Picnic Conference 08. The third installment of the Picnic series features tons of great speakers who will be discussing the inspirational areas where industries and disciplines intersect. An full schedule of talks, workshops and interactive labs are sure to be bursting at the seams with new ideas. Picnic runs from September 24-26. Check out the full line up here. From the Picnic site: PICNIC brings together and disseminates the ideas and knowledge of the world’s best creators and innovators, through a top-class conference, a broad selection of seminars, aRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/08/event-from-now-to-eternity-at-the-london-design-festival.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:46:33 +0000 If you’re at the London Design Festival next month, be sure to check out ‘From Now To Eternity‘, an exhibition featuring the many uses of plastic in design – the good, the bad and the ugly (probably not too much ugly). 10 design forces including FAT, Committee, Hiroko Shiratori and Troika will be presenting works that intend to challenge our perception of the pervasive material and highlight its complicated role in sustainable design. Event Details From Now To Eternity Sept. 19 – Oct. 19, 2008 (the London Design Festival runs from Sep 13-23 in venues around London) Biscuit Building, 10Read more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/08/interesting-conference-new-york-2008.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:26:58 +0000 Open Intelligence Agency is bringing the fourth installment of their awesome “Interesting Conference” to New York City next month. Interesting brings speakers together to talk about things they are passionate about, but may have never shared before. Previous conferences have covered a huge range of fascinating and random subjects including: what to do with a broken umbrella, how to turn your blog into a new media company, personal digital archives, making and sampling raw organic chocolates, physics of quicksand, the next generation, Russ Meyer, facing your fears, art, storytelling, business advice and more. The lineup is being finalized at theRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/08/event-sandy-the-dandy-and-charlie-mcgee-at-fringenyc.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:35:38 +0000 The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC) is quickly coming to a close – but there’s still time to catch one of the showcase’s stand-out gems: Sandy the Dandy and Charlie McGee: A Case Study in Harsh Realities, directed by Stephen Brackett and written by Mat Sanders and Guerrin Gardner. The play is a sideways take on the tough ‘road to success’, an universal struggle for aspiring anythings in every industry – and in this case, a particularly unpredictable and absurd path for a desperate actor trying to shine at an in-store theater of a big name doll brand. GuerrinRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/08/cape-town-dinner-dates.html Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:15:29 +0000 What If The World, an arts/design collective based in Cape Town, are bringing the local creative community together through a series of dinner parties held in the window of their design studio. The aim is to pick a different set of six people (who don’t know each other) for each party. “Dinner Dates are intended to bring people from the creative community together to meet, chat, exchange ideas and get tipsy…6 people are invited, you’re only allowed to attend once, and I try my best to make sure that you won’t know anyone else at the table…” says organiser Liam.Read more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/popup-cultural-installation-takes-over-london-a-street.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:40:57 +0000 Opening tomorrow (July 4th) on Montague Place behind the British Museum in London is a new temporary cultural space designed by Carmody Groarke Architects. Called the Sky Walk, the installation is the centerpiece of the Bloomsbury Hub of the London Festival of Architecture. Sky Walk is a series of elevated ramps that take visitors on a meandering journey exposing them to new views of the architectural details on the surrounding historic buildings. Over the next three days, Sky Walk will serve as a backdrop for performances, and exhibition, and a continuous picnic of locally produced food. Sky Walk was constructedRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/05/event-innocent-village-fete-in-londons-regents-park.html Tue, 13 May 2008 19:36:01 +0000 If you’ll be in London this summer, you’d be wise to stick around for the first few days of August when Innocent Drinks will be hosting their second annual Village Fete. The two-day not-for-profit festival includes music, dancing, food, lots of Innocent smoothies, and a hodgepodge of other traditional fete entertainment including ferret racing, duck herding and cake eating. Some musicians already lined up: The James Taylor Quartet, Earl Okin, Imelda May, The Fairey Band, and Peter & The Wolf. Activities for kids and adults will be plentiful, including petting zoos, farmer’s markets, craft tents and massages. All proceeds fromRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/05/2008-new-york-design-week.html Mon, 12 May 2008 12:56:27 +0000 The middle of May signals the return of the New York design week. BKLYN Designs annual show got the week of events off to a start with work being exhibited at five sites in DUMBO. As in past years, the show featured designers and manufacturers of contemporary furnishings who for the most part work in Brooklyn. PSFK walked the show on Saturday and while we were impressed with the continued development of the event, the work exhibited this year was pretty tame. We did see an emphasis on craftsmanship throughout the show. There were lots of examples of beautifully finishedRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/05/event-cupcake-social-20.html Fri, 02 May 2008 16:08:10 +0000 Hmmm… cupcakes and techies? A combination worth trying out. The bloggers behind Cupcakes Take The Cake will be bringing their sweet talk to the real world at Cupcake Social 2.0, to be held at The Delancey Rooftop Bar in New York. Open to everyone, the event will feature free cupcakes provided by Sugar Sweet Sunshine (which, in our opinion, is the best cupcake bakery in town) as well as an interesting mix of bloggers, developers, and other sweets lovers in the tech industry. When: Thursday, May 8 7-9PM The Delancey Rooftop Bar 168 Delancey Street New York, NY 10002 ViewRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/04/event-the-threat-of-chance-at-ad-hoc-art-gallery.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:48:33 +0000 This new art exhibition at Ad Hoc Art Gallery in Bushwick, Brooklyn, takes a look at the ‘temptation of possibility’ – resulting in a pastiche of images and experiences from people standing on the brink of change, hope, or peril. The month-long exposition will feature the works of Josh MacPhee, Billy Mode, Chris Stain and The Polaroid Kidd, as well as various found material and industrial detritus. Inside visitors can also experience a lifesize railroad shanty town (or at least the recreation of one), with photographs from the prolific Polaroid Kidd filling the walls, offering a candid glimpse at boxcarRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/04/event-project-walkway-fashionable-technology-book-launch.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:54:41 +0000 To celebrate the release of Sabine Seymour’s new book, Fashionable Technology: The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science, and Technology, New York’s Eyebeam Museum will be hosting an event featuring wearable technologies, a runway show by the participants of Eyebeam’s Spring 2008 Girls Eye View program, followed by a discussion with Seymour. The event is free and begins at 6pm on May 22, 2008. View Larger Map]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/04/psfk-at-the-salon-del-mobile-part-five.html Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:03:07 +0000 In this final installment of new and exciting products showcased in Milan, we bring you some of our favourite discoveries from around the fair – ideas and innovations to watch out for: The Chankley Bore prototype by Maarten Baas for Established&Sons ‘The Salone del Mobile will see the launch of three Limited edition pieces by Baas. Each piece of the collection is work in progress, and gives an insight into the Maarten Baas exhibition being held at the Established & Sons LIMITED gallery during Frieze Art Fair in October 2008′ Established&Sons D/A Clock by Alvin Aronson ‘This object plays onRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/04/psfk-conference-san-francisco-date-place-confirmed.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:29:04 +0000 So, we’ve locked down our event space and our date for our next event: July 17th at Fort Mason by the marina. We’re gradually building our list of speakers – it’s the same general theme on trends and creative ideas and we’ll present local inspirational speakers. Do feel free to buy a ticket now as they sold out early at the last event. Details & tickets: www.psfkconferencesanfrancisco.com We hope you guys can make it. 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