http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:30:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/clothes-that-clean-themselves-using-only-sunshine.html Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:45:25 +0000 Scientists have discovered a cotton fabric that when treated with a chemical compound can remove stains when exposed to sunlight. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/springwise-therapeutic-medicine-delivered-through-your-clothes.html Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:00:27 +0000 A new, reloadable fabric has the ability to transmit medication via the skin.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/sharpie-starts-revolution-with-aggressive-ad-campaign.html Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:08:10 +0000 Sharpie encourages teens to use their markers to start a revolution in a multi-million dollar ad campaign that reaches out in every medium possible.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/grow-your-own-clothes-video.html Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:53:25 +0000 Designer Suzanne Lee shares her experiments in growing a kombucha-based material that can be used like fabric or vegetable leather to make clothing.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/fragmented-fabrics-brings-bespoke-fashion-to-the-next-level.html Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:38:19 +0000 A modular approach to garments makes use of tessellated textiles.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/quilted-shades-made-of-old-billboard-material.html Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:02:04 +0000 Designer makes upcycled home furnishings from an unlikely source.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/instant-housing-the-concrete-canvas-shelter.html Thu, 21 Oct 2010 19:12:34 +0000 A UK-based company develops a durable shelter that requires only water and air for construction.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/monocolumn-fabric-of-our-nation.html Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:15:26 +0000 The British government is taking its nation’s rag trade seriously.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/pic-clothesline-inspired-lamp.html Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:54:57 +0000 A project commissioned for a Florence restaurant illuminates old garments.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/american-apparel-to-sell-bag-o-scraps.html Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:27:56 +0000 You’ve got to hand it to American Apparel- they’re always finding new ways to make tired cotton and spandex duds into something exciting and marketable. In perhaps it’s more extreme permutation, American Apparel will now be bypassing design and production altogether and opting to sell the Bag-O-Scraps, which the AA website describes as : “collected cuttings from some of your favorite fun fabrics from around the American Apparel factory to make one-of-a-kind bags of scrap fabrics. Use them for all sorts of arts and crafts. Make clever jewelry, accessories, a card for your grandma or a colorful hanging sculpture forRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/good-ideas-in-design-at-good-ideas-salon-london.html Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:26:47 +0000 This past January, PSFK hosted the Good Ideas Salon London. For our Good Ideas in Design session, long time PSFK contributor Amanda Gore led an eclectic panel, including Cameron Leslie, founder of the Fabric and Matter nightclubs, Coralie Bickford-Smith, designer of amazing book covers for Penguin books, Kate Moross, creative extraordinaire, and Nicolas Roope, founder of Poke and Hulger in a conversation on how design can-and must- weave a story between an audience and a product, service, and brand. The panel spoke quite extensively about the creative process and there seemed to be a general consensus amongst the panelist thatRead more...]]>