http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:09:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/the-ultimate-coffee-table-book-designer-todd-oldham-on-alexander-girard.html Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:47:12 +0000 Fashion Designer Todd Oldham takes us on a journey through the prolific career of creative polyglot Alexander Girard. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/the-week-in-design-sandcrawler-office-fashion-shop-from-bike-parts-vw-commuter-concept.html Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:51:34 +0000 PSFK curates the latest design ideas and stories you shouldn’t miss from the past week.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/herman-millers-aeron-chair-goes-soft-and-green-pics.html Mon, 23 May 2011 16:59:12 +0000 Taking a radical approach to office furniture design, artist Makoto Azuma has teamed up with Herman Miller to reimagine their iconic Aeron chair.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/pov-the-new-classics-in-architecture-design-picsvideo.html Fri, 13 May 2011 09:01:28 +0000 A celebration of five California architects' perspective on design, in a series funded by Herman Miller.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/objectively-good-places-to-work-rarely-end-up-being-so.html Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:30:38 +0000 Author Alain de Botton shares a brilliant insight about his time working in a highly unusual environment.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/kick-out-the-ladder-hondas-vision-for-collaborative-innovation.html Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:30:05 +0000 The company collaborates with Herman Miller, Crocs, Etsy, Intuit and Kodak to discuss how each company's culture fosters innovation - and what they can learn from one another.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/with-less-materials-how-do-we-create-something-thats-truly-innovative.html Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:46:06 +0000 The Sayl Chair for Herman Miller looks to be another masterwork of design from Yves Béhar. PSFK speaks with him about how the idea for the project was developed.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/stylefactory-uses-social-media-to-sell-design-online.html Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:22:32 +0000 A new website scours the world for great designers, enlists the aid of the community to select their best creations and then sources only the highest quality manufacturers to make those designs a reality.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/this-week-in-brand-strategy-advertising-2.html Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:31:22 +0000 PSFK curates some of the brand strategy, digital and creative advertising news and ideas that caught our attention this week.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/how-herman-miller-went-the-toyota-way.html Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:01:17 +0000 A rather sweet video describes how Toyota didn't seem to want to help the design company and when they did they did the criticism was overwhelming.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/setu-chair-test-better-chair-better-work.html Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:32:30 +0000 Recently Herman Miller sent PSFK one of their new Setu Chairs to try out. The Setu was designed by Berlin based Studio 7.5 who observed that technology has fundamentally altered the way we work.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/herman-millers-setu-by-the-spine-for-the-spine.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:03:34 +0000 Much like the ear-inspired radio chip we mentioned last week, Herman Miller’s new Setu chair defers to human physiology for expertise and inspiration. Designed by Studio 7.5, the chair is an answer to uncomfortable seating that pushes the human body into uncomfortable, unnatural, and ultimately unhealthy positions. The design team wanted to create a seat that would suit both temporary and long term uses—a chair for those who need to plop down for only a bit while they check their email, or for office employees who will be seated for hours on end. At the same time, they wanted aRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/herman-miller-embody.html Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:47:12 +0000 Herman Miller has one upped its own much-loved Aeron with the Embody, its most fully considered chair yet. Along with being 95% recyclable, the chair integrates several health and comfort promoting features (like a 52-piece lumbar support system) that change the way we think about cubicle furniture. We talked to Jeff Weber, the lead designer for Embody, about the inspiration behind the future-forward chair. Having a design icon in the product line like the Aeron chair, what motivated the addition of another new chair? New production methods? Different price point? Better functionality? We were asked by Don Goeman (Exec. VPRead more...]]>