http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:40:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/george-parker-chart-mania%e2%80%a6-my-deck-is-bigger-than-yours.html Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:00:15 +0000 George Parker is the perpetrator of adscam.typepad.com. Every week he shares his opinions on the advertising world with PSFK]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/employing-a-universal-language-lorenzo-marini-responds-to-psfk-future-of-health-report.html Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:15:23 +0000 An easy to understand symbolic language that can be used across cultures.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/future-of-health-picturing-our-health.html Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:00:56 +0000 The development of highly visual and often interactive formats are providing experts and amateurs alike with methods for investigating health on any scale, allowing for deeper analysis and greater insight.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/misreadings-design-project-tackles-information-overwhelm.html Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:04:42 +0000 Designer Mimi O. Chun is attempting to document everything she reads by removing the books or magazines' colors and images.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/video-jaron-lanier-on-micropayments.html Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:26:27 +0000 Jaron Lanier recently spoke at City Lights Books in San Francisco and explains some themes from his new book, You Are Not a Gadget.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/synclost-an-interactive-visual-history-of-electronic-music.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:16:53 +0000 3bits has created SYNC/LOST, a multi-user installation that provides a comprehensive history of electronic music.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/pics-renters-rights-flash-cards.html Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:28:31 +0000 Fed up with sketchy interactions with landlords, designer Candy Chang decided to create an easy way for renters to understand their rights.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/pics-boarding-pass-fail-fixing-bad-design.html Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:30:23 +0000 After experiencing the frustrating design of Delta Airline's boarding pass, Tylern Thompson got to work sketching his own version.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/pic-wall-of-knowledge-concept-design.html Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:40:50 +0000 We were struck by this powerful concept rendering for a "wall of knowledge" at the Stockholm library. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/pic-an-infographic-about-infographics.html Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:29:13 +0000 David McCandless examines the sweet spot where the right amounts of information and design come together to successfully convey a point.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/red-arrow-project-encourages-mindfulness.html Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:31:39 +0000 The Red Arrow Project by Jennifer Fisher and Christian Cerrito uses floating 4'x4' kites to remind viewers to stop, explore and engage with their surroundings. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/google-fast-flip-brings-print-style-navigation-to-the-web.html Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:26:44 +0000 In a move that aims to better recreate the experience of browsing through a print publication, Google Labs has introduced a new tool named Fast Flip.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/the-need-for-better-knowledge-architecture.html Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:14:51 +0000 Grant McCracken wrote a salient blog post recently that discusses the difficulties of keeping up with all the information there is to keep up with. He voices the need for better “knowledge architecture” – new services that can discover, aggregate, filter and organize information in ways that are relevant, and make sense for individual users. Grant talks about this need for better knowledge design: The upshot of this conversation for me was that a market in the information space is emerging.  I won’t pay anything for access to the New York Times.  This is an interesting aggregator, but it’s wayRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/usa-today-is-like-an-offline-micro-blog.html Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:25:12 +0000 Social media expert Chris Brogan shares an interesting observation – he noticed that USA Today looks kind of like an offline version of a micro-blog. He marveled at the paper’s ability to scale down to essential, quick data points, and says he’s been motivated to possibly re-design his site based on USA Today’s example. It may seem odd getting new ideas from such an “archaic” thing such as a newspaper, but it goes to show – you never know where inspiration will strike. Brogan explains: If you squint, and remove your “purist” filter, USAToday looks like a microblog. The paperRead more...]]>