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/psfks-top-five-stories-6.html Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:16:01 +0000 Review the best in design, trends, culture, arts and fashion in our weekly 'What's Trending Now' roundup.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/why-israel-is-the-new-hub-for-high-tech-start-ups-headlines.html Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:12:19 +0000 Tel Aviv is quickly becoming a focal point for major investments in technology and smart, young entrepreneurial companies.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/benetton-promotes-tolerance-but-raises-eyebrows-with-unhate-campaign-pics.html Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:24:01 +0000 The clothing retailer returns to shock advertising.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/arts-thread-israeli-gallery-showcases-hearts-and-flowers-in-modern-jewelry.html Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:00:10 +0000 Drawing on romantic and floral motifs throughout history, seven graduate jewelry makers in Tel Aviv exhibit their contemporary interpretations.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/spencer-tunick-photographs-1000-nude-israelis-in-the-dead-sea-pics.html Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:18:37 +0000 The Naked Sea Project photo installation took place at the weekend.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/a-design-student-turns-recycled-plastic-into-a-concept-bike.html Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:00:58 +0000 An Israeli design student discovers injection mold technology can be used to create a sustainable concept bike made of recycled plastics. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/israel-takes-flak-for-flotilla-warning-against-journalists.html Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:25:43 +0000 Local and international journalists respond to Israel's immanent threat.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/coca-cola-israel-wants-you-to-check-in-to-facebook-places-when-you-recycle-video.html Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:00:47 +0000 Soda retailer sparks a new "green" initiative that encourages thoughtful interactions with the environment by capitalizing on online sharing and networking behavior.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/iranian-blogger-loses-appeal-against-19-year-sentence-headlines.html Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:20:54 +0000 Hossein Derakhshan's conviction upheld for crimes including co-operating with hostile countries, following Israel trip.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/the-role-of-green-projects-in-displaced-communities.html Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:25:12 +0000 Field researcher discovers the benefits of eco-projects in turbulent, poverty-stricken zones.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/monocolumn-maghreb-focus-the-threat-to-israel.html Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:21:05 +0000 Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak once described Israel as “a villa in the jungle” – a haven of democracy amid a swathe of dictatorial regimes. But as one revolution after another sweeps through the region, the the neighbourhood is looking very different.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/online-campaign-measures-engagement-in-hacks.html Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:42:07 +0000 An interesting digital campaign intentionally required clever viewers to hack a minisite's URL in order to win prizes.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/monocolumn-israel%e2%80%99s-catastrophic-fire.html Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:31:57 +0000 An unprecedented ferocious wildfire – causing death, destruction and heavy losses – was raging since Thursday morning through Mount Carmel in northern Israel, threatening to reach the southern outskirts of the country’s third largest city, Haifa.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/monocolumn-us%e2%80%99s-lighting-fighter-plane-fails-to-electrify-the-world.html Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:22:27 +0000 The US’s stealthy new fighter plane, the F-35 Lightning II, was designed to electrify the defence world and put every US-friendly air force beyond their enemies’ reach for decades to come.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/monocolumn-a-grand-reunion-for-kibbutz-volunteers.html Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:02:52 +0000 Long before the Six-Day War and Camp David Accords, Jewish settlers and Hamas militants, there was the kibbutz – that early 20th-century experiment in collective living now celebrating its 100th anniversary. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/monocolumn-israeli-police-on-a-mission-to-haiti.html Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:18:32 +0000 Israel is entering a new era of UN engagement as 14 Israeli police officers serve in the nation’s first-ever UN peace-keeping mission currently taking place in Haiti.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/monocolumn-new-setback-same-problems.html Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:18:48 +0000 The American envoy for Middle East peace is not a man to envy.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/monocolumn-selling-hummus-to-israelis.html Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:17:21 +0000 When they first began arriving in the country in 2005, Sudan’s war-weary Darfuri refugees posed a serious problem for Israeli immigration authorities.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/soaring-temperatures-and-baking-hot-afternoons-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-mean-that-the-soundest-thing-to-do-is-to-look-for-a-relaxing-refuge-but-this-time-around-due-to-the-sinking-relationships.html Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:27:30 +0000 Soaring temperatures in the eastern Mediterranean mean that the soundest thing to do is to look for a relaxing refuge. But this time around, due to the sinking relationships between Israel and Turkey, the holiday map is being redrawn, with all players trying to cash in.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/plastic-agricultural-trays-pull-dew-from-air.html Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:58:09 +0000 A new irrigation product by Israeli company Tal-Ya is the best kind of design—unobtrusive, perfectly functional, and wonderfully simple. Tal-Ya’s plastic trays are placed atop nascent plants or trees, collecting dew and condensation in their grooves and funneling them directly to the seedlings below. The trays also serve additional functions by virtue of their very form: blocking sunlight from the plant’s immediate radius—preventing the growth of weeds— and protecting plants from frost damage. The environmental benefit of the trays should be substantial when implemented on a large scale: they are fabricated from recycled plastic and are themselves fully recyclable, theirRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/tel-aviv-beach-in-central-park.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:21:33 +0000 For many people, this years economic woes have caused would-be vacationers to seek out alternative retreats. However, for those in New York City, this Sunday the Israeli Ministry of Tourism in cooperation with the Tel Aviv Yafo Centennial Administration and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be bringing Israel to New York by turning the area of Central Park near the Naumberg Bandshell into an artificial Tel Aviv beachfront, complete with a 1,300 square foot sand section featuring chairs and parasols- allowing visitors to soak up a faux-authentic Mediterranean tan. In addition to live music and entertainment, visitors willRead more...]]>