http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:00:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/design-creative-of-the-week-katie-stainer-ceramics-jewelry-glass.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:21:25 +0000 The hottest new talent of the week brought to you by PSFK x Arts Thread. This week a designer who creates intricate paper sculptures from the pages of old books.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/design-creative-of-the-week.html Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:15:42 +0000 The hottest new talent of the week brought to you by PSFK x Arts Thread. This week we share insights from a jewelry MA that uses silversmithing techniques to create unique vessels for intricate plants.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/top-ten-creatives-of-the-week-ceramicsjewelryglass-2.html Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:00:31 +0000 The latest designs from the hottest young creatives in the business. PSFK x Arts Thread curate a weekly round up of people to be inspired by.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/tiffany-co-the-satorialist-instagram-love.html Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:49:29 +0000 The luxury jeweler has joined forces with the street-style photographer and his girlfriend, fellow blogger Garance Dore, to document real couples in love, worldwide, using the Tiffany & Co. Instagram filter.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/tiffanys-luxury-slowdown.html Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:15:00 +0000 The jewelry brand is very vulnerable in a failing international market because most of its sales are made outside of the U.S.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/cartier-collaborates-with-french-band-for-music-video-about-a-painter-and-his-muse-video.html Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:50:03 +0000 'Painted Love' is part of the jeweler's ongoing series "How far would you go for love?"]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/tiffanys-holiday-ad-campaign-on-pandora-aims-to-boost-in-store-traffic.html Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:45:18 +0000 Banner advertisements on the internet radio service link to incentives, product images and a campaign video.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/design-creative-of-the-week-kirsty-fraser-ceramics-jewelry-glass.html Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:45:07 +0000 The hottest new talent of the week brought to you by PSFK x Arts Thread. This week a designer who makes jewelry inspired by industrial buildings.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/arts-thread-the-jewelry-of-the-lost-and-undesirable.html Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:05:34 +0000 New graduate jewelers make accessories out of hair and lost jewelry.]]> 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/2011/10/design-creative-of-the-week-sadhbh-mccormack-ceramics-jewelry-glass.html Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:13:23 +0000 PSFK and Art Thread bring you modern jewelry design perfect for the urban catwalk from our Creative of the Week.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/top-ten-creatives-of-the-week-ceramics-jewelry-glass.html Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:03:45 +0000 The latest designs from the hottest young creatives in the business. PSFK x Arts Thread curate a weekly round up of people to be inspired by.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/design-creative-of-the-week-suet-yi-yip-ceramics-jewelry-glass.html Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:48:19 +0000 A beautiful collection of intricate and nature-inspired ceramics create a melding of Eastern and Western cultures from the hottest young design creative this week.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/top-ten-creatives-of-the-week-ceramicsjewelryglass.html Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:37:24 +0000 The hottest young design creatives from the field of ceramics, jewelry and glass brought to you each week by PSFK x Arts Thread. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/handmade-jewelry-for-the-junk-food-addict.html Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:33:07 +0000 A new take on jewelry design sees the creation of miniature polymer clay food replicas that look to good enough to eat.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/design-creative-of-the-week-victoria-kelsey-ceramic-jewelry-glass.html Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:48:07 +0000 PSFK features this week's top young creative from Artsthread's Ceramics, Jewelry, Glass graduates.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/sliding-puzzle-game-for-kids-is-inspiration-for-20g-diamond-watch-by-ritmo-mundo-headlines.html Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:02:23 +0000 Ritmo Mundo designs a watch based on a simple child's sliding puzzle game, except this one is gold and encrusted with diamonds.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/la-ser-eye-jewelry-diamond-embedded-contact-lenses.html Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:00:18 +0000 An optometrist from India has created contact lenses that feature diamonds and gold.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/need-to-know-10-must-read-posts-of-the-week-3.html Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:55:52 +0000 A Bing Initiative: A weekly round-up of the top ten most popular posts on PSFK--from culture to technology, art to business this list has it all.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/face-distorting-jewelry-challenges-typical-notions-of-beauty-pic.html Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:41:10 +0000 Turkish visual artist Burcu Buyukunal casts a critical eye at cosmetic surgery with her "Terrifying beauty" series.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/waveform-necklace-lets-you-wear-your-favorite-tune.html Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:31:26 +0000 Wear a love note or a song around your neck, thanks to ingenuity and laser cutting.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/pic-a-bit-cross.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:27:02 +0000 A simple multi-tool doubles as a necklace.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/wedding-ring-uses-gem-to-project-engagement-photos.html Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:50:42 +0000 A unique piece of jewelery uses simple technology to create projections.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/pics-upcycled-jewelry-made-from-vinyl-records.html Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:08:45 +0000 A UK designer creates detailed jewelry from recycled vintage records.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/melissa-borrell-2d3d-designs-are-wearable-sculpture.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:24:10 +0000 Texas-based jewelry designer Melissa Borrell melds fashion and industrial design with her 2D3D line.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/japanese-designer-creates-shadow-jewelry.html Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:11:06 +0000 It’s no secret that Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design in London is a veritable coolhunting breeding ground, having churned out some of the most influential tastemakers in art, fashion, and innovation of our current era. It should then come as no surprise that a thesis project at this prestigious university can easily turn into a full flegded (and buyable) production, such as in the case of Tokyo-born designer Maiko Takeda. Takeda’s recent showing of shadow inspired jewelry is viewable at her website http://maikotakeda.com According to the mission statement of her thesis: “The collection questions whether shadows mightRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/growing-jewelry-green-is-the-new-gold.html Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:48:21 +0000 With the rampant urbanization of our society, is a little patch of green becoming just as valuable as precious materials like diamonds and gold? Icelandic designer Hafsteinn Juliusson raises that question with his evocative line of “living” accessories called Growing Jewelry. The series of rings containing live moss ask us to rethink our modern definitions of luxury and our relationships to the physical objects that populate our lives. These rings require the same kind of care as any plant, becoming more vibrant and “valuable” as their owners allow them flourish. The retail environment resembles the minimalist design of a greenhouse, repurposingRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/pic-rapid-prototyping-and-jewelry.html Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:46:02 +0000 This weekend at the Renegade Craft Fair in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, we spotted an interesting line of jewelry generated from rapid prototyping technology. Named Nervous System, the pieces were created by Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Louis-Rosenburg — both former students at MIT (appropriately enough) who studied in the fields of Architecture, Biology and Mathematics. The jewelry — completely constructed using 3d printing technology, and titled with names such as lamina, dendrite and radiolaria — take inspiration from organic structures. Many of their pieces are generated from algorithmic processes and even allow you to customize your own pieces of jewelry through theirRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/lie-detector-jewelry.html Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:06:18 +0000 MAKE is now selling a do-it-yourself kit that’s a combination mood ring and lie detector. The “Truth Wristband” is a piece of jewelry that monitors your internal state, and broadcasts it to the world via color changing lights. The video below shows it in action. They explain: A wearable device that dynamically reflects your psycho-emotional response to the world, promoting internal states to be externalized and made into interactive forms of expression. Measuring the galvanic skin response (a marker of emotional arousal commonly used in lie detector tests), this device’s lights turn from blue to red as the wearer becomesRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/sound-visualization-jewelry.html Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:31:42 +0000 The Sound Advice Project creates custom bracelets of any sound’s waveform. Although the project is aimed at parents who want to make anti-drug message bracelets for their kids, the concept seems full of interesting possibilities. [via Gizmodo]]]>