http://www.psfk.com Good Ideas Report Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:12:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/the-effects-of-luxury-on-human-behavior.html http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/the-effects-of-luxury-on-human-behavior.html#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:06:01 +0000 Naresh Kumar http://www.psfk.com/?p=57996 New research tries to explain the connection between luxury and self-interest.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/the-effects-of-luxury-on-human-behavior.html/feed 2 http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/pics-paper-bags-go-high-fashion.html http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/pics-paper-bags-go-high-fashion.html#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:10:30 +0000 Kyana Gordon http://www.psfk.com/?p=57850 The Papier collection is a collaborative design project by Saskia and Stefan Diez. The concept derived from the idea to use the familiar, give it further thought and add something new.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/pics-paper-bags-go-high-fashion.html/feed 2 http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/psfk-presents-good-ideas-for-2010-book.html http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/psfk-presents-good-ideas-for-2010-book.html#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:12:30 +0000 Piers Fawkes http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/psfk-presents-good-ideas-for-2010-book.html Piers and the team at PSFK looked through a lot of the posts we have published in the last year and we selected what we consider some of thee most engaging (and sometimes challenging) projects being created by artists, designers, developers and other amazing minds. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/psfk-presents-good-ideas-for-2010-book.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/chanel-to-design-luxury-surfboards.html http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/chanel-to-design-luxury-surfboards.html#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:01:35 +0000 Laura Feinstein http://www.psfk.com/?p=54861 chanel_surfboard Though the luxury market has been in a slump as of late, Chanel has picked up on people's need to exercise during troubling times with the launch of a designer surf board series.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/chanel-to-design-luxury-surfboards.html/feed 5 http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/60-plastic-bottle-top.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/60-plastic-bottle-top.html#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:35:01 +0000 Piers Fawkes http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/60-plastic-bottle-top.html Sawrovski has created the latest addition to the celebration of waste and global warming.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/60-plastic-bottle-top.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/yas-hotel-the-world%e2%80%99s-largest-led-project.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/yas-hotel-the-world%e2%80%99s-largest-led-project.html#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:55:19 +0000 Dan Gould http://www.psfk.com/?p=53723 Draped in over 5,000 LED fixtures, the recently completed Yas Hotel in Abu Dhabi is an impressive specticle. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/yas-hotel-the-world%e2%80%99s-largest-led-project.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/george-parker-let-them-eat-cake.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/george-parker-let-them-eat-cake.html#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:00:29 +0000 Dan Gould http://www.psfk.com/?p=52544 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/2009/11/george-parker-let-them-eat-cake.html/feed 2 http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/russell-davies-we-like-jason-bourne-because-he-commutes.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/russell-davies-we-like-jason-bourne-because-he-commutes.html#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:08:44 +0000 Piers Fawkes http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/russell-davies-we-like-jason-bourne-because-he-commutes.html Idea-planner Russell Davies has some interesting ideas within his presentation on his site about playfulness. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/russell-davies-we-like-jason-bourne-because-he-commutes.html/feed 1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/galactic-suite-space-tourism-in-2012.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/galactic-suite-space-tourism-in-2012.html#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:37:09 +0000 Aurora Diaz http://www.psfk.com/?p=51199 Galactic Suite is a bio-inspired orbital station that is attempting to bring space tourism to the masses, as long as you can afford the three million euro price tag.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/galactic-suite-space-tourism-in-2012.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/rent-the-runway-style-for-the-non-committal.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/rent-the-runway-style-for-the-non-committal.html#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:00:27 +0000 Allison Mooney http://www.psfk.com/?p=51130 A new invitation-only site called Rent the Runway lets members rock Badgley Mischka on a Banana Republic budget through an online borrowing system.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/rent-the-runway-style-for-the-non-committal.html/feed 2 http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/psfk-on-luxury-fashion-in-monocle-magazine.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/psfk-on-luxury-fashion-in-monocle-magazine.html#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:30:31 +0000 Piers Fawkes http://www.psfk.com/?p=47968 Tyler Brule's team invited Piers Fawkes to contribute some thoughts to the Style Survey 09/10 supplement that accompanied the October 09 issue of Monocle magazine...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/psfk-on-luxury-fashion-in-monocle-magazine.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/cest-la-crise-necessity-vs-luxury-and-the-value-of-things.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/cest-la-crise-necessity-vs-luxury-and-the-value-of-things.html#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:55:52 +0000 Scott Lachut http://www.psfk.com/?p=45730 Artist Sebastian Bouchard attempts to transform the commonplace Calabash into a commodity in his new piece, C'est la Crise (Crisis Time).]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/cest-la-crise-necessity-vs-luxury-and-the-value-of-things.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/japan-goes-post-luxury.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/japan-goes-post-luxury.html#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:24:31 +0000 Piers Fawkes http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/japan-goes-post-luxury.html Image credit: Getty Images, bancoposta/Flickr With sales of luxury goods declining in Japan, an article in the Financial Times argues that we might be witnessing an evolution, or at least permanent change, in consumer … [visit site to read more] © Piers Fawkes for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: hermes, japan, Louis Vuitton, Luxury, Michiyo Nakamoto, Retail Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/japan-goes-post-luxury.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/monocle-looks-at-audio-not-video-to-extend-its-reach.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/monocle-looks-at-audio-not-video-to-extend-its-reach.html#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:48:42 +0000 Piers Fawkes http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/monocle-looks-at-audio-not-video-to-extend-its-reach.html PSFK had noticed that earlier this year that the number of the Monocle magazine video podcasts had declined and the lifestyle-meets-business-meets-travel publication had even experimented with video podcasts which had slideshows of images with accompanying narrator rather … [visit site to read more] © Piers Fawkes for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Luxury, monocle, monocle magazine, podcasts, Retail, tyler brule, Untitled Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/monocle-looks-at-audio-not-video-to-extend-its-reach.html/feed 2 http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/growing-jewelry-green-is-the-new-gold.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/growing-jewelry-green-is-the-new-gold.html#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:48:21 +0000 Scott Lachut http://www.psfk.com/?p=41228 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 ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/growing-jewelry-green-is-the-new-gold.html/feed 2 http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/vertu-void-concept-phone.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/vertu-void-concept-phone.html#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:36:50 +0000 Piers Fawkes http://www.psfk.com/?p=41152 This is an interesting idea developed by the designer Norihiko Inoue for what has been rather ridiculous range of uber-luxury Vertu phones. Inoue recognizes that technology has shrunk the components of the phone but the look of a Vertu … [visit site to read more] © Piers Fawkes for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Luxury, vertu Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/vertu-void-concept-phone.html/feed 0 http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/kyle-j-fergusons-eco-friendly-helmet-for-lacoste.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/kyle-j-fergusons-eco-friendly-helmet-for-lacoste.html#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:10:30 +0000 Laura Feinstein http://www.psfk.com/?p=39961 Did you ever wonder what kind of head covering Kanye West would wear on a nice bike ride in the country? Well, if you had, it would probably look something like industrial designer Kyle J. Ferguson’s new collaboration with Lacoste on an eco-conscious … [visit site to read more] © Laura Feinstein for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: bikes, Helmets, lacoste, Luxury Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/kyle-j-fergusons-eco-friendly-helmet-for-lacoste.html/feed 1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/swarovski-dlight-digital-watch.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/swarovski-dlight-digital-watch.html#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:04:07 +0000 Jeff Weiner http://www.psfk.com/?p=35088 Swarovski has recently made its first foray into the world of self-branded timepieces. The company continually looks for new applications in which to use its crystals – whether that be embedding them in tiles for use in … [visit site to read more] © Jeff Weiner for PSFK, 2009. | Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Luxury, Swarovski, Watches. Time Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/swarovski-dlight-digital-watch.html/feed 2 http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/to-get-rich-is-glorious-trend-report-on-luxury-in-china.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/to-get-rich-is-glorious-trend-report-on-luxury-in-china.html#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 14:23:00 +0000 Sean Leow http://www.psfk.com/?p=33913 A new report breaks down Chinese luxury consumers into four types - Noveau Rich, Understaters, Connoisseurs and Spirituals - based on social background, luxury experience and income level.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/to-get-rich-is-glorious-trend-report-on-luxury-in-china.html/feed 3 http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/geely-ge-the-ultimate-chinese-made-luxury-car-knock-off.html http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/geely-ge-the-ultimate-chinese-made-luxury-car-knock-off.html#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:40:45 +0000 Sean Leow http://www.psfk.com/?p=31834 For the ultimate in China-made luxury cars, GEELY has introducted the GEELY GE, which has a striking resemblance to the ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/geely-ge-the-ultimate-chinese-made-luxury-car-knock-off.html/feed 10