http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:30:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/grant-mccracken-the-reclocking-of-america-and-the-death-of-the-mall.html Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:47:06 +0000 Historian E.P. Thompson suggested that as industrial capitalism took hold in the West, we began to organize time in new ways. A ritual cycle was replaced by a model in which leisure days were fewer and more concentrated. The West was being, in effect, reclocked. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/americas-declining-malls.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:18:07 +0000 US News and World Report examines some of the contributing factors that have lead to a general decline in many of America’s malls, once the stalwarts of suburban prosperity and convenience. One interesting note from the article is the underlying (and accepted) notion that malls have “natural lifespans,” owing to changes in consumer habits, architecture and population. A fact that assumes developers are intentionally constructing these shopping centers with a level of obsolescence in mind, knowing full well that when these old spaces eventually shut down, they’ll simply build elsewhere. Some estimates predict that as many ten percent of these complexes couldRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/what-can-be-done-with-dead-malls.html Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:38:42 +0000 Empty malls and big box stores are becoming a kind of epidemic. Once proud centers of commerce are being vacated at a rapid rate as the economy flounders. What then to do with these unusual, sprawling chunks of real estate? The New York Times has tapped a panel of 5 experts to discuss what can be done. New York Times: “101 Uses for a Deserted Mall”]]>