http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:30:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/pop-music-trends-2012.html Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:00:57 +0000 Newspaper looks at the growing international pedigree of popular music.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/swiss-corona-advert-inspired-by-mexico-video.html Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:54:23 +0000 This commercial for the best-selling beer shows a merging of the two cultures.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/bicycles-roll-into-fashion-in-mexico-city-headlines.html Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:00:41 +0000 The emergence of bikes and bike sharing in a traffic-clogged and pedestrian unfriendly city is surprising.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/a-new-music-and-fashion-trend-called-3ball-part-i.html Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:34:16 +0000 Check out the first part of a documentary about the music of 3ball, an emerging trend coming out of Mexico.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/cool-hunting-presents-cuixmala.html Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:01:18 +0000 Cool Hunting interviews one of the owners as well as the head chef of this environmentally-focused luxury resort, located in the Jalisco state of Mexico.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/can-kafka-subway-billboards-boost-literacy-in-mexico-headlines.html Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:17:12 +0000 One of Mexico City's largest book retailers has partnered with the transportation authority to place excerpts from a Kafka story in 13 of the city's subway stations.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/mexico-prosecutes-twitter-terrorists.html Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:02:02 +0000 Two Twitter users are facing 30 years in prison after spreading false panic-inducing news.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/which-countries-work-the-hardest-infographic.html Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:49:26 +0000 According to Organization for Economic Co-Ooperation and Development, Mexico, Japan and Canada are the hardest working countries. See who else is on the list.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/look-down-or-miss-the-miniature-world-of-pablo-delgado-pics.html Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:24:42 +0000 Tiny people are emerging along the foot of walls all over London's East End streets. They are paste-ups by the Mexican artist Pablo Delgado.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/monocolumn-the-drug-war-%e2%80%93-why-not-to-fight-fire-with-fire.html Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:39:26 +0000 In luxury magazine Monocle's daily column they discuss the best method to tackle the war on drugs in fraught Mexico.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/springwise-community-supported-coffee-links-farmers-directly-with-customers.html Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:20:13 +0000 New business idea seeker highlights California-based cooperative CoffeeCSA's efforts to deliver organic, fair trade coffee on a global scale.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/facebook-to-reach-700m-users-headlines.html Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:45:36 +0000 The top growing country in the last month was Brazil with more than 1.9 million of new users on Facebook. The other top growing countries on the social network in the last month were Indonesia, Philippines, Mexico and Argentina.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/underwater-art-breathes-life-into-depleted-coral-reefs.html Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:26:10 +0000 A Kickstarter-funded initiative will place chemically balanced artwork at the bottom of the ocean to help nourish coral reefs back to health. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/mexico-launches-worlds-first-gay-beer.html Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:33:09 +0000 A Mexican brewery has released a beer range specifically targeted at the gay and lesbian community.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/events-designfest-world-transformers-popsci-live.html Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:19:16 +0000 A selection of upcoming events and conferences being held around the world.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/forging-mexicos-identity-through-street-sounds.html Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:52:59 +0000 The country declares a National Sound Week in an attempt to maintain their cultural heritage. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/no-more-plastic-bags-for-mexico-city.html Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:51:08 +0000 The capital city moves aggressively against pollution.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/monocolumn-the-immigration-clamp-down.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:07:02 +0000 At the Mexican Embassy on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, the date 29 July had been marked on calendars for months. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/monocolumn-going-against-the-grain.html Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:08:57 +0000 As Mexico contends with obesity rates worse than even their portly northern neighbours, national health and welfare officials are looking to rice to get the country back into shape.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/monocolumn-killing-the-music.html Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:12:23 +0000 Earlier this week, Mexican balladeer Sergio “El Shaka” Vega was shot dead in Sinaloa state, a casualty of the local drug wars that supplied him with his lyrical material.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/walmart-using-wind-powered-energy-in-mexico.html Thu, 20 May 2010 10:14:57 +0000 Walmart stores in Mexico are moving towards operating with 100% renewable energy.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/creative-inspiration-from-the-behance-network-xxxiv.html Wed, 19 May 2010 10:26:28 +0000 Behance is a company that organizes the creative world to make ideas happen. Creative thinkers – the people with the most ideas – often struggle the most with organization and productivity. Behance aims to change that.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/see-better-to-learn-better-fuseprojects-modular-eyeglasses-for-kids.html Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:57:46 +0000 Yves Béhar and the fuseproject design studio have partnered with the Mexican Government to create a free eyeglasses program for school children.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/mtymx-a-diy-alternative-to-sxsw.html Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:53:49 +0000 As an alternative to the ever-growing mammoth that is SXSW, New York City DIY promoter Todd P has created the MtyMx festival.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/good-ideas-salon-mexico-communities.html Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:51:23 +0000 On Tuesday, February 2nd, PSFK, Leonardo and Mandalah will present Good Ideas Salon Mexico: Communities.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/pink-taxis-in-puebla-mexico.html Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:17:19 +0000 The government of the city of Puebla has launched a women-only taxi service called Pink Taxi.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/cuidemos-mexico-distributes-free-energy-efficient-light-bulbs-to-millions-of-homes.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:01:17 +0000 Through the Cuidemos Mexico project, Cool nrg is reaching out with free energy-efficient bulbs to disadvantaged homes, hoping to spread cleaner energy.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/an-app-for-crossing-the-border-the-transborder-immigrant-tool.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:16:27 +0000 A new tool to assist Mexican migrant workers safely cross over the border into the United States has been developed by Ricardo Dominguez of the University of California in San Diego.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/mexico-protests-with-internetnecesario-and-a-300-person-human-tweet.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:31:28 +0000 In response to a 3% tax on broadband access,Mexican citizens began on and off-line protests.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/10/smart-speed-bumps-change-shape-for-safe-drivers.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:16:59 +0000 In Mexico, Decano Industries is developing a new smart speed bump aimed at increasing safety and decreasing fuel consumption.]]>