http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:24:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/how-iceland-has-turned-misfortune-into-opportunity.html Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:19:46 +0000 PSFK travels to Iceland to see how the country's creative economy is rebounding from the financial collapse.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/monocolumn-sino-indian-rapprochement%e2%80%a6through-the-medium-of-yoga.html Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:46:12 +0000 In today's column from luxury magazine, Monocle, we learn about how yoga is bringing international communities calmly together. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/monocolumn-life-after-death-for-berlin%e2%80%99s-old-airports.html Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:38:38 +0000 A year from today, the long-awaited Berlin Brandenburg International airport (BBI) will open next to the site of Berlin-Schönefeld, finally ending a long and drawn out game of airport musical chairs.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/monocolumn-france-24-licks-its-wounds-after-%e2%80%98playground%e2%80%99-fight.html Tue, 31 May 2011 14:38:46 +0000 It was meant to be a new face for France in the world – a multilingual rolling news channel to compete with CNN and the BBC. But five years since its launch, France 24 is limping along.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/monocolumn-obama%e2%80%99s-road-trip-%e2%80%93-the-uk-ireland-france%e2%80%a6-and-poland.html Thu, 26 May 2011 14:17:53 +0000 Barbecues and ping-pong: President Barack Obama’s week-long European trip has hardly been a standard one, not least for the choice of destinations.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/monocolumn-english-language-newspaper-gets-design-makeover.html Mon, 23 May 2011 14:54:59 +0000 “Today’s paper is just sparkling. I’m very proud of it,” exclaims Mario García – also known as the newspaper doctor – from his seat at Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post offices in Causeway Bay. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/monocolumn-nyc-series-%e2%80%93-the-toppling-mayor.html Thu, 19 May 2011 15:17:32 +0000 In his tenth year as mayor, Bloomberg’s approval rating has hit near-record lows. In the boom years, the mayor-as-tycoon seemed a natural thing. Now that New Yorkers regard billionaires with more distrust than envy, the mayor has far less room to manoeuvre. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/monocolumn-nyc-rooftops-blossom-into-bars-restaurants-and-cinemas.html Wed, 18 May 2011 14:50:33 +0000 With over 1.5 million people living on an island only 23 sq miles in area, it’s no surprise that both Manhattan’s residents and businesses have capitalised on converting roof space into bars, restaurants and even cinemas.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/monocolumn-nyc-series-%e2%80%93-restaurant-price-hikes-difficult-to-digest.html Tue, 17 May 2011 14:22:43 +0000 In a city where nobody cooks, rising prices at New York restaurants have become a fact of life. Thomas Keller’s Per Se, awarded three Michelin stars, once charged $135 for a nine-course vegetarian tasting menu; the same meal will now set you back $295.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/monocolumn-former-colonies-come-to-portugal%e2%80%99s-rescue.html Thu, 12 May 2011 16:17:17 +0000 It is a special kind of relationship, and one that could prove crucial to Portugal’s recovery. In a reversal of history, the Iberian nation is now relying on the trade and financial support of its former colonies to help it through its worst-ever financial crisis.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/monocolumn-crisis-point-for-southeast-asian-group-of-nations.html Wed, 11 May 2011 15:17:46 +0000 There was a great elephant in the room at the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Though the region’s leaders spoke about peace and co-operation, the fact remained that Cambodia and Thailand are at each other’s throats.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/monocolumn-changing-the-constitution-%e2%80%93-without-asking-first.html Fri, 06 May 2011 14:39:38 +0000 Hungary has a new constitution – but it could cause more problems than it solves on the diplomatic front.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/monocolumn-how-to-hide-%e2%80%93-a-lesson-from-bin-laden.html Wed, 04 May 2011 15:59:23 +0000 In a world in which anybody with a computer can peer into anyone else’s yard, the long-term fugitive feels like a throwback to an era of pigeon post and pith helmets. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/monocolumn-royal-wedding-%e2%80%93-the-rebublican-conundrum.html Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:24:35 +0000 The marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton may have gripped many in the United Kingdom, but for the 20 per cent of the population that would rather the UK became the Republic of Britain (or RoB), it has been slightly awkward.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/monocolumn-royal-wedding-%e2%80%93-let-the-class-wars-begin.html Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:27:48 +0000 In Britain, significant royal events – births, deaths, marriages, jubilees – feel like an extra Christmas. They represent the imposition of a bonus period during which gaudy decorations are hung and rubbish souvenirs purchased. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/monocolumn-royal-wedding-%e2%80%93-the-view-from-japan.html Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:19:58 +0000 If the Japanese aren’t quite getting into the swing of the royal wedding you can hardly blame them. The public here were as charmed as anyone by Princess Diana and for many subjects of the world’s oldest hereditary monarchy there is a natural warmth towards the – less ancient – British family. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/monocolumn-that-friday-feeling.html Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:03:00 +0000 The first day of the weekend in most Arab countries is no longer just when people congregate to pray; it has become the day when people call for their government to be overthrown.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/monocolumn-building-consensus-for-a-change-in-stalking-laws.html Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:48:17 +0000 Last week saw the launch of the UK’s inaugural National Stalking Awareness Week. It’s a worthy cause and one that shouldn’t require awareness-raising, given its prevalence. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/monocolumn-the-odd-threesome-%e2%80%93-true-finns-likely-to-join-coalition.html Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:08:25 +0000 As the national broadcasting company Yle presented Finland’s parliamentary election result prognosis on Sunday evening, accompanied by a suspense-heightening soundtrack, a collective gasp of breath was drawn all over the country.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/monocolumn-republicans-think-obama-can-be-beaten-they%e2%80%99re-just-not-sure-who-can-do-it.html Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:50:16 +0000 “The best thing about the New Hampshire primary is that anybody can run and anybody can win,” conservative activist Graham Bosse said last Friday at a Tea Party rally in Concord, as the first week of the 2012 election cycle kicked off in the US.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/monocolumn-venezuela-begins-the-charm-offensive-for-2012.html Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:15:20 +0000 They’d received their summons and were out in force. The stalwarts of the British left-wing movement gathered on Saturday at central London’s Conway Hall for a day of workshops and discussions on Venezuela. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/monocolumn-the-salone-series-brera-provides-a-breath-of-fresh-air.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:27:41 +0000 Fashion week and the furniture fair are Milan’s two biggest calendar events – and both bring traffic to a standstill.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/monocolumn-the-salone-series-back-to-business-at-the-fiera.html Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:51:05 +0000 For all the fun of the galleries, warehouse exhibitions and street parties elsewhere in Milan, the vast Rho fairground on the city’s outskirts is where the real business of Salone takes place.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/monocolumn-the-salone-series-out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-at-tortona-and-lambrate.html Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:28:44 +0000 Small spaces up and down Via Tortona and Via Savona that once opened their doors to house fresh, young brands from all over the world now have signs in their windows telling passers by “We are not part of the Fuori Salone”. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/monocolumn-the-salone-series-viva-italia-at-the-triennale.html Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:30:27 +0000 Each year Milan’s Salone continues to sprawl into more of the city’s neighbourhoods, with more events, cocktails and sideshows to lure visitors away from the never-ending Rho fairgrounds.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/monocolumn-the-salone-series-seven-year-itch-at-established-sons.html Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:20:13 +0000 There’s a great deal of expectation riding on this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan. As well as being the 50th anniversary of the fair, it’s also the 150th anniversary of Italian unification.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/monocolumn-serbia-libya-and-internet-gossip.html Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:12:09 +0000 In the modern world, the equivalent of malicious bike-shed gossip can go global within hours.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/monocolumn-italy%e2%80%99s-day-of-shame.html Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:16:13 +0000 Today is set to be a day of public humiliation for Italy, a country more obsessed than most with outer appearances and making a good impression – or as they say, fare bella figura.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/monocolumn-corruption-continues-to-taint-india-politics.html Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:54:35 +0000 It does not bode well for a government when its choice for the country’s new anti-corruption chief is blocked by the judiciary because he has been accused of corruption.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/monocolumn-the-economic-effects-of-protest.html Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:18:29 +0000 While Tunisia and Egypt celebrate a new dawn, Bahrain – one of the first countries to flare up with protests after Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution – is left to question the financial implications of revolution when its ambitions are less successful.]]>