http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:15:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/crowdsourcing-city-planning-projects-for-democratic-solutions.html Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:10:53 +0000 ‘Crowdsourced Moscow 2012: A Public Space Game’ imagines real public space in Moscow being managed democratically online in a simulator that turns the challenge of running city projects into an interactive, multi-player game.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/psfk-tours-russian-standard-vodkas-st-petersburg-distillery-pics.html Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:50:42 +0000 Go behind the scenes and glimpses the process and machinery behind creating Russia "most authentic" vodka.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/sleepbox-offers-a-no-reservations-needed-micro-hotel.html Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:26:36 +0000 Russian architects Arch Group have created the four-foot-wide 'rooms' for travelers in need of a place to rest in public.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/astronauts-mentally-drained-after-more-than-a-year-of-isolation.html Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:47:50 +0000 Simulated Mars mission required six men to be confined to a small space for 520 days. With only two more months to go, the crew is suffering the effects of the confinement.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/moscow-joins-the-gastro-revolution-at-last.html Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:28:26 +0000 Middle-class Muscovites embrace food festivals and organic ingredients as city's top chefs plan to expand into London.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/russianapp-shows-road-accidents-in-augmented-reality-video.html Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:54:34 +0000 Moscow Ministry of Internal Affairs tackles road safety with an app that augments reality. Users can instantly see car-related deaths, accidents and injuries that may have occurred in that particular area.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/virtual-fitting-room-uses-augmented-reality-for-trying-on-outfits.html Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:03:33 +0000 Fashion retailer Topshop has created a virtual fitting area for the new “dress up” collection debuting in its Moscow, Russia store.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/monocolumn-what-spurred-moscows-inexplicable-brick-paving-frenzy.html Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:26:42 +0000 In today's column from luxury magazine Monocle, Moscow's plans to repave asphalt sidewalks with bricks has stirred up some criticism. Could the project have anything to do with the fact that the mayor's wife was once associated with a brick and curbing business?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/nestea-invades-moscows-red-square-video.html Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:45:22 +0000 Wieden + Kennedy's print campaign for the iced tea brand includes a huge billboard in Russia's capital city.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/street-art-without-the-paint-pics.html Fri, 06 May 2011 15:48:04 +0000 A Portuguese artist carves his work into the sides of decrepit buildings. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/monocolumn-i-want-to-ride-my-bicycle.html Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:30:56 +0000 Most Muscovites feel that getting on a bike in this city is little short of lunacy, and not without good reason. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/monocolumn-new-architecture-institute-to-the-rescue.html Wed, 26 May 2010 11:34:01 +0000 Russia is to urban planning what Saudi Arabia is to nightlife, so the arrival of Dutch legend Rem Koolhaas in Moscow yesterday to launch a new architecture institute is a very welcome move.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/creative-inspiration-from-the-behance-network-xxxi.html Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:00:19 +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/2010/02/virtual-travel-google-maps-x-trans-siberian-railway.html Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:15:12 +0000 Google and the Russian Railways have created a virtual trip covering the 5,752-mile route of the Trans-Siberian Railway.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/creative-inspiration-from-behance-xiii.html Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:00:56 +0000 Behance is a company that organizes the creative world to make ideas happen. Every Wednesday, Behance shares 5 fresh art and design projects from their network with PSFK.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/model-illustrates-life-in-moscow-for-chanel.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:39:43 +0000 Blessed with not just beauty  but an artistic eye, model Sasha Pivovarova was recently asked by Chanel to create an illustration in honor of Chanel’s upcoming Moscow show. Apparently, Karl Lagerfeld was so taken by the catwalker’s talents that he has recruited her to work on a book of original illustrations inspired by Russian fairy tales. Pivovarova on her Muses: “My drawings were inspired by the joy of seeing fairytale characters come to life in one of the main theatres of Moscow, the city where I was born.” [via Chanel News]]]>