http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:15:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/tate-modern-art-game.html Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:55:35 +0000 The British art museum releases an innovative iPhone game to educate patrons and enthusiasts about art history and build a new and informed audience.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/louvre-partners-with-nintendo-for-upgraded-audio-tours-pics.html Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:35:53 +0000 The most popular museum in the world is collaborating with the gaming company in order to bring visitors a touch screen, high tech experience.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/dead-sea-scrolls-on-display-in-times-square-pics.html Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:53:33 +0000 Discovery Times Square features an exhibition of over 500 artifacts from ancient biblical times, including the sacred texts.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/carsten-holler-triggers-whimsical-experiences-at-the-new-museum.html Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:35:17 +0000 PSFK takes a tour of the latest installation of the German artist's work, and takes a ride down a giant slide.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/13-metre-tall-film-installation-at-the-tate-modern.html Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:00:30 +0000 A British artist will have her film displayed on a large concrete slab at the UK museum.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/nissin-foods-open-noodle-museum-in-japan.html Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:35:23 +0000 Japanese brand opens up a museum to pay tribute to a product that is also a cultural artefact.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/target-inspired-by-typography-for-their-fall-collection.html Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:06:11 +0000 The retail behemoth finds design inspiration for its in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/new-geo-cosmos-at-tokyos-museum-of-emerging-science-and-innovation.html Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:59:01 +0000 The new 20-foot Geo-Cosmos is the largest of its kind in the world and reflects Earth as seen from space. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/remembering-art-for-the-sake-of-art.html Mon, 02 May 2011 12:32:40 +0000 An artist reflects on his humble past by using a cash prize as part of his exhibit.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/levis-l-a-film-workshop.html Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:04:59 +0000 The free film workshop at the MOCA in L.A. puts modern filmmaking techniques and tools into the hands of aspiring artists. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/wmmna-interview-with-richard-pell-director-of-the-center-for-postnatural-history.html Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:57:21 +0000 If you're curious about dinosaurs and dodos, any natural history museum will enlighten you. But where do you go if you want to learn about spider silk-producing goats, anti-malarial mosquitoes, fluorescent zebrafish or the terminator gene?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/the-art-of-video-games-at-the-smithsonian.html Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:00:45 +0000 An in depth 40-year history of will be displayed at the museum beginning in March. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/the-museum-of-broken-relationships-collects-romantic-artifacts.html Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:24:02 +0000 An interesting curation philosophy leads to a collection of items that used to have sentimental value.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/pics-mona-australias-largest-private-art-museum.html Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:43:14 +0000 The Museum of Old and New Art, is set to open in January of 2011, and features innovative details such as eight guestrooms.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/adobe-museum-of-digital-media-to-feature-groundbreaking-electronic-design.html Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:34:30 +0000 A new virtual space will host complex exhibits covering a range of digital disciplines.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/google-maps-offers-curatorial-solution-for-the-street-art-experience.html Thu, 27 May 2010 15:12:27 +0000 Gaia, a Baltimore street artist has used Google Maps to create an archive of all his work. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/hi-tech-history-warsaws-innovative-chopin-museum.html Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:00:30 +0000 A new museum in Warsaw has been designed with interactive, audio video technology to give a unique experience to visitors.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/psfk-talks-with-sam-aquillano-and-derek-cascio-from-design-museum-boston.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:50:40 +0000 Boston's Pop-up Design Museum re-imagines the idea of a museum with the goal of furthering the general public's design literacy.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/01/everyones-a-curator-at-the-museum-of-the-bohemian.html Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:11:27 +0000 The Museum of the Bohemian is a roving art gallery experience that invites anyone and everyone to take part in curating the show.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/inflatable-dinosaur-measures-air-quality.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:54:15 +0000 The Huntington Beach Art Center in California is currently holding an exhibition of three site responsive installations entitled “Land, Sea, Air” until September 6th. One of the three exhibits is “Prana”- an inflatable dinosaur that measures and visualizes the quality of air in Huntington Beach. Every ten seconds, Prana collects new data from the cross-government agency website airnow.gov,  and changes color (utilizing an internal light) from green to red based upon the information it receives. You can view a gallery of the exhibit here. Related on PSFK Cleaning the Air With Plants Yields Dramatic Results Giant Billboards Visualize Noise PollutionRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/musee-herge-evokes-cartoonists-style.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:34:12 +0000 The recently completed Musée Hergé, designed by Christian de Portzamparc, is a an odd sight in the midst of the dense Belgian forest it inhabits. The structure’s emphatic angles and wide planes jut out across an elevated footbridge, and house both permanent and temporary collections exploring the life and oeuvre of Hergé, most famous for his internationally beloved Tintin comics. But beyond the contents of the museum’s exhibits, Portzamparc worked to ensure that the building itself is a tribute to Hergé’s distinct style. Its interiors draw upon coloring and motifs from Hergé’s designs, its surfaces appearing as almost abstracted comicRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/site-visit-bmw-museum.html Thu, 14 May 2009 12:05:23 +0000 Earlier this week PSFK visited the BMW HQ in Munich. We got the chance to spend some time at BMW World and BMW Museum. The automaker has done a fantastic job in celebrating its history in a very modern style. A black road in the museum takes you down into the building and along the way visitors stop in “white houses” to find out more about the heritage. The designers must have been told to make an experience as beautiful and captivating as the cars themselves. BMW Museum Related: Site Visit: BMW World]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/12/the-museum-of-online-museums.html Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:27:09 +0000 Consider any free time you thought you had gone for the foreseeable future, as you spend your days wandering through the virtual halls of what might be the world’s largest museum (…of museums).  The Museum of Online Museums is a project begun by Coudal Partners, a design, advertising and interactive studio based in Chicago, as a means of preserving and sharing the vast array of the Internet’s archives that span the culturally significant to the obsessively bizarre. The “galleries” which are updated continuously, but are additionally overhauled once a quarter, are broken up into four sections: “The Museum Campus” featuringRead more...]]>