A new wellness center promises to help people gain a sense of empowerment over your brain and your body.

The 45 rpm store on Mercer Street in Soho has an eye catching window display right now.

Starbucks is testing a new logo and store design in London.

VBS.TV have an interesting video that profiles New York chef David Chang (of Momofuku and Sam).

Amazon seem to have taken a page out of Zappos‘ book with their new online store for denim.

The Coop is Matt Gibson’s winning entry for the 2009 Australian Interior Design Awards. Taking out the Retail Design category, Gibson’s entry sits between an experimental installation and a retail tenancy ‘incubator’.

Events and lifestyle site DailyCandy will be launching their own members-only site called Swirl, which will carry designer clothing and accessories for up to 80% off.

A modern version of the haunted house in vampire style.

Continuing the theme that local is more about good stuff created by people with heart, we noticed this bar close to our NYC office with its proud signage for ‘Local Food – Local Beer – Local Wine’.

The second outing of the New Amsterdam Market took place last weekend and PSFK was in attendance checking the artisinal food stands – and their wares of course.

A sign on the ABC Carpet store on Broadway in New York reads:

“We can change the world, rearrange the world – it’s dying to get better.”

6a Architects has created a multi-use space where library stacks are used to display K-Swiss products.

PSFK interviews the co-founder of the foursquare – part friend finder, part social fame, part city guide service for your phone.

Tyler Brule’s team invited Piers Fawkes to contribute some thoughts to the Style Survey 09/10 supplement that accompanied the October 09 issue of Monocle magazine…

Discarding the traditional hook used to attach a clothes hanger to a closet rod, designer Milica Balubdzic uses magnets to do the affixing.