http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:30:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/internet-search-box.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:39:30 +0000 Question Box acts like a physical search engine by connecting rural populations -- through a live operator -- to a wealth of real-time information. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/grant-mccracken-spend-a-year-in-cambodia-doing-design-work-that-changes-lives.html Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:07:52 +0000 The first Human-Centered Design Innovation Lab is launching in Cambodia, and they're looking for a fellow who is willing to spend a year in Phnom Penh, doing everything from research, field work and interviews to design.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/pics-textured-carpets-depict-rural-landscapes-from-around-the-world.html Wed, 19 May 2010 10:34:53 +0000 Austrian designer Florian Pucher has created a remarkable series of topographic rugs.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/renewable-energy-boosts-rural-economies.html Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:02:35 +0000 RuralLight is a Philippine-based non-profit organization that’s using renewable energy to create sustainable businesses, improve local education and reduce poverty while keeping the environmental impact carbon-neutral. There are still 2,400 villages in the country living off the grid and the government is finding it too expensive to hook them up to the power plants. This is because the multi-island structure of the Philippines would require extending electrical cables across water, which is simply too costly. Alternatives such as solar panels and geothermal energy will allow these communities the opportunity to finally integrate with the mainstream economy by providing them withRead more...]]>