http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:00:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/doll-protesters-russia.html Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:12:01 +0000 Pint-sized figurines in Siberia have been arranged to mimic civil disobedience to get around authorities trying to prevent it.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/street-art-urban-objects.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:00:36 +0000 Russian graffiti artist incorporates everyday objects into his works. ]]> 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/2011/12/adidas-tries-on-its-first-russian-national-soccer-jersey-in-space-video.html Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:45:25 +0000 Astronaut Sergey Volkov shows his support from the International Space Station.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/round-up-insightful-ideas-from-our-gaming-for-good-salon.html Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:45:25 +0000 Former Vice President Al Gore, Alex Bogusky and Aaron Dignan discuss various gaming concepts at PSFK's live event this past Friday that rise to the challenge of climate change.]]> 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/2011/10/nasa-chief-stresses-global-cooperation-in-space-exploration-headlines.html Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:01:49 +0000 Charles Bolden's announcement may be a sign that America's dominance in space exploration may be coming to an end.]]> 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/2011/07/monocolumn-russian-jewish-town-welcomes-investments-from-china.html Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:58:49 +0000 In today's column from luxury magazine, Monocle, we learn about the autonomous Jewish town of Birobidzhan and how it is looking forward to a better future with the help of Chinese investments.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/pentagon-reveals-24000-files-stolen-in-cyber-attack-headlines.html Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:03:42 +0000 US deputy secretary of defence says cyber-attacks are a new warfare domain that requires different security strategies.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/moscow-must-expand-to-create-space-for-its-growing-population.html Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:47:13 +0000 Russia plans to take over woodlands and holiday towns to ease its overcrowded capital, but critics of this plan fear an impending environmental disaster.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/does-bric-countries-hainan-summit-make-the-g20-redundant-headlines.html Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:31:04 +0000 The West's political and financial elite is still a very long way from grasping the extent to which the global center of economic gravity is now shifting - and the implications in terms of relative and absolute living standards. Telegraph]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/preventing-disaster-with-bioclimactic-architecture-pics.html Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:01:11 +0000 Russia-based design firm responds to "Architecture of catastrophes" by developing an Ark-shaped building.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/fog-as-an-interactive-design-element-video.html Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:16:50 +0000 An interactive environment renders visitors in different colors and mimics the "pea soup fog" of London.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/how-the-american-commuter-gets-railroaded.html Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:11:07 +0000 The terrible Washington DC Metro is symptomatic of bad attitudes to public transportation in the US.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/monocolumn-forecast-2011-russian-journalists-tire-of-toeing-the-line.html Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:21:25 +0000 The news bulletins on Russia’s sterile television networks bear striking resemblance to Soviet-era newsreels, just with better looking presenters and slicker graphics.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/monocolumn-the-kremlin-worms-and-all.html Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:40:09 +0000 When Dmitry Zelenin was at a Kremlin reception recently, he was shocked to find a worm in his salad. Seeing the funny side of it, he took a photograph of it on his phone, and uploaded it to his Twitter feed.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/monocolumn-a-new-spring-in-the-steppe.html Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:39:18 +0000 For decades, the term “buffer state” has been invoked as shorthand for Mongolia’s political raison d’être. The country is wedged between two BRICs, and more than 20 Chinese cities each exceed its entire population.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/monocolumn-thawing-relations-in-the-arctic-circle.html Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:30:52 +0000 Visitors to Russia are used to toasts to eternal peace and international co-operation. In the Arctic, Russia might just mean it.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/russia-to-build-new-commercial-spaceport.html Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:06:45 +0000 Civilian launches and a new generation of spacecraft designed for interplanetary flights are two goals of the new project.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/monocolumn-back-to-old-school-agitprop.html Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:53:59 +0000 Russian television has been airing some unusual programmes over the past week. Two prime-time documentaries have revealed a shocking story of human rights abuses, rampant corruption, dictatorial politics and threats to opposition figures. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/creative-inspiration-from-the-behance-network-xxxvi.html Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:38:09 +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/2010/05/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/2010/05/psfk-visits-the-russia-pavilion-at-the-shanghai-expo.html Thu, 13 May 2010 17:00:58 +0000 Photos from the Russian pavilion in China.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/creative-inspiration-from-the-behance-network-xxxiii.html Wed, 12 May 2010 10:30:10 +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/2010/03/creative-inspiration-from-the-behance-network-xxix.html Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:01:01 +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.]]>