http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:53:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/wifi-schemes-are-the-new-school-bully-headlines.html Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:13:49 +0000 Internet access is made difficult in South Korea educational institutions by some digital culprits. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/pop-music-trends-2012.html Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:00:57 +0000 Newspaper looks at the growing international pedigree of popular music.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/the-12-project-designed-with-others-in-mind.html Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:01:35 +0000 New product and packaging designs combine portion control, philanthropy, and art. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/frog-how-global-screen-culture-will-affect-us.html Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:17:33 +0000 The evolving design of the digital devices that are starting to fill our stores and schools will change the way we think, behave, and buy.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/south-koreas-modern-day-elvis-joins-the-army-headlines.html Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:30:58 +0000 Singer and actor receives tearful sendoff from fans as he starts compulsory national service at ripe age of 29.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/young-girls-lead-korean-pop-invasion-of-japan.html Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:07:50 +0000 South Korean bands sweep 'cute' J-pop idols from charts to conquer world's second largest music market.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/koreas-explosive-designs.html Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:57:29 +0000 With plastic surgery for fighters and designs for bombs, the Gwangju Design Biennale – curated by Ai Weiwei – is challenging the norms of commercially motivated design weeks.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/south-korea-to-go-paperless-in-schools-by-2015-headlines.html Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:07:49 +0000 South Korea plans to use tablets as the medium for their educations system. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/browse-and-buy-groceries-while-you-wait-for-your-train.html Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:57:17 +0000 UK grocery giant tested out a virtual grocery store, the ultimate convenience, on the platforms of Korean public transit.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/schools-in-south-korea-to-go-completely-digital-by-2015.html Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:10:22 +0000 Over $2 billion will be spent on making the transition towards a paperless environment.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/rebranding-south-korea-to-increase-tourism.html Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:18:42 +0000 "A two-year 'Visit Korea' program is aimed at getting travelers to conjure lava caves and beaches – not Hyundai cars and North Korea nuclear talks – in weighing a visit to South Korea."]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/kinetic-sculptures-make-art-out-of-the-mundane-pics.html Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:28:43 +0000 Functional robots offer a study in simple interactions between user and object]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/what-does-combat-food-say-about-a-culture.html Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:28:14 +0000 The comforts of home in liquid and powder form. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/05/monocolumn-too-blase-in-face-of-rabid-north.html Fri, 28 May 2010 14:20:44 +0000 What will be the larger result of the current conflict between North and South Korea?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/pics-passport-size-documents.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:47:38 +0000 The PSFK team spots some well thought through design as they enter South Korea.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/pic-drivetime-tv-seoul.html Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:46:30 +0000 Drivers in Korea are using their GPS for drive time entertainment.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/google-breaks-its-keep-it-simple-rule-in-korea.html Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:42:28 +0000 Google in Korea plans to feature their home page popular search keywords, a list of the most searched-for celebrities and a directory of Google Korea 's services.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/living-light-monitors-seoul-air.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:30:18 +0000 "Living Light" is a piece of public art that uses networked panels to reveal the real-time air quality of each neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/south-koreas-instead-men.html Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:00:01 +0000 For people too busy (or lazy) to do a task, an all-purpose helper is dream and in South Korea that dream is a business –a booming business. The service industry has taken off in the country as more people gain disposable income and society shifts to a more individualistic community. Companies hire an army of men and women who are available around the country for almost any odd job and charge based on the complexity or difficulty of each task.  These “instead-men” as they are called, get jobs ranging from hanging out with grandparents and killing bugs to simple foodRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/navigation-device-gives-directions-teaches-english.html Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:04:53 +0000 This week, South Korea saw the launch of Fine Digital’s FineDrive IQ, a GPS navigation device that provides an English Language trainer constructed on voice recognition software- so commuters can bone up on their English while entrenched in their daily trek to the office. Digital Multimedia Broadcast (DMB) television, traffic alerts and audio/video playback are included as well. Although this isn’t available outside of South Korea, one could surely see this being an effective tool in any country for those who travel internationally or have a curiosity or need to learn a new language. [via Engadget] Related on PSFK: FindingRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/08/policing-the-internet-in-south-korea.html Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:30:56 +0000 Former CEO and current South Korean president Lee Myung-bak is at the center of a controversial new set of laws aimed at policing the country’s internet space. Once accused by the Korean blogosphere of supporting foreign beef imports, Lee is fighting back with the Justice Ministry to create a Cyber Defamation Law. The law would guard against what Lee dubs “Infodemics”— inaccurate, widely disseminated information that prompts social unrest. Unsurprisingly, the law has begun to generate the type of government backlash you’d come to expect in a country with millions of online citizen journalists. [via Reuters]]]>