http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:48:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/scandinavian-brands-cool.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:00:40 +0000 How did functionality become a crucial element of cool?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/luxury-cars-rust-portraits.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:00:17 +0000 Bo Lundvang is using pieces of oxidized metal to create stencil designs of his favorite automobiles. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/no-classroom-walls-school.html Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:01:21 +0000 An open space facility gets rid of classroom walls and provides a fun interactive environment in which students can learn. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/sweden-bike-superhighway.html Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:45:43 +0000 The nordic city plans an environmentally beneficial and healthy way to travel between two cities that capitalizes on a strong local cycling culture.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/interactive-ping-pong-game-takes-the-outdoor-stage-future-of-gaming.html Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:10:58 +0000 An advertising campaign created for the Mcdonald’s in Sweden allowed pedestrians to play ping-pong on a giant screen in a Stockholm town square.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/swedish-citizens-to-control-the-countrys-official-twitter-account.html Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:38:43 +0000 The Swedish government is letting a different citizen every week write for @sweden to increase tourism. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/psfk-picks-top-five-apps-of-the-week-8.html Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:30:51 +0000 A roundup of the latest, most fascinating apps we've learned about this past week.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/mobile-app-measures-how-good-you-are-in-bed.html Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:55:05 +0000 Condoms embedded with QR codes promote safe sex with a love making application. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/lagerhaus-promotes-online-retail-via-blog-up-stores.html Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:54:40 +0000 The Swedish retailer has taken on six interior design bloggers to create their own 'blog up stores' and bring their audience over to the new online retail space. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/vodka-marketing-campaign-emphasizes-local-agriculture.html Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:56:39 +0000 Karlsson's Gold leverages it geographically specific raw ingredients as point of differentiation. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/mcdonalds-caters-to-poor-students-with-sliding-menu-prices.html Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:20:01 +0000 The Student Loan Menu created by Global advertising agency DDB offers flexible prices to students based on the state of their finances.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/swedish-electronics-store-invites-you-to-break-in-and-steal-a-tv.html Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:01:13 +0000 The Heist at Pause is an innovative campaign offering discounts and one $5,700 television.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/pepsi-hosts-a-soccer-match-between-blind-vs-the-blinded.html Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:07:17 +0000 Visually impaired football players use tracking technology and three-dimensional sounds to engage with former footballers in a match of "blind football."]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/live-game-allows-facebook-users-to-stain-win-designer-clothes-video.html Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:17:05 +0000 Saatchi & Saatchi created an interactive campaign for Ariel that allowed Facebook users to squirt and stain designer clothes in real time. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/highlights-from-designboost-why-design-must-look-elsewhere-to-innovate.html Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:40:48 +0000 For those who missed DesignBoost this year, or were there and want to read about it. Here's our round-up, including major themes of the event.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/the-church-of-copying.html Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:47:52 +0000 The Missionary Church of Kopimism believes the act of copying is sacred.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/three-liveshop-adds-a-new-dimension-to-online-customer-service-video.html Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:41:07 +0000 Touchscreens and video chat augment the online shopping experience.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/carlsberg-attempts-to-unbottle-sweden.html Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:53:28 +0000 Carlsberg is launching Unbottle Yourself, a competition, encouraging Swedes to engage in missions designed to "unbottle" the entire nation's reservations.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/securing-postage-by-sms-in-sweden.html Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:57:49 +0000 A curious hybrid of communication methods takes the hassle out of snail mail correspondence. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/monocolumn-swedes-turn-on-and-tune-in-to-crime.html Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:29:11 +0000 Sweden’s reputation as a nation of relaxed and peace-loving people has already taken a bit of a battering, thanks to the success of Henning Mankell’s Wallander series and the Stieg Larsson novels. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/a-look-inside-stockholms-design-heavy-metro-stations-pics.html Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:45:34 +0000 Renowned for it's textiles, furniture design, and graphics, Sweden's most overlooked aesthetic gem includes their underground metro stations, which have become have become a major aesthetic attraction.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/inside-bahnhof-the-wikileaks-isp-bunker-pics.html Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:56:03 +0000 Dug thirty-meters into the bedrock, below the Sofia Church, the ultra-secure facility in the Pionen White Mountains suitably resides in an 'upgraded version of a nuclear-safe shelter that the Swedish civil defense used during the Cold War.']]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/emotional-barometer-tracks-passion-in-sweden.html Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:26:39 +0000 A new project visualizes the responses to a 20-questions-style game in which participants are asked to think about one thing that they are most passionate about.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/pics-newspaper-house-stands-the-test-of-time.html Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:17:44 +0000 Ellis Stenman's house exemplifies the use of upcycled materials for architectural construction. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/a-city-of-cardboard.html Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:18:52 +0000 Modular cardboard sculpture creates meditation on urban living. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/new-perspective-muuto-at-maison-et-objet.html Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:06:22 +0000 Working with young designers from Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark, Muuto provides manufacturing and marketing support, allowing the designers to focus on creating new products.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/one-mans-plastic-cup-is-another-mans-memory.html Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:52:34 +0000 Sweden's Nordiska Museum looks at the cultural history of everyday plastics to foreground personal narratives. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/monocolumn-left-holding-the-baby.html Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:22:08 +0000 Until the 1970s, paternity leave was all but non-existent in Sweden. A general parental leave replaced maternity leave in 1974, but that year, only 562 brave dads took the chance to stay at home. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/pics-swedens-treehotel.html Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:12:31 +0000 Unique lodging amongst the treetops adds style and practicality to an otherwise harsh terrain.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/pics-shoes-made-from-furniture-scraps.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:14:19 +0000 One Swedish designer has decided on a more practical measure for our unwanted goods.]]>