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/dollar-bill-skull.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:39:49 +0000 The celebrity tattoo artists will showcase artworks laser-cut from stacks of money. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/need-to-know-10-must-read-posts-of-the-week-vol-5.html Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:00:30 +0000 A Bing Initiative: A weekly round-up of the top ten most popular posts on PSFK--from culture to technology, art to business this list has it all.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/when-classic-novels-get-tattoooed.html Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:20:24 +0000 Book publisher Penguin commissions tattoo artists to redesign the book covers to six classic novels.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/ballantines-experiments-with-human-api-by-intercepting-the-artists-mind.html Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:56:12 +0000 Scottish whiskey company Ballantine's turns to its Facebook fans and three talented artists to conduct a real-time experiment, known as a Human API.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/nanosensor-tattoo-monitors-sodium-or-glucose-levels-with-your-iphone.html Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:31:46 +0000 New technology could offer a simpler, less painful way to track people's health.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/street-arts-medium-doubles-its-message-pics.html Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:41:47 +0000 A new street art mural uses built in decay to increase artistic impact.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/03/brand-saturation-pics.html Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:45:35 +0000 Provocative and playful series of photos explores how much of an imprint advertising and branding has upon us.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/popularity-of-tattoos-growing-in-china.html Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:03:09 +0000 While tattoos have been around for almost 1000 years in China, it is only in the last few years that their popularity has taken really taken off. Tim Johnson covers this trend, interviewing tattoo artists who are so busy that new customers have to make an appointment a month in advance.  The growing popularity of tattoos in China is juxtaposed with Americans, especially basketball stars, who get tattoos of Chinese characters. In both cultures, there is an attraction to a foreign exotic aesthetic.  One of the interviewed Chinese tattoo artists explains the preferences of different demographics when choosing between ChineseRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/03/swedish-magazine-is-published-as-a-tattoo.html Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:41:48 +0000 Taking the notion of limited edition to the extreme, Swedish magazine Tare Lugnt have released their third issue as a tattoo. You can see the magazine being “published” below. [via shu and joe & Selectism]]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/nano-tattoo-ink-monitors-blood-sugar-levels.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:45:16 +0000 In the future, tattoos may be able to communicate more than just style and rebellion. Draper Laboratories of Massachusetts is developing a tattoo ink which changes color based on glucose levels inside the skin. This invention could spare diabetics from daily painful blood glucose tests. Discovery explains how it works: The nano ink particles are tiny, squishy spheres about 120 nanometers across. Inside the sphere are three parts: the glucose detecting molecule, a color-changing dye, and another molecule that mimics glucose. When the particles are dissolved in water they look like food coloring, says Clark. The three parts continuously moveRead more...]]>