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/2011/12/finnish-library-uses-crowdsourced-game-to-fix-indexing-errors-future-of-gaming.html Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:10:08 +0000 Digitalkoot is a web-based platform that aims to digitize a library’s collection of old newspapers through crowdsourcing and gamification.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/messaging-tool-translates-your-words-into-video-clips.html Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:34:34 +0000 Start-up VizLingo illustrates what you type with short videos, then lets you send it to others across the web.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/keep-it-simple-for-brands-less-is-more-on-facebook-mobile-headlines.html Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:30:09 +0000 A study found that users are more likely to be drawn to text and image posts rather than video, flash, and apps when on their phone.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/a-canon-for-the-visual-storyteller-the-origin-of-the-infographic-pics.html Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:04:57 +0000 A new book gives readers a historical look at how we convey words and data with images.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/is-a-popular-app-sniffing-users%e2%80%99-text-messages-headlines.html Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:43:07 +0000 A WhatsApp user claims that his privacy was breached. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/10/letterloom-a-really-easy-way-to-share-chunks-of-text-online.html Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:57:11 +0000 Adam Holwerda develops a site where you can paste large amounts of writing and then share the small URL with others.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/text-any-local-business-with-a-handy-new-app.html Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:04:04 +0000 TalkTo can connect the user to any local business for queries, information or reservations.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/facebook-comes-out-with-its-own-instant-messaging-app-headlines.html Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:03:19 +0000 Facebook's messaging app defies platform-specific chat features like BBM and Apple's iMessage. It can also aggregate email, texts and chat messages. Currently available in the U.S. only.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/an-autobiography-of-sms-messages-by-tracey-moberly.html Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:41:42 +0000 Tracey Molbert's latest work is a glimpse into her life through the various texts she's sent and received.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/sewn-in-hyperlinks-thread-together-the-mysteries-of-dreams.html Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:03:26 +0000 Designer Maria Fischer's unique book uses threads that act as physical hyperlinks.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/two-hundred-trillion-text-messages-infographic.html Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:39:21 +0000 Online IT Degree presents a useful infographic that explains some of the numbers behind current mobile phone usage.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/09/this-week-in-brand-strategy-advertising-12.html Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:42:00 +0000 PSFK curates some of the brand strategy, digital and creative advertising news and ideas that caught our attention this past week.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/team-based-savings-software-helps-users-avoid-impulse-purchases.html Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:58:27 +0000 piggymojo combines mobile and social technology to reinforce smart financial decisions]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/07/this-week-in-brand-strategy-advertising-6.html Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:14:38 +0000 PSFK curates some of the brand strategy, digital and creative advertising news and ideas that caught our attention this past week.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/app-tells-your-contacts-not-to-text-while-youre-driving.html Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:14:30 +0000 DON'T TEXT ME is an app designed to help prevent texting and driving.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/layers-of-information-on-the-ipad.html Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:27:43 +0000 During a short presentation at SVA's MFA Interaction Design Lecture Series, Matt Jacobs inspired us to see how the iPad could improve the reading experience.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/pics-one-day-poem-pavilion.html Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:54:35 +0000 Using the sun's natural path through the sky, Jiyeon Song has created a beautiful sculpture which produces a series of short poems throughout the day using light and shadow.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/ebon-heaths-sculptures-create-beautiful-visual-noise.html Fri, 22 May 2009 15:13:46 +0000 Brooklyn based artist Ebon Heath creates complex mobiles made out of beautiful jumbles of letters and words. His typographic sculptures free text from the confines of 2D space and where it can engage with the larger physical environment. Heath explains one view of his work: The structures are a physical representation of our language as object. This “visual noise” permeates all aspects of modern culture, especially urban living. From the signs, billboards, stores, and t-shirts that yell with type for attention as you walk down any high street. All the audio and verbal noise, from music we plug our earsRead more...]]>