http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:37:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/creative-inspiration-from-behance-iv.html Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:24:02 +0000 Behance is a company that organizes the creative world to make ideas happen. Every Wednesday, Behance shares 5 fresh art and design projects from their network with PSFK.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/sci-fi-style-clothing-of-the-future.html Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:03:28 +0000 The Science: [So what? So everything] campaign has released a list of 25 of the most influential fashion innovations of past, present and future.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/jobs-we-love-on-psfk-3.html Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:17:37 +0000 Below is one of the great jobs currently listed on the PSFK Jobs site. In need of more options? See what's out there. If you're looking for talent, submit a job post.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/performing-the-longest-musical-composition-ever-written.html Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:50:19 +0000 For the first time ever, Jem Finer will be leading a live performance of a 1,000 minute section of his 1,000 year-long 'Longplayer' at London's Roundhouse Theatre.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/pop-up-ad-agency-helps-small-businesses.html Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:01:50 +0000 London based RKCR/Y&R offered its creative and strategic services to local small businesses in a pop up ad agency for a week.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/09/pic-london-bus-carries-16-cctv-cameras.html Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:50:57 +0000 The photo contains a screen broadcasting footage from the 16 camera installed on the bus. At some point you have to wonder...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/uk-supermarket-chain-to-exclusively-sell-locally-sourced-dairy.html Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:10:22 +0000 In a move that aligns well with the supermarket push to place more of their in-house brands on their shelves, while at the same time keeping pace with consumer demand for locally-sourced products, UK Grocery Store chain Waitrose has announced that it will only sell milk and other dairy products that come from British cows. The products will be sold exclusively under the Essential Waitrose label, a further commitment to their network of 60 British dairy farms, a partnership now in its tenth year that ensures fair prices and best practices. The store’s website explains their dairy standards, purportedly theRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/the-uks-secret-plot-to-encourage-consumers-to-go-green.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:08:11 +0000 Back in July we came across the results of a study on consumer behavior as it related to “going green”. The research concluded that people are more motivated to make eco-friendly purchases based on perceptions about status - i.e. installing these solar panels are sure to make my neighbors envious - than they are by other factors, like cost-savings or more surprisingly perhaps, actually benefitting the environment.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/1-crime-solved-for-every-1000-cctv-cameras.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:50:55 +0000 Image credit: Getty Images, Richard Newstead/Flickr While the British government has spent an estimated £500m on CCTV cameras there continues to be both doubts over their effectiveness and concerns for their social impact. There are over a million cameras in the UK but the BBC says that an internal police report says they rarely help British authorities catch criminals: In one month CCTV helped capture just eight out of 269 suspected robbers [in London]. David Davis MP, the former shadow home secretary, said: “It should provoke a long overdue rethink on where the crime prevention budget is being spent.” HeRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/heathrow-airports-driverless-taxis.html Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:22:20 +0000 Heathrow Airport is rolling out the UK’s first ULTra – Urban Light Transport – Personal Pod cars.  First announced two years ago, this energy-efficient, battery powered and fully automated system can be summoned on demand and will transport up to four passengers and their luggage between Heathrow’s Terminal 5 and its business car parks – sans driver.  They will run up to 25mph on a special road network.  Energy efficient and attractive, we expect to see more applications for this technology as a transportation solution in urban metropolitan areas. [via BoingBoing Gadgets]]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/pubs-become-delivery-centers.html Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:29:24 +0000 ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/heinz-looks-at-alternative-retail.html Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:09:27 +0000 Looking to reduce its reliance on supermarket chains and their own-label product ranges, Heinz in the UK has been exploring new ways to sell its products.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/tesco-to-start-renting-out-urban-farms.html Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:56:02 +0000 For a new store development grocery retailer Tesco plans to rent 30 'allotments' for part time gardeners to locals in Lancashire in the UK. In tandem with an interest in grow-your-own-food PSFK has noticed around the world, there has been a recent boom in interest in allotments in the UK (see our interview with an allotment 'owner' here). The store will also sell starter kits to the renters, the Daily Telegraph reports.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/new-summer-rituals.html Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:33:21 +0000 Urban beach going, sneezing and tombstoning are part of new summer rituals developing in Britain, the BBC reports in a slightly quirky article.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/entrepreneur-numbers-point-to-change-in-work-not-economy.html Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:28:57 +0000 The Daily Telegraph has explored a report by the UK’s Barclay Bank which indicates surprise that the number of small businesses in the UK has remained fairly steady during the recession. They say that unlike [...]]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/pic-british-made-coke.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:28:54 +0000 For some US brands like Heinz, Ford or Mars in Britain, the lengthy time they have spent here has bent the public’s perception of them and many people feel that they are national brands in some ways. Coca Cola never seemed to reach that level of mass perception – possibly because they played far more off their American heritage in advertising than others – and maybe that’s why this local (or is it nationalistic?) tag on this can of Coca-Coca celebrating that it was made in the Great Britain stood out for us when we spotted it on a ourRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/uk-designer-wants.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:05:38 +0000 A small team of British architects is hoping to bring native fauna back to Leeds, where the chirping of birds and other native wildlife has all but disappeared. There solution is a profoundly vertical artificial habitat they hope will coax the waning and dispersed animal population into returning to areas in which they once flourished. The towers, planned stand 40 feet high and constructed entirely of recycled materials, would provide homes for birds, butterflies, bats, and even foxes, the team hopes. Some aspects of the plan, however, remain unresolved: “I’m not an animal expert, if it goes further we’d needRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/abandoned-contruction-lot-to-become-urban-growbag.html Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:45:01 +0000 After developers tore down a historic hospital complex in the center of London, the project ground to a halt leaving a 95,000m2 gaping hole in the city. Various ideas were submitted to the owners of ‘Noho Square’ and the London Evening Standard reports that they are considering turning the land into temporary urban gardening area until construction begin again in maybe 5 years time: Ms Hossack, 53, who already grows her own vegetables outside her Conway Street gallery, believes the former Middlesex Hospital site should be used to help offset the shortage of growing space in London… The bare groundRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/05/40-winks-the-micro-boutique-hotel.html Fri, 29 May 2009 16:07:44 +0000 Interior designer David Carter has just launched what he’s calling London’s smallest boutique hotel. Set in a house that has traditionally been used for photo and video shoots, Carter has applied his quirky style to offer a ‘home from home’ for photographers, stylists, art directors, designers, buyers, models and anyone in the creative and fashion industries looking for somewhere fun and different to stay when they are in London for work or pleasure. 40 WiNKS]]>