http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:40:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/art-parking-lot.html Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:52:47 +0000 Sydney artists give the dull space a colorful update turning it into a work of art.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/listening-to-and-reading-nycs-underground-music-scene-of-the-1970s.html Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:25:57 +0000 Will Hermes, author of a history of the city's punk rock, hip-hop, disco, salsa, and loft jazz culture, blends music and story together via Soundcloud.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/07/new-documentary-series-goes-beneath-the-city-streets.html Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:22:59 +0000 The first short episode featuring exploration of the urban underground is released by Silent UK.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/siemens-reveals-new-london-tube-design.html Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:04:51 +0000 The latest train concept for the forever updating London Underground, will be more spacious and is interestingly branded with the system's logo.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/06/art-by-machine-video.html Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:53:41 +0000 Digital art pioneer Anton Perich has been using a machine to paint pictures since 1978. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/the-undercity-video.html Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:42:40 +0000 A short film depicts the often-unseen underground of New York City.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/smile-for-london-cheers-up-the-daily-commute.html Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:33:56 +0000 A competition to make playful use of newly installed advertising platforms aims to inject some fun into the urban rat race. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/11/oyster-card-data-opens-platform-for-competitive-commuting.html Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:08:02 +0000 Online multiplayer gaming harnesses the untapped well of data that is the London Oyster Card to add game dynamics to the average tube journey.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/how-to-increase-sales-using-4chan-and-bootlegged-material.html Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:16:02 +0000 Piracy may not be so bad after all, as comic book artist Steve Lieber discovered recently. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/08/a-collaborative-learning-space-for-the-scientific-community.html Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:52:39 +0000 Scitable acts as a social and professional network for scientists, underwritten by corporate sponsors investing in scientific advances and society.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/03/underground-restaurants-emerging-in-washington-dc.html Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:05:31 +0000 Underground restaurants seem to be flourishing in Washington city.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/pics-the-underground-terminal-a-journey-below-manhattan.html Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:40:44 +0000 WNYC takes us on a photographic journey 100 feet below the historic Grand Central Station in New York City.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/logistics-of-the-future-move-deliveries-underground.html Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:02:20 +0000 Designer Philip Hermes offers his futuristic design for connected city, albeit in a slightly more tangible way. Hermes envisions an underground delivery network that could transport packages as big as a shoe box across a city in as little as ten minutes. Think subway system meets pneumatic tube pipeline. The conceptual project, named Urban Mole, calls for upgrading the preexisting infrastructure that runs beneath the streets – aka sewer tubes – with electrical rails that could power the Mole’s motors as it moves throughout the pipeline. Local hub stations would be created within a city to serve as pick-up andRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/the-london-underground-tube-exits-and-pretty-pictures.html Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:00:13 +0000 It’s approaching rush hour and Liverpool Street is fast becoming a crushing medley of limbs, briefcases and polished Italian shoes. Already late for a meeting you dart towards the Circle line in a vain attempt to arrive in some sort of concerted punctual state. Whisked off into London’s rat race you arrive at your destination station with perhaps enough time to conceivably make it, yet, as hundreds pile off of the train, you spy the exit at the furthest away point from your current position, blocked by a hundred steaming commuters and the hustle and bustle of the city’s undergroundRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/01/the-rise-of-chinese-hip-hop.html Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:26:16 +0000   Much like its American counterpart, Chinese Hip-Hop rose from the streets, giving a voice to disaffected youth whose message might not otherwise be heard. While this form of expression has been around in China since the 90′s, it failed to gain a widespread following until musicians started rapping in Chinese, a fairly recent development that brings greater relevancy and reach to the form. And though steadily growing in popularity, at its root rap is still vehicle of protest and as such, an underground phenomenon that a mainstream audience is not prepared to understand or face, particularly given the ChineseRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2007/01/rave_on.html Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:22:08 +0000 We mentioned the bubbling of a re-emerging rave culture before - now the New York Times picks up on the UK scene.]]>