http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:00:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2012/01/vinyl-records-comeback-suggests-nostalgias-on-the-rise-headlines.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:30:36 +0000 The popular classic music medium reports another year of strong sales. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/ecovinyl-a-turntable-made-entirely-from-sustainable-materials.html Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:28:30 +0000 The main objective of EcoVinyl is to help the premium audio brand become more appealing to younger customers.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/vinyl-album-covers-superimposed-on-france-pics.html Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:06:06 +0000 A French radio station comes up with a fun and quirky ad campaign that blends album covers with reality. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/what-record-stores-looked-like-in-the-1960s-headlines.html Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:43:58 +0000 A 1960's photo gallery of a quickly vanishing cultural icon, the record store.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/the-return-of-vinyl-infographic.html Wed, 25 May 2011 14:28:47 +0000 Vinyl record sales are projected to jump 25% in 2011 prompting the question -- is vinyl is here to stay?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/radiohead-defies-convention-again-with-latest-album-release.html Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:27:38 +0000 Dubbed by the band as "the world's first newspaper album," physical editions will include 625 pieces of tiny artwork, two vinyl records, a CD, and a number of larger pieces of art.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/archiving-musical-artifacts-from-early-internet-culture.html Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:14:27 +0000 Internet Archaeology hopes to preserve early Internet culture by converting MIDI files into vinyl. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/zoetrope-picture-disc-creates-feedback-loop-between-media-past-and-present.html Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:00:59 +0000 Audiovisual duo Sculpture merge early forms of cinema with digital video via custom vinyl record.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/pics-upcycled-jewelry-made-from-vinyl-records.html Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:08:45 +0000 A UK designer creates detailed jewelry from recycled vintage records.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/12/vinyl-records-and-turntables-make-a-comeback.html Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:36:25 +0000 The New York Times reports that vinyl records and turntables have been making a steady resurgence for the past few years, driven by the demand from members of the digital (iPod) generation.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/psfk-snapshot-brooklyn-week-the-thing.html Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:23:40 +0000 The Thing The Thing is a legendary thrift shop in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn that’s known for two things: its huge selection, and the chaotic state that the store is in. Every possible inch of space is crammed with lots and lots of stuff (this is not a clean, curated space). Shoppers at The Thing must dive in with a sense of adventure and not be afraid to get dirty while looking for cheap treasures. Upstairs houses The Thing’s massive collection of random secondhand merchandise, including an epic selection of used books. But what the insiders go for isRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/upcycling-billboards-into-bags.html Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:51:57 +0000 As ugly as most advertising billboards are, what’s even uglier is that most of them are made out of non-biodegradable vinyl, and that over three million billboards’ worth (that’s 10,000 tons) get thrown into landfills every year. TerraCycle and Yakpak, who will be turning discarded vinyl into durable backpacks and messenger bags. The material happens to lend itself exceptionally well to tough conditions—it was used for the outdoors, after all—and accordingly the bags come with a lifetime warranty. Yakpak is going to great lengths to ensure the manufacture of the bags is ethically sound—they own their own factory in ElRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/video-making-a-vinyl-record.html Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:26:39 +0000 It’s interesting to see just how far we’ve come in the digitization and virtualization of so many former physical objects. Core 77 has shared a wonderful video that shows the complex, time and resource intensive process of cutting a vinyl album. The laborious task is fascinating to watch and light years away from the modern digital music format “manufacturing” process – File: save as. [via Core 77]]]>