PSFK Trend & Ideas Reports

These trend and ideas reports from PSFK are designed to give the reader inspiration and new ideas to help them in their work. In our busy world where information is so readily available, PSFK has curated our selection of the data out there and mixed this with original reporting including exclusive interviews. We developed these documents so that you can read them while on the plane or train or just any moment where you can take a break and delve deeply into the latest ideas and trends.

PSFK Idea Reports are available digitally as individual versions or as a full set of five:

PSFK Architecture & Design Ideas Report Vol 1 2008 (40 pages)
In this report, PSFK interviews Friends of the High Line co-founder Robert Hammond about the collaborations that will bring to life a new NYC urban park when the first section is opened later this year. We also meet designer Thomas Bina to discuss his eco-conscious furniture range he’s put together for Environment Furniture, Bina uses reclaimed and recycled materials including Brazilian barn siding, canvas truck tarps and recycled yarn. Elsewhere in the report, we also feature other ongoing environmental projects that architects and designers are developing in
response to the pressing crisis; and highlight the fantastic
conceptual housing of Neil Denari.
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PSFK Arts & Culture Ideas Report Vol 1 2008 (23 pages)
In this report, PSFK looks at how the modern art movement is changing with reports on the sale of a wall with a Banksy piece on it to an Brazilian artist who only paints underground. We also report from our trip to see U2 in 3D at the local movie-theater and we check out the 3D graffiti digital artists are experimenting with in Europe.
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PSFK Environmental Ideas Report Vol 1 2008 (37 pages)
In this report, PSFK interviews designer Thomas Bina about the eco-conscious furniture range he’s put together for Environment Furniture, Bina uses reclaimed and recycled materials including Brazilian barn siding, canvas truck tarps and recycled yarn. We also cast our spotlight on major Environmental issues such as plastic backs, electronic waste and lighting; and the response made by designers like Alexandre Verdier with his Eco Van; and companies like Marks & Spencer and Target.
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PSFK Retail Ideas Report Vol 1 2008 (27 pages)
In this report, PSFK asks emerging designers who showed at the New York alternative fashion show Capsule where they get their inspiration from; we spotlight new ideas at leading retailers such as IKEA, Apple, Target; we look at the impact of ‘Free’; and also look at the environmental trend driving change in retail and innovative uses of technology such as the wine store swipe card.
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PSFK Web & Technology Ideas Report Vol 1 2008 (38 pages)
In almost 40 pages, PSFK spotlights key ideas including collaborative lending, big gaming, audience-participation music video shoots and the mobile novel; our Shanghai office has also provided reports on developments in China; and we also look at evolution in web use: how boys and girls differ in their surf-time activities, how drive to provide hyperlocal information services and other trends.
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PSFK hopes that the ideas in this document inspire you to make change to make things better. For more information, contact us here.