Learning From Patagonia’s Sustainable Model
Wednesday, den 4. March 2009
The Guardian recently sat down with Rob Bondurant VP of Marketing at Patagonia and asked him to discuss their sustainable model and how they will continue to innovate for the future. Beyond simply furthering the reach of their own brand, we found Patagonia’s desire to provide leadership in the areas of ethical business practices to be particularly noteworthy.
During 2008, the company started the Organic Exchange with the sole purpose of training other companies to source and manufacture organic goods. In an effort to provide their customers… Continue reading Learning From Patagonia’s Sustainable Model
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PSFK Talks to NOLA’s Free Flow Power
Wednesday, den 4. March 2009
As part of our ongoing NOLA Changemakers interview series we talked to Jon Guidroz, Director of Project Development at Free Flow Power, about his clean energy project and the unique spirit of NOLA.
Can you tell us a little about what Free Flow Power does?
Free Flow Power Corporation was founded to produce clean renewable energy, using the force of rivers, streams, ocean currents, or tides, to generate electricity, without building new dams or diversions. We have developed a proprietary turbine generator technology that was tested at Alden Labs in March… Continue reading PSFK Talks to NOLA’s Free Flow Power
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ThruYOU: Cut & Paste YouTube Based Songs
Wednesday, den 4. March 2009
Israli funk musician Kutiman has created an impressive web remix project named Thru YOU. He’s collected all kinds of unrelated YouTube videos of music performances, cut them up and mixed it all together to create totally new tracks.
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Understanding Transmedia: PSFK Talks to Starlight Runner
Wednesday, den 4. March 2009
A fake airline lets you book a flight online for $87. Meanwhile, a bunch of ad men are busy twittering away–from 1962 no less. It can get a little confusing, but one thing’s clear: the barriers between different media platforms are breaking down. We sat down with Jeff Gomez, President and CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment, to find out exactly what is going on. They’ve worked on properties like Pirates of the Caribbean, Transformers, and Avatar, so they’re… Continue reading Understanding Transmedia: PSFK Talks to Starlight Runner
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Video: Worldbuilder
Wednesday, den 4. March 2009Bruce Branit’s Worldbuilder is a fantastic short film that explores some interesting futuristic sci-fi technology. It’s inspiring to watch his augmented- virtual reality and the virtualized gadgets and controls that run the world. Great food for thought.
World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo
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Refreshment Revamping Roundup
Wednesday, den 4. March 2009
The beverage aisle just keeps on getting more complicated. In the last two years companies have put their new product development on hyper drive and the beverage segment has fractured more and more. In the last few months, though, consumers are finding it even more difficult to find their favorite refreshments— this time due to rebranding. Companies are implementing new ways to keep their brands enticing during this recession, and many are turning to new packaging.
Here we look at some of our favorite drinks, what they’ve become, and the reaction to… Continue reading Refreshment Revamping Roundup
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Scrap Lab: Remixing and Reusing Scrap Materials
Wednesday, den 4. March 2009
Scrap Lab, a part of the architecture department at Kasetsart University in Thailand, is looking to utilize leftover materials from industrial processes to create new products. From plastics, to wood, metal and fabrics, Scrap Lab plans on creating a system that will efficiently catalog and find uses for as many left overs as possible. (Image above is their chair made of scrap denim.)
They explain:
[why] Scrap Lab aims to be at the forefront as an ecological combatant, particularly with current concerns for the global… Continue reading Scrap Lab: Remixing and Reusing Scrap Materials
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The U.S. Stimulus Package: What’s Missing?
Wednesday, den 4. March 2009
I like Bruce Nussbaum’s list of what he’d like to see in The Stimulus Bill. The premise of his piece is that INNOVATION got a bit left out in the discussion and writing of the bill i.e., the process to get us to a healthy economy. Nussbaum does believe Obama has a vision for an America that is “green, urban, tech-centric and young”, but that much more than writing about a vision is needed to get us… Continue reading The U.S. Stimulus Package: What’s Missing?
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Microsoft Surface Gets an Upgrade
Wednesday, den 4. March 2009
We are all familiar with the Microsoft Surface, the multi-touch interactive table, but recently Microsoft unveiled some new developments they are hoping to implement into the next version. At TechFest 2009 Microsoft’s Research and Development team are showcasing new projection technology that allows interaction with the Surface above the actual device. The new upgrade, codenamed SecondLight, includes an additional projector hidden inside the Surface product body that will detect a basic hand held viewfinder held over the screen that can be used to project additional images on.
The… Continue reading Microsoft Surface Gets an Upgrade
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NYC’s Chelsea Art Galleries Struggling for Survival
Wednesday, den 4. March 2009
After years of prices rising and the nouveau riche buying, the West Chelsea’s Gallery District art market is now in a recession, or even potential depression.
Specifically, the recession is devaluing post-war and contemporary art, a sector that had previously been booming with inflated prices and high-visibility artists like Damien Hirst. As Mei Moses Index’s 2008 Year End Art Market Insights reports: “last year, the art market only declined by about 4.5 percent, but the post-war and contemporary sectors dropped by 11 percent.” Prominent Chelsea galleries, like Cohan and Leslie, Oliver Kamm 5BE, Mehr
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