Bulletproof Handkerchief for Paranoid Gangsters
Wednesday, den 11. March 2009
Or for anyone else who wants to look sharp without compromising their safety, really. The maker of the cool man’s Snuggie, the Blankoat, has now come out with a bulletproof handkerchief dubbed The Damned, made from “lemon Military Grade Ballistic Strength Aramid Fibre - to protect the hearts of men.”
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Jonah Bloom Of AdAge Talks To PSFK About Skipping The Issue
Wednesday, den 11. March 2009
Advertising Age, the leading trade magazine for the marketing industry, has pulled its March 16 issue. There has been a lot of talk about the decline of print media recently but instead of just reporting another story that not only impacts readers but the lives of the people who work there, PSFK decided to find out more about what’s going on internally. We asked Ad Age editor Jonah Bloom for the inside scoop:
Jonah, we’ve heard rumors that the next issue of Ad Age will be digital only - true?… Continue reading Jonah Bloom Of AdAge Talks To PSFK About Skipping The Issue
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Stephen Fry On Books & Kindle
Wednesday, den 11. March 2009
In a recent Tweet on Twitter, Stephen Fry talks about his relationship to books and Twitter:
I collect books. Have done for years. I will no more throw out “real” books cos I have a Kindle than I’ll jettison pens cos I have a Mac
He does tweet later with another thought, though:
I’ve thousands of books and will continue buying them till I die. Smell and feel, yes. Maybe. But that was true of horses - lol… Continue reading Stephen Fry On Books & Kindle
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Listable: A Place for Everyone’s Lists
Wednesday, den 11. March 2009
Even in our increasingly digital world of iPhones and Blackberrys, there’s something satisfying about a good To-Do list - the kind you write out on actual paper and cross items off of as tasks like “Drink Coffee” and “Fix the Economy” are completed. Or in another form, it’s hard to resist the allure of a Top Ten “fill-in-the-blank” list no matter how mundane the subject matter, both for the minimal commitment it requires of us and its infinitely debatable quality. From organization to utter enjoyment, the list already fulfills many of… Continue reading Listable: A Place for Everyone’s Lists
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Subtle Innovation: The Brush & Rinse Toothbrush
Wednesday, den 11. March 2009
Amron Experimental’s Brush & Rinse Toothbrush is pretty much like any other toothbrush out there, except it has a slightly grooved back that redirects water from a running faucet into an easy to sip arch of water. That’s it. Simple perhaps, but it does beat using your hands, or a glass to grab water after brushing your teeth.
Will the world be dramatically changed because of the Brush & Rinse toothbrush? Definitely not. But it is an interesting tiny tweak that adds functionality to the device in a subtle… Continue reading Subtle Innovation: The Brush & Rinse Toothbrush
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Has Crowdsourcing Gone Too Far?
Wednesday, den 11. March 2009
As much as the internet has fueled innovation through the free exchange of ideas and collaboration with anyone across the globe, are we also remaking a market economy that only benefits those on top who control the mass lines of distribution? Wired considers the pitfalls of crowdsourcing - a phenomenon once heralded for its ability to disrupt the traditional model of business by leveling the playing field for experts and amateurs alike - as more and more companies leverage its potential to their advantage which turns out, might not… Continue reading Has Crowdsourcing Gone Too Far?
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Fretless Fader: Next Level Turntablism
Wednesday, den 11. March 2009John Beez has developed an unique new DJ tool that extends the normal capabilities of a mixer’s crossfader. His “Fretless Fader” acts as a MIDI controller that slides up and down, playing different notes with the sounds coming into the mixer. Watch it in action below.
[shot then via A-Trak]… Continue reading Fretless Fader: Next Level Turntablism
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Modular Transportation: Electric Scooter Sharing
Wednesday, den 11. March 2009
Anton Grimes’ entry into the Australian Design Awards competition is a smart twist on the increasingly popular bike sharing idea. He’s created a much more compact system for sharing electric scooters in urban areas.
Grimes explains his design:
The Link scooter system is designed as a modular transport solution that can be retrofitted to existing Streetscape Smart Poles. It allows users to hire a small lightweight electronic scooter from a hub and ride to the desired destination and then return the scooter to another hub, where it… Continue reading Modular Transportation: Electric Scooter Sharing
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PSFK Wants Your Designs for PSFK Conference NYC 2009
Wednesday, den 11. March 2009
As part of this year’s PSFK Conference NYC, we’re asking you to get creative to get a ticket.
At PSFK, everything we do - from what we feature on our site, to the consultancy we provide, to the events we host - is based around a simple idea: to inspire you to make things better. As an extension of this, we’re asking you to have a go at creating a poster design (it can be of any form - hand drawn, digital graphic, screenprint, wheat paste… Continue reading PSFK Wants Your Designs for PSFK Conference NYC 2009
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Are Our Ideas About Sustainable Food Out of Date?
Wednesday, den 11. March 2009
The ways our food is produced, packaged and shipped stands at the center of an ongoing debate about the health of our planet and ourselves, but the key to creating a sustainable system may rely on our collective ability to accept a realistic solution as a opposed to a perfect one. And this involves a concerted effort on the part of not only producers and consumers, but policy makers as well.
If we examine the farming methods in our country, we find a polarizing set of standards - industrial monoculture machines that… Continue reading Are Our Ideas About Sustainable Food Out of Date?
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