Vice Mag: My City’s Hotter Than Your City
Monday, den 30. March 2009
As we mentioned, the Vice Magazine fashion issue (pig and all) has hit the streets and as always, it’s a great read. In their city-vs.-city matchup, the magazine makes some bold claims about what’s in and what’s out across the globe. In a nutshell, it boils down to this:
- Girls in NYC are sluts; boys are rockabilly
- In Stokholm the boys are Xanax incarnate; girls don’t care
- In Barcelona boys are dressing like girls and girls are dressing like boys
- Melbourne boys are dressing up in a retro kind of way, and the
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Ikea Leko is Car Sharing not Car Making
Monday, den 30. March 2009
Fast Company reported today that the mysterious cloth draped car called the ‘Ikea Leko’ is actually a car sharing program in conjunction with Comuto, the French ride-sharing company behind Covoiturage.fr, for 26 IKEA locations in France. The service will be similar to the Ikea/zipcar program in the US pictured above.
While we’re bummed that the reveal won’t be either a real car or a clever April fools internet hoax, it is nice to see the retailer expanding… Continue reading Ikea Leko is Car Sharing not Car Making
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Most Popular Articles on PSFK From the Last 7 Days
Monday, den 30. March 2009Here are PSFK’s top five articles from Mar. 23 - Mar. 29, 2009. Results are based on Google Analytics and in order of overall page views.
Stella McCartney Boot-Tights - Orli Sharaby
Nokia Almighty Headsets - Piers Fawkes
Swedish Magazine is Published as a Tattoo - Dan Gould
IKEA to Reveal Concept Car - Dave Pinter
Wieden Kennedy’s Nokia Competition Shows That Crowdsourcing can Suck For the Crowd - Piers Fawkes…
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Bicycle Built For 2,000
Monday, den 30. March 2009
Bicycle Built For 2,000 is a fantastic crowd-sourced performance piece composed of 2,088 different voice recordings from around the world. Volunteers were paid $0.06 to sing a short bit of the song “Daisy Bell”, which was made famous as the first ever example of musical speech synthesis. The results were synced up into a disjointed, but intriguing composition. Experience it here, and watch the video below for a detailed background of the project.
Bicycle Built for Two Thousand from Aaron on Vimeo
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Study Shows Action Video Games Can Improve Vision
Monday, den 30. March 2009
Traditionally, It has been thought that staring at screens for too long will harm your vision in some way. Parents admonish their children to get away from the TV, and ergonomic studies have shown that long stretches of computer work are not kind on the eyes.
However, contrary to past experience, there may be a certain kind of screen-time that’s good for you. A new study from the University of Rochester has found that playing fast-paced, high action video games can actually increase real-world vision… Continue reading Study Shows Action Video Games Can Improve Vision
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The Guardian’s Simon Waldman at Good Ideas Salon London
Monday, den 30. March 2009
At our Good Ideas Salon in London, Simon Waldman, head of digital at the Guardian, rounded out the day with a great discussion on the future of journalism and how the Guardian is adapting to a rapidly changing industry.
In his talk (which you can watch in full below), Simon presents ways the Guardian has transformed with the upheaval of old media models, choosing to embrace new approaches to storytelling, community building, and information gathering and sharing. Simon argues that the foundations of traditional… Continue reading The Guardian’s Simon Waldman at Good Ideas Salon London
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PSFK Conference NYC Poster Competition Winners
Monday, den 30. March 2009
Artist and PSFK Conference speaker Matt W. Moore has chosen the top three winners from our PSFK Conference poster design competition. The winning entries, featured above, are the works of (from top to bottom): Jason Rapport, Zeny Huang, and Derek Chan. PSFK also extends an honorable mention to one of our team’s favorite entries, submitted by Paola Guimerans Sanchez (featured below).
Thanks to everyone who took the… Continue reading PSFK Conference NYC Poster Competition Winners
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PSFK Conference New York Speaker: Dennis Crowley
Monday, den 30. March 2009
Dodgeball.com founder Dennis Crowley will be sharing his latest venture at PSFK Conference New York: foursquare, a service that mixes social, locative, gaming elements to encourage people to explore the cities in which they live. We’re looking forward to hearing about foursquare a special Show and Tell presentation on April 2.
Who are you and what do you do?
Hi, my name is Dennis. I try to build things that make cities easier to use. I’m currently working on a project called foursquare that experiments with turning… Continue reading PSFK Conference New York Speaker: Dennis Crowley
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PSFK Conference New York Speaker: Scott Heiferman
Monday, den 30. March 2009
We’re looking forward to hearing what Scott Heiferman, co-founder and CEO of Meetup, will share with us at PSFK Conference NYC 2009. On our “Open to Change” panel along with Domenico Vitale (People Ideas & Culture), John Geraci (Outside.In), Florian Peter (CScout) and Avner Ronen (boxee), Scott will discuss how to leverage open communities to develop new products, services and experiences for the benefit of everybody concerned.
First, who are you and what do you do?
I help people organize local community groups (Meetup
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EcoDrain Captures Wasted Energy
Monday, den 30. March 2009
Ecofriend points us to an interesting invention that recaptures wasted heat energy from a shower’s waste water. The EcoDrain will grab heated water before it goes down the drain and uses it’s heat to help wram incoming shower water. The Ecodrain’s creators believe that it could potentially save millions of dollars a year in energy costs.
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