March 1 in New Delhi: Celebrating Holi - a festival that leaves few untouched, be it young or old, rich or poor, Hindu or Muslim. A lot of unrecognized faces with a big smile, clouds of colors that fills the air, frenzied dancing everywhere. People spill out onto the streets to smear each other with coloured powder. But this year, some politicians kept it
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In Germany, preparations for Christmas begin before December falls. But the real celebration starts from 6th December, St. Nicholas Day, known here as "Nikolaustag". On the night of 5th December (St. Nicholas Eve) children put their shoe or boot outside the door, a tradition practiced in many other European countries. According to a German legend, the spirit
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Miss the chance to walk the show at Javits or take in the offsite events during the ICFF? Check out our photo gallery where we've collected all the stuff that caught our eye:PSFK's 2009 International Contemporary Furniture Fair Gallery
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This collection of tracks (click here to launch a player) represents a selection of our favorite new jams and a few classics, all inspired by the warm days of summer and activities like beach trips and rooftop parties. When we all started listening compulsively (the crowd-pleasing soundtrack played at my own Memorial Day BBQ), we knew we had a winner on our
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Canadian jewelery outfit Miju's latest creation is a delicately poetic necklace of a bird, inspired by an image from a timeless children's bedtime story. The new design recreates the character in 2" x 3" acrylic pendant with two ruby-red beads hanging from chains standing in for drops of blood. Its larger scale, juxtaposition of materials and macabre subject
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Here's a list of 33 interesting links we've posted on Twitter this week. To stay in touch, be sure to join the conversation and follow PSFK on Twitter. Gawker: Microsoft Wants You To 'Verb Up' And 'Bing It' Silicon Alley Insider: Best Buy Wants To Fund Your Startup (BBY) Continue reading 33 Fresh Links: PSFK Twitter Round Up
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Dutch bedding designers Erik van Loo and Peggy van Neer recently came up with their line of Le Clochard sheets and pillows that look like cardboard. Named for the French word for "bum," a portion of the proceeds go directly to SZN, a foundation for homeless youth, who will use the money to build housing. Purchase them from Dutch by Design starting at £
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This week Vogue Nippon, in collaboration with avanteguard Japanese fashion house Comme des Garcons, celebrated the launch of “Magazine Alive”, their new pop- up shop in Tokyo’s trendy Aoyama district. On hand to fete the event were some of Japan’s most prolific fashion editors, artist Takashimi Murakami (who designed the second… Continue reading T
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Zipcar has taken to a using a bit of street theatre for an unusual advertising stunt in Washington DC. The car sharing service recently set up scenes in the middle of two busy sidewalk locations to promote their services. Penn Quarter Living… Continue reading Zipcar's Unorthodox Street Scene Advertising
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We recently noticed the fantastic photographs of Jan Kempenaers. The images above are from a series called "Spomenik: The End of History". Although it's almost hard to believe these… Continue reading The Photography of Jan Kempenaers
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Business has been pretty good at PSFK HQ. We've been hiring and therefore we outgrew our little corner where we had the luxury of a huge pin-board wall. We used to publish photos of our wall frequently but somehow we stopped. Anyway, there will be no more - this is the last photo of the wall with bits and pieces of things and… Continue reading Good By
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We suspect that his girl is wearing this mask on the New York 6 train because of allergies but seeing her wearing such an engulfing brightly colored head-piece so soon after the Swine Flu panic makes you take a second look (and then a photo with your phone)…
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All's set for the first annual Brooklyn Bike Jumble, New York's first and only bicycle flea market, this weekend. And, weather permitting, it looks to be the perfect stopover during a weekend ride around the city or to score a new ride. The Jumble aims to connect local vendors and artisanal producers of handmade bikes, clothing and accessories with the commu
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Philadelphia is adding another unique touch to it's waste recovery program. Last week we saw Philly's  recycling trucks wrapped in colorful graphics - and now, Inhabitat shares the news that the city is rolling out over 500 solar powered, compacting garbage cans. The bins can hold about eight times as much waste as a… Continue reading Philly Installs
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Interior designer David Carter has just launched what he's calling London's smallest boutique hotel. Set in a house that has traditionally been used for photo and video shoots, Carter has applied his quirky style to offer a 'home from home' for photographers, stylists, art directors, designers, buyers, models and anyone in the creative and fashion industries
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PSFK readers may remember that we got George Parker to interview Missy from SuicideGirls at our LA conference a couple of years back. Since then, the alt-porn business has been experimenting with new formats including the iPhone. Their site has just announced that they've just released for free the SuicideGirls Flip Strip iPhone app which… Continue re
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Chinagrass is the name given by some to classify contemporary Chinese folk music, often influenced or performed by Chinese minorities. In a hour long podcast documentary, Zoe Baxter explores this little known genre, interviewing producers and musicians from two of the genre's leading groups: Mamer and Hanggai.The singer /… Continue reading Podcast Do
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Greypants is a side project from a group of architects based in Seattle. At the 2009 ICFF fair, they were showing off their impressive "Scrap Lights" - hanging lamps made out of salvaged corrugated cardboard. Contemporist has more photos of the lights here Continue reading Scrap Lights by Greypants
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For the 62nd Pecha Kucha Night in Tokyo, game developer Mark Cooke presented the results of a challenge he set for himself: create 10 games in 10 hours. In that time he made games for the iPhone, the web and the Mac. His presentation takes us on a tour of each experiment, revealing exactly what an… Continue reading Building 10 Games In 10 Hours
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Earlier this year at the Guardian, Clay Shirky of Here Comes Everybody, made the prediction that book publishers would soon turn to on demand manufacturing solutions as a response to the media landscape becoming increasingly digital.Recently we came across On Demand Books based out of New York. Like a… Continue reading Movable Type 2.0 - Books Manufac
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Multi-disciplinary design studio Round have won the Invitation category at the Museums Australia Multimedia and Publication Design Awards. The Melbourne-based studio won the coveted prize for their… Continue reading Melbourne's Round Wins for 'Walk, Talk and Chalk'
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In a week’s time Microsoft will be launching its new Internet Search site, Bing, previously code named “Kumo”. Microsoft tapped Interbrand to conceive this moniker, which is meant to be a verbable phrase. Their hope is that in 6 months time we’ll be “Binging” things rather than “Googling” them.Reviews have… Continue reading Microsoft Wants you
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A while ago PSFK wrote about Melbourne's recent rebirth of craft via the Craft Cartel.  The Sydney Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef project is another such example that craft is back.  The… Continue reading The Sydney Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project
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Debuting earlier this year, Confluences, a modular seating collection by designer Philippe Nigro has been drawing a lot of attention and awards. Confluences picked up a Red Dot: "Best of the Best" award and Young & Design award at Milan. The puzzle-like seating elements made by Ligne Continue reading PSFK Interview: Designer Philippe Nigro
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Taking Surrealism back to its roots, Denver-based painter Christian Rex van Minnen has a less direct approach but similar style to that of Giuseppe Arcimboldo's sixteenth-century portrait heads. Playing with finely-rendered textures and visceral components suggesting organs, skin, meat, crustaceans and plant life, but also including more literal elements lik
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Gothamist reports that an urban mini-golf course will be opening up in Brooklyn this summer, starting on June 6th. "The Putting Lot" will be installed inside a formerly trash-filled vacant lot within the transitional neighborhood of Bushwick. Each… Continue reading The Putting Lot: Urban Mini Golf
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In this interview with Charlie Rose, architect Frank Gehry talks about his life and work. He tells the talk-show host that while considering succession, he's enjoying working and sharing his knowledge with younger architects, but worries that he hasn't allowed them to make mistakes and therefore grow professionally.At one point he gives some insight into
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Prussian scientist Baron Alexander von Humboldt explained aurora borealis and founded modern bio-geography. Less known however, is Humboldt's adventure to Spain's American colonies for what would become the greatest botanical expedition of all time. Now, at the 150th anniversary of Humboldt's death, the beautiful hardcover, "Alexander von Humboldt and the Bo
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by Ariston Anderson When Ken Tanabe stumbled upon the Supreme Court case Loving vs. Virginia, which legalized interracial marriage in the U.S., he was shocked that there was no holiday to commemorate the occasion. So he decided to start his own. "I realized that most people had never heard of this civil rights milestone," he tells CH. "I started Loving Day t
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by Paolo Ferrarini of Future Concept Lab Walking a mile in martial arts master Bruce Lee's shoes is a dream likely to never happen, but thanks to French label Bagua we can at least put a little Kung-Fu feeling in our step. Based on the centuries-old iconic design of the elegant and lightweight shoe worn by Kung-Fu and Tai-Chi masters, the simple construction
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Tucked away in the woods of Chicago, this four-bed, four-bath is a modernist masterpiece, but might be more well-know for its starring role in the painfully infamous car scene of the feature film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Its reprise on the web currently comes from its recent listing on the market for $2.3 million. Two steel-and-glass buildings make up thi
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Erik Schedin recently released another trio of products for his curated online shop, the highlight of which is the Danner Light Boot. Designed in 1979 it was the first ever boot to utilize Gore-Tex technology. Currently only made for the Japanese Market, the boots are now available in Europe exclusively on Schedin's store. An original Acne whistle and wool b
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by Ariston Anderson Artists Robi Walters and Leanne Wright joined forces after meeting in London in 1991, designing album covers for prominent underground dance labels and producers including Giles Peterson, Bebel Gilberto and Carl Craig. After moving back to Leanne's native Canada in 2004, their art began to reflect the changing nature of the music business
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Providing another creative lesson in typography, Brighten the Corners' latest book, "Stanley & Marvin" is a charming follow up to their first venture in type-as-illustration books, " Victor & Susie." Stemming from irregular trips to his native Greece, London-based designer Billy Kiosoglou worked with his Brighten the Corners partner Frank Philippin t
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Cote d'Ivoire-based photographer Paul Sika created the environments in his wonderfully colorful and vibrant African series using actors and carefully staged sets to convey a powerful sense of social narrative and open the doors of imagination. The fashion and advertising photographer lets his ideas flow organically, but in the end his photographs are not lef
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by Gregory MitnickIn this video, Friends of the Highline co-founder Robert Hammond tells the story of how he helped reinvent a gritty elevated railway into what is NYC's most celebrated public space since Central Park. He shares images and animations of what the park (due to open in June) will look like at a talk for our recent 99% Conference and shares how
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by Paolo Ferrarini of Future Concept Lab Regenesi, a young Italian company founded by Maria Silvia Pazzi, aims to design, manufacture and market original objects produced from recycled materials. Focused on maintaining the same aesthetic and fine quality of Italian design but adding sustainability, Regenesi products are both physically and ethically attracti
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by Ariston Anderson The Japan Brand Pop Up Shop, currently at NYC's Felissimo through 30 May 2009, is full of the latest fashion accessories, kitchen props and home décor straight from Japan, but what really caught our eye was Hitoma—an enormous portable tea room meant to easily turn any room into the perfect tea or meditation retreat. The proje
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The 4th Bin tackles the e-waste recycling problem by proposing a massive infrastructure shift using design thought up by you. Sponsored by Valiant Technology, the international competition is putting the call out to all creative innovators to submit logo and bin designs. Eventually, the goal is to put the bins in buildings across the country so that business
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Inspired by the warmth and energy of the Tibetan sun, Nima Nyima's natural products combine homeopathic properties with plant-based fragrances, leaving minds and skin feeling enlightened and relaxed. Comprised of a blend of alpine plants, oils and pure yak milk, the handmade, cold-processed Nepalese soaps ($14) are biodegradable and come in invigorating arom
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Lost at E Minor turned it over to you to shape the look of their new logo, one that sums up everything the site stands for, rolled up into a design that is both fresh and readable. (See the above promo to get a sense of what they're all about.) After receiving a stack of very clever and creative submissions, they would love to...
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Located on a private peninsula along Brazil's Southern coast and part of the esteemed Relaix & Chateaux group, Ponta dos Ganchos ranks among one of the world's most exclusive resorts. With over-the-top luxurious bungalows, genuinely gracious staff, a no kids under 18 policy and plenty of activities that take advantage of the naturally lush surroundings,
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This past Tuesday legendary graffiti artist Claw Money unveiled her new collaboration with Sunglass Hut in a splash opening at the store's Herald Square outpost. The theme of the event was the internet, and on hand clicking away at guests was digital sensation Cory Kennedy and the Arab Parrot. In keeping with… Continue reading New Collaboration: Claw
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An update to the Rubik's cube, Naef's Cubicus wooden puzzle encourages that same creative and progressive learning as the iconic original we were all raised with, but the Swiss toymaker takes it a step further by allowing expansion and stacking. The flexible cube, designed by Peer Clahsen in 1968, is both a toy and example of fine design. Easy to play with a
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A primary function of seating is to provide comfort. But some do it so well, long term use can be unhealthy. Hence the term couch potato. NY based ErgoErgo is looking at seating in an entirely different way. At ICFF they launched a new seating concept designed by Alan Heller Continue reading ICFF: Exercise While You Sit
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Brooklyn based artist Ebon Heath creates complex mobiles made out of beautiful jumbles of letters and words. His typographic sculptures free text from… Continue reading Ebon Heath's Sculptures Create Beautiful Visual Noise
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Members of the Reware project have hacked older-model iPods into video game style music sequencers, bringing a new life to the "obsolete" technology. See them in action below.[via MAKE]… Continue reading Making Music With Ancient iPods
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by Tisha Leung Now in its fifth year, the Umbra/Pratt Design Competition proved once again that the collaboration is a natural fit, with the winners showing off their clever prototypes at this year's ICFF. The competition, open to undergraduates and graduate students in Pratt’s Industrial Design program, focused on the theme Need vs Want, challenging design
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For some, the simple rooster on a clear bottle with a green cap is a forgettable product on shelves busy with hot sauces, but for many, the bird proudly endorses a spicy concoction worthy of its cult following.  This increasingly popular sauce is Sriracha and its history is not made up of calculated promotions or… Continue reading Sriracha: When Repu
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Known for their awesome-fitting trousers, Bonobos is applying the same tactic to their line of shorts, available in a variety of fresh styles, colors and patterns. While women have a multitude of options for style and fit, men generally have to choose between sleek, high-end pants designed for the runway or baggy, mostly-boring trousers created for the masse
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Ball Nogues, a studio of forward-thinking designers and builders, created an unusual shadow structure in the summer of 2005 to illustrate their approach to aesthetics entitled, Maximilian's Schell. The temporary outdoor structure is a mosaic of carefully fabricated "petals."The unique aesthetic grew from manipulating Mylar and reinforcing the materials…
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This very sleek, designer-esque chair is the work of Dante Bonuccelli and Lamm for the 2009 Use More Use Less Project. Created from discarded keyboard keys, it looks amazing but we can't help but wonder about its comfort factor....
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Harlem-based Kikkerland Design has been producing unique objects since 1992. At this year's ICFF, it wasn't so much what they had displayed that was getting all the attention, but the display itself. Kikkerland purchased 3000 cans of Campbell's soup from local NYC supermarkets and built their booth out of them. At the conclusion of the show on… Contin
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Of its many qualities, Palacio del Retiro wins the most points for its calming charm and perfect location. The small boutique hotel rests on the edge of Madrid's magnificent central Parque del Gran Retiro. Retiro, both the most coveted residential neighborhood and in walking distance to Chueca and Gran Via, the hopping neighborhoods known for their shopping
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Of its many qualities, Palacio del Retiro wins the most points for its calming charm and perfect location. The small boutique hotel rests on the edge of Madrid's magnificent central Parque del Gran Retiro. Retiro, both the most coveted residential neighborhood and in walking distance to Chueca and Gran Via, the hopping neighborhoods known for their shopping
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As an alternative to the brown bag and the oft expense sit down lunch, few things are better or cheaper than a delicious styrofoam container of street meat, particularly these days, as increasing numbers of vendors are marrying mobility with haute cuisine. Without having to pay high rents and always being able to go where the crowd is, these lunch trucksR
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As an alternative to the brown bag and the oft expense sit down lunch, few things are better or cheaper than a delicious styrofoam container of street meat, particularly these days, as increasing numbers of vendors are marrying mobility with haute cuisine. Without having to pay high rents and always being able to go where the crowd is, these lunch trucksR
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For ninety years, quality and innovation have distinguished Lazer Helmets in addressing the needs of champion road cyclists and mountain bikers. Now, with the Urbanize N' Light, the Belgian company applies some of its signature design details to a helmet for the style-conscious urban rider. Most anyone with a noggin knows that finding a helmet to protect you
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For ninety years, quality and innovation have distinguished Lazer Helmets in addressing the needs of champion road cyclists and mountain bikers. Now, with the Urbanize N' Light, the Belgian company applies some of its signature design details to a helmet for the style-conscious urban rider. Most anyone with a noggin knows that finding a helmet to protect you
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Influenced by drinks, drugs and gravity, the foursome behind Brit band Wave Machines pump out eclectropop hits packed with psychedelic undertones and catchy beats that make you feel like you're floating on air. But their debut album, Wave If You're Really There, isn't only full of frolicsome tunes. Songs like "Punk Spirit" and "You Say The Stupidest Things"
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