Buenos Aires

Hot on the heels of the JC Report, we're off to South America's fashion capital for a spot of holiday and hopefully a bit of trend spotting too. I'll try to post whilst away but it may be even more sporadic than usual. Normal service will be resumed mid February.

3 Decades of Air

Being Hunted are celebrating three decades of the Nike Air trainer. Introduced in 1979 the Nike Air system has been the most successful sports shoe cushioning system ever. Nike is celebrating this over on its website too. Tags: Trainers, Sneakers, nike

Coolhunting

According to a Canadian newspaper it's the end of coolhunting. Apparently in 2005 it was on many of the 'Not' lists when it came to 'Hot or Not' at the end of the year and also people don't need to be told what is in and what's out anymore 'cos everyone is cool now. Oh ok. Surely pretty much the whole world is now driven by consumerism, having something that is equal to or better than your

Between You Me

Patryk Rebisz, a New York film maker has created a 4minute film shot entirely with stills."Seen by over 120,000 people online this 4 min long film was shot with still camera. A girl on her day off takes a hike through the streets of New York. As she runs she takes photographs of stuff on her way. She's assaulted in the evening and looses the camera. The "good guy" who tried to save her uses the

Are iPods cool?

As the number of iPods Apple has sold reaches 42 million and companies like Levi's build iPod controls into its jeans has it come to the point where it's not just normal to own an iPod, it's actually not cool?The iPod has completely revolutionised the way we listen to music. Rather than buying albums one at a time, sitting down and listening to them over and over until we know the words or every

The Google Backlash?

For so long Google has been the darling of the Internet. Right up to last week experts were predicting that its shareprice would reach $600 this year as it released more products and therefore found newer ways to sell advertising space. However, the Google bubble, whilst not burst, seems to have been given a sharp poke. The launch of Google Video has been a major disappointment to many people.

Car of the future

According to the Guardian, this is the city car of the future. They reckon that this car re-writes the rules after 100 years of motoring. Developed over a four year period, the car has been created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as part of the Smart Cities research group. Their concept: a stackable, shareable, electric, two-passenger car. "Imagine a shopping cart - a vehicle

The Royal interviews PSFK

The Royal magazine, a quarterly publication that focuses on all that is cool and up and coming, has a feature on PSFK in its latest edition. Part of the KDU, the Royal has asked Piers of PSFK about his future plans, what PSFK is all about and the future of PSFK and trend spotting. "There are 2 types of trend firms out there - the old and the new. The old are the 'names' - trend firms run by

Look at Book

It's been a while since we've featured any art on here but looking through Josh Spear's best of 2005 I couldn't help but take a second glance at the Look At Book."For thirty-six weeks, a sketchbook was sent in random order between four artists: two in Brooklyn, two in Belfast. Each week they would send the book to the next artists giving each artist 5 days to complete a spread in response to the