PSFK ideas hunt

Another blog that I contribute to PSFK is on the hunt for some great ideas:'Need funding to help your idea become other folk's inspiration? Two Fortune 100 companies (in beverages and health & beauty respectively) want to meet people with superb ideas in early October to help bring your ideas to life.PSFK has been asked to help find 25 clever persons to attend a round of 'speed-investing' in

Just For Kicks

News from Crooked Tongues:'Just For Kicks is the first film of its kind to present the underlying drivers and players that fuelled the global sneakers revolution and its $26 Billion global market. Far from a formal history of the sneaker industry, Just For Kicks offers a fun and colorful insider's history of hip hop's most treasured fashion item; revealing behind the scene stories with exclusive

Wee House

The trend for sustainable, affordable and desirable houses has been knocking about for some time. From the floating houses of Berlin, to the nooks and crannies housing of Hamburg. However, one of the most interesting pre-fab builds has been created by Alchemy Architects and is now being used by Marriott Hotels to promote their new room designs. The Wee House is beautifully simple and is modular

Le Parkour

The coolest sport in the world (except football) has had a mini film made of it and it's awesome. For more information on Le Parkour check out its official site here.Tags: parkour

Personality Brands

The history of brands has been littered with various ways of making them more personal and creating an empathy between brand and consumer. Of late, brands seem to be creating more and more products that have very obvious personalities. From Peugeot and the fly swatting to the Puma ads that place their shoes in with the animals you are made to feel like the product has its very own personality and

Burton Store NYC

Josh Rubin has an interesting post on his Coolhunting blog. The snowboard and apparel company Burton has opened a store in New York's Soho but in order to give you the full experience of using their apparel they have built in a freezer. 'the store includes the full range of products from each of the Burton brands: Red, Anon, Analog, Gravis and of course Burton. The highlight is their 20 degree

Maharishi Skate Boards

Protein seem to have a little bit of an exclusive on the new Maharishi boards. They feature the DPM Series 1 camouflage patterns.'Each pattern contains references to the natural world in line with the theory set out in the 944-page camo encyclopaedia DPM Disruptive Pattern Material. The book, also available from dpmhi, emphasises camouflage's natural roots and artistic influences over its