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(Pic) Google Phone Booth
As a promotion for the company's VOIP service, they will be placing a number of British-style phone booths at colleges and airports around the US.
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A Different Kind Of Vinyl Heirloom
And Vinyly offers a unique way to preserve the memory of the deceased.
Beauty By Design: An Industry Leader Rethinks Its Package
Procter & Gamble unveils a new, 100% recyclable sugarcane-based packaging
Gameification, Goals And Play
Dan Hon looks at points, badges and what really makes a game in a new essay.
(Pics) PSFK SALON CHICAGO
Before an audience of about hundred readers, PSFK presented speakers from organizations including Threadless, the Post Family and Edelman.
Dinevore: Social Networking Meets Restaurant Ranking
A new site ranks eating establishments based on reviews by critics and customers.
Are The Days Of Reading Books Over?
Watching modern behavior patterns, it could be easy to infer that long-form books are going extinct.
The Problem With Nonstop Screen Time
New research highlights potential downsides to fiddling with digital devices while exercising or relaxing.
(Video) The Majestic Plastic Bag
A witty mock-nature documentary produced by nonprofit organization Heal the Bay aims to bring attention to a proposed law in California that would ban plastic shopping bags.
PSFK CONFERENCE LONDON: Speaker Katrin Baumgarten On Re-Humanising Interaction Design
Recent Royal College of Art graduate discusses how paradoxical emotions can be harnessed for creative design.
Tapi Transforms Faucets Into Drinking Fountains
A cleverly designed rubber widget allows drinking water without touching the tap.
(Headlines) Shopping Fever In China, Collective Solar Power & Kids On Planes
PSFK curates a daily selection of relevant and noteworthy news headlines from around the world.
Deprogrammed Architecture and Spontaneous Spaces
Augmented City is a conceptual architecture project that envisions a metropolis awash in augmented reality.
(Pic) Your Resolution Will Bring Us Victory
Another poster from the British Ministry of Informations 'Keep Calm & Carry On' series.
Monocolumn: Stopping Peeing In Public
Officials in New Delhi hope a series of new "five-star" luxury public toilets will help tackle the problem of public urination.
Time Furniture By Su-Jin Park
A Korean designer embeds classically styled furniture inside more modern variations.
The Uses And Perils Of Facial Recognition
Software that can recognize people in photos on the Internet has received mixed reviews from experts and organizations.
Meta Mapa: Hand Maps Drawn By Locals
Informal but useful maps that helps visitors navigate new areas.
Proposals For The Fourth Plinth
A giant cake, an overly-adorned soldier on his steed, a blue cockerel (rooster) or a church organ connected to an ATM may be added to Trafalgar Square next year.
Levi's Branded Art Installation
The company's community presence expands in San Francisco as part of the 'We Are All Workers' campaign.
The World's First Private Rocket To Launch A Human Into Space
A privately funded project prepares to launch an amateur astronaut 93 miles above the Earth.
Samsung Zipel: An All-In-One Home Appliance
An multi-functional device combines a microwave, traditional oven and a steamer.
Will Trader Joe's Continue To Act Small?
...or will its growth force it to act less like a neighborhood store - and more like a large corporation?
Creative Inspiration From The Behance Network XXXXV
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