As an extension of our online voice, PSFK runs conferences, workshops, and private events that foster discussion about the latest trends and creative ideas.PSFK Conference London (2010) will be presents on September 10, 2010 -- London, United Kingdom.
Artist and technology designer who experiments with the physical human experience.He will talk about the aesthetics of disgust and show some switches at dorkbot London at Great Western Studios on the 18th of August.
Recent Royal College of Art graduate discusses how paradoxical emotions can be harnessed for creative design. Today, designers concentrate just on pleasant emotions— the beautiful and slick— but paradoxical emotions can actually intensify the relationship between object & user. One of these is disgust. It especially triggered my interest because of the strong link between attraction and repulsion, which is something we are scared to admit once we grow up.
Ben Wilson is a 3D Industrial designer working with mass produced products and one off hand made commissions. His work has been extensively published and exhibited worldwide.
I'm Thomas Thwaites and I'm trying to build a toaster, from scratch - beginning by mining the raw materials and ending with a product that Argos sells for only £3.99. A toaster.
The social entrepreneur and changemaker discusses how he found opportunity in rejected real estate to revitalize a London marketplace. Early in 2009, I started hosting monthly meet-ups for anyone interested in new ways of making spaces work – artists, community activists, architects, squatters, policy-makers. We set up a Ning site for people to keep in touch in between meet-ups.
Dougald founded the Space Makers Agency in September 2009. This followed six months of organising Space Makers Network meetups around London, which brought together artists, community activists, architects, policy-makers and others.
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A new decade. An ongoing global financial crisis. It's a time to regroup, re-evaluate -- and then to dream. Dream big. Because the world of ideas has never mattered more. For TED2010 we've assembled a lineup of speakers whose ideas and ingenuity will thrill, enlighten and inspire. It's What the World Needs Now ...
The 2010 Skoll World Forum focuses on catalysing collaboration for large scale change. The Forum is a joint venture between The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford and The Skoll Foundation.
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South by Southwest (SXSW) is a set of interactive, film, and music festivals and conferences that take place every spring in Austin, Texas. SXSW first began in 1987 and is centered on the downtown Austin Convention Center.
SXSWeek 2010: March 12-21
Interactive: March 12-16
Film: March 12-20
Music: March 17-21
TechCrunch Disrupt is a three-day, single-track conference and startup competition to immerse you in the debate about what’s changing in technology right now, what’s causing it and what we need to do about it to survive and thrive in real time.
Sept 27-29, 2010, SF (http://disrupt.techcrunch.com/2010-sf/)
May 24-26, 2010, NYC (http://disrupt.techcrunch.com...
This year's BIL took place, as always, down the street from TED in Long Beach at the Museum of Latin American Art. BIL featured 20 talks across Friday and Saturday morning along with small group discussions. For $20.00, "BILsters" could attend the unconference, listen to talks and network with other people working on amazing projects around...
Mashable and CNN are proud to present their first joint one-day conference in New York City: Mashable Media Summit 2010. The Mashable Media Summit features the intersection of social and digital media and lifestyle themes, bringing in dynamic speakers in the area of Hospitality (Brian Simpson, Roger Smith Hotel), Music (Josh Charles, Singer/Songwriter/Pianist...
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