Amsterdam held its Inspire Japan event last night, and one of the presenters (see the full list here) was art director and illustrator Luis Mendo, who just so happens to be the designer of the upcoming Inspire Japan ebook — you can pre-buy it on our Inspire Japan site, with all proceeds going to reconstruction efforts. During the PKN, he also drew “live” what he was seeing — see photos above — and by the end of the night it was part of a lottery to collect donations.
Tjeerd Braat was a presenter at this month’s PechaKucha Night in Amsterdam Vol. 16, and his presentation has popped up on YouTube, and it’s embedded in this post. You can find the full list of presenters with links from that edition on the official PKN Amsterdam Vol. 16 event page.
The next PechaKucha Night in Amsterdam (Vol. 12) is set to happen January 20 — that would be in the far, far future of 2010 — with Meral Das aka Blackbird Badger set to create the musical/visual accompaniments throughout the evening. Pictured above is a photo taken by Raphael Rebach at the previous edition (Vol. 11), and very appropriately titled “Hypnotized.”
PechaKucha Night in Budapest Vol. 12 was held back in May, and you may remember that at the time we mentioned that PKN Amsterdam organizers Bart Cardinaal and Nadine Roos’ “Flying Grass Carpet” was going to make an appearance. Photos from the event have finally popped up, and above you can see an amazing photo that showcases not only the stunning venue (at the Museum of Applied Arts), but the carpet as well.
We’ve covered PechaKucha Night in Amsterdam organizers Bart Cardinaal and Nadine Roos’ “Flying Grass Carpet” before, but we’ve very happy to note that the project has been nominated for the Dutch Design Awards. The process now involves public voting, which you can do by going to this page of the competition’s site. For more on the project, make sure to visit the official “Flying Grass Carpet” site.
We all know that PechaKucha Nights worldwide boast an amazing wide range of presenters, but we’re pretty sure that yesterday in Amsterdam was the first PKN to have a presentation given by an astronaut, two even: Johannes Sterka and Elias Tieleman.
Bart Cardinaal and Nadine Roos of HUNK-design and Eddy Kaijser (ID Eddy) have a dream, and it’s an inspired one: to see their “Flying Grass Carpet” project take flight and bring a touch of parklife to city centers around the world.
Modeled after the idea of creating a giant Persian rug, the massive carpet measures up to 58m x 32 m — it’s adjustable, going down to 22m x 18m — creating an instant field for anyone to enjoy as they would any park. The carpet is made of over 85 million pieces of artificial grass, using varied lengths and colors to create a satisfying texture.
Bart, Nadine, and Eddy’s goal is to have the carpet travel from city to city. So far, “The Flying Grass Carpet” has been spotted in the Netherlands (Rotterdam and Amsterdam) and Germany (Aachen). If you’d like to have it visit your city, you can find out how from the official project website.
