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Rethinking Design, Some Animation Love, and the Aalen Poster Explosion

May 22nd, 2012

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Presentations
Doreen Toutikian thinks that design can change the world for the better, and that’s what she hopes to achieve with her “Rethinking Design Through Cross-Cultural Collaboration” project — see her describe it in this presentation from PKN Beirut Vol. 13. Sebastian Alvarez loves animation, and that could help explain how he ended up becoming an animator. He uses this presentation (from PKN Miami Vol. 14) to describe the main principles behind animation, and shows how all animated forms (2D, CG) can be used to tell stories in original and creative ways.

PKN Aalen Vol. 2

Posters
We found this Facebook gallery of posters for Aalen’s past PKNs, and so have added a few of them (the ones we’d never seen before) to our Tumblr blog – and that’s the one for PKN Aalen Vol. 2 you see pictured above. We’ve also added the poster for this week’s PKN Portland, Maine Vol. 19 — next up for the city is the momentous Vol. 20!

PKN Maribor Vol. 7

Photos
Today’s photo galleries, as well as an event report. The photo above is from PKN Maribor Vol. 7.

PKN Sacramento organizer Claire Obenson reports on the city’s recent Vol. 17:

There were presentations from creative professions across the spectrum, such as a playwright, David Blue Garrison, host of the event, who showed posters of his work; there was Andrea Lepore, the creative director for a well known restaurant, Hot Italian, who showed her plans for a well known strip, called Del Paso Blvd; we had Melissa Magliola who showed off her new company, Compliment Rings, whose proceeds “give back” to the community; Veronica Delgado, the great publicist and Artist Agent showed off her endeavours and volunteering efforts; Famed architect, Owen T. Jones presented images about “inside versus outside” spaces; Dennis Dong, another famed architect and PK Night veteran presenter showed off his anonymous spaces and lastly, Marvin Maldonado presented images from his wife’s new boutique, Gypsy Mobile Boutique, Sacramento’s first mobile boutique.

Overall, this was one of the most interesting PK Nights we have ever held and thanks to all who participated!

Calendar
Tonight (May 22) you’ll find your PKN action in Montreal (Vol. 22), Dnipropetrovsk (Vol.1), and Dundee (Vol. 3), while tomorrow (May 23) you can look to these events for some PKN satisfaction: PKN Prague Vol. 29, PKN Ekaterinburg Vol. 3, PKN Leksand Vol. 4, and PKN Copenhagen’s very special Vol. 20.

More Magazine Library, a 3000-seat Venue for Koszalin, and a ‘Raucous’ Night in Nishinomiya

May 15th, 2012

Let’s take a look at what’s happening in PechaKucha today.

Presentations
As we promised yesterday, we continue to share presentations from last Friday’s special PechaKucha event at the Magazine Library exhibition. Today you can hear Antonin Gaultier talk about his new digital Tokyo fashion magazine, De Rigueur (available for Kindle), and Tokyo-based designer Ian Lynam shares some of the magazine titles that have had a big impact on him.

PKN Koszalin Vol. 9

Posters
Two new posters today on our Tumblr blog, starting with the one (above) for the upcoming PKN Koszalin Vol. 9 (on May 25). You see a piece of the amazing venue where it will be held in it, and below, a better look. You’ll also find the beautifully illustrated poster for PKN Barcelona Vol. 16.

PKN Koszalin Vol. 9

It’s the Koszalin Amphitheatre, and it can hold 3000 spectators — that’s PKN Tel Aviv territory!

PKN Beirut Vol. 8

Events
We of course have a few new galleries of event photos to point out, and the photo above is an oldie but goodie, from PKN Beirut Vol. 8 (the most recent event in that city was last week’s Vol. 14).

Here we have a report from PKN Nishinomiya organizer Brent Jones on the city’s recent PKN Vol. 12:

Friday, April 13 (that’s right . . . Friday the 13th) was another raucous night of creativity and fun at CUBE in Nishinomiya. We continue to attract an eclectic mix of presenters, and this beautiful Spring night was no exception. We started the evening by showing Mark Dytham’s PechaKucha Global Events presentation from the PKN website. We explained to the audience that we are locked into our set events (because our venue is a school), but that we try to promote these events as much as we can. Our first live presenter was Teruko Ashida, who introduced her organic fruit farm in Amagasaki and the events she holds there. Peter Sterlacci followed up with a lively introduction to Personal Branding. Shuji Narita came next with a humorous look at common English mistakes made by Japanese, and he was followed by Carmen Tamas and Shawn White swapping musings about the charms of Japan and Romania. Our Beer Break was followed by a PKN formatted workshop on Old School Hip Hop by Warren Decker. Natsuko Shiraishi then introduced her work with groups of indigenous Mangyan on the island of Mindoro in the Philippines. The audience was then treated to the trials and tribulations of learning how to scull by Richard Miller, and Wes Lang rounded out the night with a poetic look at Unkai, or the sea of clouds that can be viewed from various summits in Japan. We again enlisted the help of several students in introducing the presenters and keeping the evening full of unexpected twists and turns, and are already looking forward to PKN Nishinomiya Volume 13 on July 6th.

Calendar
As we mentioned yesterday, tonight (May 15) you can look forward to PKN Helsingborg Vol. 8, and then tomorrow night (May 16) Wagga Wagga will be hosting its PKN Vol. 6.

Magazine Library, Print Culture, and Manizales’ Poster Promotions

May 14th, 2012

We’re experimenting with this new post format again, trying to give you more bang for your buck in terms of offering a daily snapshot of what’s happening in the world of PechaKucha, and trying to save you from the endless streams of feed notifications that seem to clutter our lives.

Presentations
As we recently covered on the blog, we had a special PechaKucha event this past Friday here in Tokyo, as part of the 10th edition of the Magazine Library exhibition. We invited 5 presenters to cover topics that touch on magazines and print culture, and we’ll be sharing all of them online today and tomorrow. Today, you get to hear Audrey Fondecave talk about the upcoming issue of TOO MUCH (”the magazine of romantic geography”), Mike Abelson talk about his stationery brand Postalco, and a recent printing project he embarked on, and Luis Mendo tells us how Tokyo turned this editorial designer into an artist.

PKN Manizales Vol. 1

Posters
We’ve got another new batch of PKN posters and flyers up on our Tumblr blog, including a few examples of what was produced for PKN Manizales Vol. 1 (above, a flyer), as well as from PKN Muscat Vol. 1, PKN Beirut Vol. 13, PKN Buffalo Vol. 12, PKN Cagliari Vol. 2, and PKN Moscow Vol. 12.

PKN Sao Paulo Vol. 10

PKN Sao Paulo Vol. 10

Event Photos
We know you love seeing event photos — to get a feel for how PKNs are being done around the world — and we’re going to be sharing even more, by posting links to even more galleries than in the past. Pictured above, a scene from March’s PKN Sao Paulo Vol. 10, as well as a few happy attendees during the beer break.

Links
A few PechaKucha-related links from around the webosphere.

  • A fun call-for-entries video (above) for the upcoming PKNs (Vol. 2 and 3) in Genoa 
  • An interview (in Russian) with our friends from PKN Moscow at Theoryandpractice
  • We don’t usually like to give too much instructions on how to do a presentation — we like to see how each person approaches the format — but for those in need a few tips, this post might help

Calendar
It’s a quiet Monday with no PechaKucha Nights happening tonight, but tomorrow night, Helsingborg will be hosting its PechaKucha Night Vol. 8, happening at the Helsingborgs Stadsteater. 

PKN Beirut Vol. 13

March 12th, 2012

PKN Beirut Vol. 13

Beirut held its PechaKucha Night Vol. 13 at the end of February, and here are a few photos to give you a taste of what the event was like — here’s also a blog post that does a great job of reporting on the night that was. You’ll find the full list of presenters with links on the official event page.

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PKN Beirut’s Call for Submissions

February 2nd, 2011

PKN Beirut's Call for Submissions

The next PechaKucha Night in Beirut will be its 10th edition, set to happen March 16, and the organizers have announced a call for submissions. If you’d like to present, you can get in touch via the official Beirut city page, or through the team’s Facebook page.

PKN Beirut Vol. 8

June 23rd, 2010

PKN Beirut Vol. 8

We absolutely loved getting these photos from the recent PechaKucha Night in Beirut Vol. 8, held on the street, on popular stairs in the city, and even happier to hear that around 450 people came out for the event. Big thanks to organizer Stephanie Dadour for the photos, and for the great location idea.

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Illustrating a PKN Experience

October 26th, 2009

PKN Beirut Vol. 6

It’s one thing to write about your PechaKucha Night experience, but how about illustrating it? That’s just what Maya Zankoul did, following her appearing at last week’s PKN Beirut Vol. 6. Read the entire comic strip here.

PKN Beirut in the News

October 23rd, 2009

PKN Beirut in the News

Even though we can’t read it, we’re very happy to see PechaKucha get some coverage in Arabic, and we need to thank PKN Beirut organizer Stephanie Dadour for sending us a scan of an article covering this week’s Vol. 6 — see photos from the event in this post.

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PKN Beirut Vol. 6

October 23rd, 2009

PKN Beirut Vol. 6

PechaKucha Night returned to Beirut earlier this week for a 6th edition, and as you’ll see from the event photos, attendees filled up the Harboyan Center rather nicely.

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