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Another city will soon hit the Vol. 20 mark, and that’s Oslo, with the special PechaKucha Night set to happen on December 1 at DogA — you’ll find the full list of presenters on the official event page.
PechaKucha Night in Oslo Vol. 11 was held a few days ago, and organizer Arpna Gupta Stokke sends in a few photos of the terrific program they prepared for the event. It was produced by graphic design studio Your Friends, and as Arpna explains, tips its hat to the birthcountry of PKN, Japan.
The programme has taken its inspiration from Japan, birth place of Pechkucha night. The format is based on standard Japanese paperformats JIS. The traditional Shiroku Ban is the size of the folded out program. The flyers, drink coupons and tickets are also based on the Shiroku Ban format. To get a proper folder for the speakers we’ve used a origami tecnique which makes it possible to have an 8-page folder without using any binding. It’s cost-effective, good for the environment and makes for an intriguing piece of design.
What an amazing story: immediately after her boyfriend broke with her, Linda Spaman fell off her bike, losing her two front teeth in the process. As PechaKucha Night in Gothenburg organizer Jesper Larsson explains it, after she realized that the accident was not covered by her insurance, she decided to document “the long, painful, and expensive process of getting new teeth, and played with the idea of turning the material into a coffee table book. She even contacted her insurance company — the one that didn’t pay for her teeth — and asked if they wanted to sponsor the book.”
Linda presented her story at PKN Gothenburg, and was then invited to present at PKN Oslo, which she did two weeks ago. We’ve included a few images from her presentation below, but you can view the entire — slightly graphic — series on Linda’s blog.