PechaKucha Night, now in over 900 cities, was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.
PechaKucha Night Asahikawa takes the City Focus for their upcoming Winter Festival! The spectacle of snow, ice, light and fireworks will be beautiful lit up at night, and attended by visitors from all over the world, kicked off with this week's Vol. 5 PechaKucha Night! Their creativity is bound to impress!
We take a magic carpet ride to the capital and largest city of Tajikistan, Dushanbe who, in honor of their very first PechaKucha Night this week, have put together this intricate and hypnotizing poster, a reflection of the cities vibrant cultural tapestry! Check out more amazing posters here!
PechaKucha Night Trondheim organizer, Lina Aspen deserves this week's PK People spotlight for being a youthful beacon of creativity brightening up Norway's dark winter days by organizing the city's 7th volume this week. Driven by students, PKN Trondheim aims to be the meeting place for all creatives!
"Wallpaper can be a source of comfort and familiarity."
In Superb Surface at PechaKucha Night Bexhill-on-Sea, Vol.4, recent University of Brighton graduate, Eleanor Pearch sheds light on the underappreciated medium of wallpaper and shares her passion for off-the-wall creativity. Selected as one of the artists chosen to exhibit at the De La Warr Pavilion for the Platform programme, she talks about her practice and the work she created for the exhibition.
"Process is more important than outcome."
In Processes of Making: Ideas and Risk-taking at PechaKucha Night Galashiels, Vol. 4, Andrew Mackenzie presents his most recent exhibition pieces as he walks through his laborious yet captivating creative process.
This was "PechaKucha of the Day" on Wednesday, January 25th, 2017.
"Can art be more than this? Is it merely self expression?"
In Simple, Playful, and Interactive from PechaKucha Night Tokyo Vol. 141, Purin Phanichphant talks about his creations which are often simple, playful, and interactive. They combine his fun-loving Thai roots, his obsession with knobs, buttons, and screens, and his training as an interaction and industrial designer.
This was "PechaKucha of the Day" on Tuesday, January 24th, 2017.
"When you're a photographer, you have this tremendous responsibility, to show this person the best way you can, in a way that's authentic."
In Why I Photograph Musicians, from PechaKucha Night Coventry Vol. 27, Rob Bridge explains why he spend hours, days, weeks and years traipsing from one end of the United Kingdom to the other to photograph musicians that you’ve probably never heard of…
This was "PechaKucha of the Day" on Monday, January 23rd, 2017.
"Now you're all illustrators and I'm out of a job!"
In The Creative Process in 6 Simple Steps from PechaKucha Night Beirut Vol. 26, Nader Tabri breaks down the creative process into 6 simple steps. Buckle up for "How to illustrate an illustration, an illustrative guide (complete with illustratory illustrations) by a not-so-illustrious illustrator who sucks at giving titles to things or how I learned to stop worrying and love fig jam."
