PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.
For the "City Focus" this week we turn our attention to Breda. The city is hosting its PechaKucha Night Vol. 6 on May 23, and you'll find the list of presenters and full details -- including a fun animated flyer -- on the official event page.
PKNs are usually held in the local language (or using a bilingual mix), and so our presentation archive is made up of quite the international variety. To make these more accessible to a global audience, we have begun adding English subtitles on select presentations.
Every month we send out a global newsletter -- you can subscribe in the footer below -- in which we highlight the 5 most popular presentations from the previous month. Here's a look at what was tops in April. Pictured, Jake Adelstein's "Tale of the Lucky Cat."
Designer Makoto Orisaki talks about how changing the lines of seemingly simple industrial design can fundamentally change the motion and impact of the object. (in Japanese with English subtitles)
インターデザインアーティスト、織咲誠さんが「線の引き方次第で、世界が変わる」をテーマに、線を変えただけで劇的に飛躍進化した作品を紹介してくださっています。
"Gaming Fashionista" Kyle McLain is a longtime fan of all things Nintendo. He goes into depth on the secondary role gaming's famed sidekick Luigi (of the Super Mario Bros. franchise) plays in refererence to his older brother Mario, his emotional range, and his history as a character within the Nintendo compendium.
"Presentation of the Day" on May 21, 2013.
Interpreter-by-trade Sarah Stark speaks (in both English and Japanese) of her life growing up foreign in Japan, and goes into detail on how people-watching inspired her to take up photography.
"Presentation of the Day" on May 20, 2013.
Graduate student Susannah Acuff talks about her journey from pre-med to anthropology. She began by shadowing her grandfather, a physician, in free clinics, and examined the cultural opinions and use of health care and insurance, which eventually led her to Africa, where she examined alternative models for health insurance, instead of the for-profit model found in the United States.
Beautiful photographs by Jim Tanton, jimtanton@gmail.com
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"Presentation of the Day" on May 18, 2013.
Kenichi Asano, who currently works at repairing Buddha statues, talks about his endeavors with karakuri puppets. He employs traditional japanese statuemaking techniques, but produces more modern figures, from robots to popular video game characters. (in Japanese with English subtitles)
仏像の修復の仕事をされながら、伝統技術や古典技法を使い、現代の格闘技やゲームやロボットをイメージソースに制作活動を行われいらっしゃる淺野健一さんの作品プレゼンテーションです。
"Presentation of the Day" on May 17, 2013.