PechaKucha Night, now in over 700 cities, was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.
For our "City Focus" this week, we head to Nishinomiya, Japan, a city that celebrates its 20th PechaKucha Night on April 18. For more details on the event, as well as a look at the full list of presenters, please visit the official event page.
Have you checked out at our PechaKucha Night posters lately? Our events around the world are usually accompanied by an amazing poster, and on top of seeing them on that city's event page, we collect them on our PechaKucha Night Posters Tumblr.
We've been sharing photos from PechaKucha Nights at the top of the site since it relaunched last year, but now you'll be able to tell what city they're from, as we've started adding a small tag on the photos. Above, a shot from last month's PKN Tokyo Vol. 112.
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