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 this week's "City Focus" we head to Germany, where the city of Erfurt has a young series that is already building an impressive presentation archive. The city's next PechaKucha Night is set for June 26.
There are always a lot of great new PechaKucha Night posters to check out on our PKN Poster Tumblr, the latest of which comes to us from Chicago (view the full poster here), for this week's Vol. 33. Top o' the world!
It always makes us happy to see our series around the world get some great media coverage, and we'd like to highlight this New York Times piece, "The Creativity of Almost Anything," that takes a look at the PKN series in the Hamptons.
Ian Lynam talks about his upcoming book on graphic design, Parting it Out (Kickstarter project page). The book desribes the culture and motives behind great design.
Jane Anne Franklin talks about the transportation and habitation of a newborn Polar bear of one zoo to another. She took on the role of a mother bear as she learn and took care of this baby polar bear.
Trent McBride and Tao Romera Martinez introduce us to a service they developed (Tadaku) to help people experience real homecooking, but they start off by sharing a series of fun food trivia that will leave you surprised.
Pathum Egodawatta speaks of the people that have inspired and influenced him on his journey to becoming a graphic designer.
Artist Abdi Farah talks about his work in relation to his journey from studying art in college to being named the winner of the inaugural season of Bravo’s "A Work of Art." He continues his passion for art in New Orleans seeking kindred spirits through an exploration of metaphysical and imaginary worlds and sports.
