PechaKucha Night, now in over 800 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.
Joanna Kwan reminisces about the turning point in her childhood when she became aware of her power to open doors of her own choosing, and how, while battling her self-doubts wth hard work, one such door led her to one of her biggest achievements yet.
Yvette Mattern talks about his art project called the Global Rainbow. The Global Rainbow is a night-time rainbow that ranges for many kilometers.
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.
