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 the "City Focus" this week we head to the city of Chattanooga. This week will mark its PechaKucha Night Vol. 16, to be held on "lucky" Friday, December 13. You'll find more details, as well as the poster and full list of presenters, on the official event page.
For last week's PechaKucha Night Vol. 109 in Tokyo, we had a bit of a Christmas theme going throughout the night and the whole event was kicked off by PechaKucha co-founder Mark Dytham's presentation on Christmas trees, "Yuletide Shrubbery."
Luis Urculo discovered that he is interested in not the wholes, but the parts that make up the wholes. He created an atlas of destruction, where he has compiled a collection of pictures of buildings that have been destroyed. He then tried to reproduce their destruction using everyday objects.
Humans unconsciously seek connection with the natural world. Viewing nature has many benefits. Mark Petrick will explain them as well as the different ways designers use the concept of biophilic engagement in their work today.
In the future there will be more of us and we will be driving more. The transportation industry is the biggest energy consumer. Esben Holm and his team work towards reducing this energy consumption by creating a very energy-efficient car.
Matt Schley, a baseball fan, talks about the differences between Japanese baseball and American baseball. The rules are mostly the same, but the culture is different. This includes things like sacrificial bunting and cute beer-selling girls. He also talks about some of the unique characteristics of several stadiums in Japan.
Radim Schreiber, an award-winning nature photographer, shares some of his best firefly photographs with us. Fireflies resting on grass with the full moon in the background, fields covered in fireflies under a star-filled sky, and more. His photographs are stunning.
"Presentation of the Day" on December 5, 2013.