From the birthplace of PechaKucha Night -- SuperDeluxe in Tokyo -- a review and preview of the daily goings on!

While in Tokyo as a participant at this year's edition of DesignTide, Spanish designer Oscar Diaz took us on a tour of various works, each offering an interesting solution to a design question. He also covers his amazing "Rec & Play" project, a collaboration with designer Yuri Suzuki, which was on show at DesignTide.

A fun look at designs based on and inspired by okashi (Japanese sweets). The latter part of the presentation offers a realistic take on existing snacks.

A look at the fantastic works of Tokyo Genso.

Ears are unique to each individual person in shape and size. They are acoustic filters of the world around us and shape the character of the sounds we hear. This presentation looks at what was learned from an artist-in-residency project in Sydney, Australia, which involved drawing studies of 153 different people's ears. This presentation is in English.

Lon Wong is a member of a new start-up that advocates collaborative consumption, and in his presentation he explains why a lifestyle of consumption is both killing us and pushing us towards better ways of living. (in English)

A presentation by Bill Stelling of slides documenting the history of the legendary 1980s New York graffiti gallery. (in English)

Anna has recently moved to Tokyo, where she works at Klein Dytham architecture (yes, home to the founders of PechaKucha), and in this presentation she shares some of the fun aspects of being an architectural student. (in English)

In this second PKN presentation by Akira Uchimura -- watch the first one here -- he explores the topic of collaboration. There are 1 billion "Japanese people" around the world, and here he looks at ways of combining that collective power.

"Presentation of the Day" on May 14, 2013.