PechaKucha Night, now in over 900 cities, was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.
We shine this week's PechaKucha City Focus on the vibrant community of Ubud in Bali, Indonesia who are hosting their 34th volume this week! Surrounded by rice fields in a remote corner of the world, PKN Ubud shows that all it takes is some passion and the 20x20 format to truly activate a community's creativity. From here head over to our official PechaKucha Poster tumblr where we always share Ubud's amazing posters for their PechaKucha Nights! Hats off to you Ubud, and best of luck to you on your 34th PechaKucha Night! We're cheering for you from around the world!
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Polygot Sarah Stark, PechaKucha Night Tokyo's intrepid interpreter steps into the PechaKucha People Spotlight for her translational talents with which she continually supports Tokyo's multi-lingual audience. It was her voice in our earphones at last week's Designart 2017 Opening Event - PechaKucha Night Tokyo Special that allowed us to follow along with the images! We salute Sarah and all the other PechaKucha People out there that help translate 20x20 presentations across the 40+ languages of PechaKucha! Thank you, Sarah! ありがとう, Danke, Gracias, Merci, спасибо, ευχαριστώ, 谢谢... <3
"I'm always experimenting to find the artist in me."
In "YomiCal" from PechaKucha Night Sharjah Vol. 7, Randah Taher shares the story of the evolution of YomiCal which blossomed through her love of paper, stitching, book-binding and notebook design.
In Honor of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage:
"Once you become more comfortable (with) making music, you find making music with other people to be a powerful experience."
In "Bloom Where You're Planted" from PechaKucha Night Baton Rouge Vol. 3, Ex- Baton Rouge Symphony member Dave Hinson talks about the foundation of the Adult Music Club in Baton Rouge and how his life has inspired him to help ordinary people find ways in which they can express themselves creatively.
"Experiences bring lasting happiness, especially traveling to a new place. After all, what are you going to remember 20 years from now, your new 70" flat screen TV or that week you spent in Morocco."
As the owner of two successful pubs, it's probably safe to say that Larry Porter didn't really have the time to become a travel guide. But the lessons he learned while traveling compelled him to start Porterra Travel, so he could share the joy of travel with others. In "Lessons From The Road" from PechaKucha Night Easton Vol. 3, find out how travel changed him, and how it can change you.
"It's nothing to do with creating the perfect drawing, but just to capture the simplicity of an idea with complete freedom."
In "Architecture: Elements of Beauty, Serenity, and Joy" From PechaKucha Night Forster Vol. 4, Ian Sercombe shares his highly contemplative and tranquil architectural work that is inspired by beauty, magic, and serenity. Ian utilizes traditional adobe and hand-drawn sketches to create energy efficient living spaces of beauty.
Ian creates designs with the use of rammed earth and traditional materials to enhance a lush warmth to the building that his priveleged clients call home in an energy efficient environment.
"80 percent of people under of the age of 30 want to change career paths but feel like they can't already. I started to wonder, what is going on with work? Why is it so confusing? Why is it this tormenting thing that's tying us in knots?"
In "Next Generation Work, Next Generation Workers" from PechaKucha Night Edmonton Vol. 25 Tyler Waye asks the fundamental question: how do you find success in the confusing and somewhat frustrating world of work?
