Pecha Kucha Melbourne

NEXT EVENT: Vol.01 - 21 November 2006

VENUE: The Blue Diamond Social Salon & Cabaret, Level 15, 123 Queen Street.

Bar and kitchen open at 6pm, presentations start 7.30pm

Presenters will be:

Adele Varcoe

Alexander Lotersztain - Alexander Lotersztain Studio

Andrew Weldon

Domenico Bartolo - 21-19

Vivian Stappmanns + Ewan McEoin - Melbourne Design Guide

Justin Schmidt - Horse Bazaar

Ian Moore - Ian Moore Architects

Julia Deville - Disce Mori

Kjell Grant

Luke Norris - Tuhi Creative

Paul Barbera + Pollyanna Whitman - Barbera + Whitman

Penny Modra + Stuart Geddes - IsNotMagazine

Randal Marsh - Wood Marsh Architects

Ryan from Canada via New York City

Susan Dimasi + Chantalle McDonald - Material By Product

Tin + Ed - tin&ed

Thomas Jeppe

Pecha Kucha Night, devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham (Klein Dytham architecture), was conceived in 2003 as a place for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. (Admittedly, it was also a way to get more people to visit SuperDeluxe - their then newly opened multimedia event space in Tokyo).

But as we all know, give a mike to a designer (especially an architect) and you'll be trapped for hours. The key to Pecha Kucha Night is its patented system for avoiding this fate. Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each - giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show.

Pecha Kucha (which is Japanese for the sound of conversation) has tapped into a demand for a forum in which creative work can be easily and informally shown, without having to rent a gallery or chat up a magazine editor. This is a demand that seems to be global - as Pecha Kucha Night, without any pushing, has spread virally to over a dozen cities across the world. Find a location and join the conversation.