San Diego Architectural Foundation

What's PechaKucha Night?
PechaKucha Night was designed by designers Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham in 2003 as a place for (you guessed it) creatives to meet, network, and show their work in public.  PechaKucha is now happening in over 200 locations globally. The SDAF is honored to have been selected as San Diego's official chapter of PKN.
  
PechaKucha is derived from a Japanese term meaning the sound of conversation, or chit-chat. PechaKucha Nights are creative, social and informal.  The concept is simple: each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds, giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of floor time and expression before the next presenter is up. Then there’s the 20 "rules". One of our favorites? Pecha Kucha Night is about thinking and drinking.  It all makes for stimulating, scintillating, succinct and often striking presentations from design, architecture, photography, art and other creative fields. Presentations begin at 20:20. Surprised?
  
Who presents at PechaKucha Nights?
The PKN floor is open to anyone who has something to share and a desire to do so within the 20x20 format. The SDAF will often (but not always) offer a theme for any given date to provide direction, and when we do even a whiff of the evening's inspiration is acceptable - but not required. Unacceptable: sales presentations and porn - but almost everything else, from sharing a work in progress to something from 100 years ago that has left an indelible imprint, is.
  
How can I participate?
If you have a 20x20 presentation up your sleeve, first review the presentation guidelines. Then, let us know of your interest by sending an email to PKN@sdarchitecture.org. Please include the following information:

• Name, profession and telephone number
• A sampling of your presentation Images (3-5, saved as a .jpg, and each image a maximum of 1024x768)
• Some biographical information, and what you plan to present.

We will reply to your email soon. All presenters must have their images submitted to us at least one week before each PechaKucha Night.

The goal of PKN and the SDAF in this effort is to stimulate thought, awareness and inspiration through the many forms that art and design take. As such, PechaKucha Night San Diego will be curated to encourage diversity, i.e. if you're an architect, designer, artist, writer, sculptor, baker, or creative in some other way that we may not have mentioned here, we want to hear from you! 

For more info about PKN and its history, have a look-see at the following:
Pecha-Kucha.org - official web site
20/20 Vision - Metropolis Magazine (Japan)
PKN and Beer - A Sober Guide to Better Presentations - by Paul Baron

Check out our event photos here:
PechaKucha Night SDV1 at The Corner Restaurant and Bar
PechaKucha Night SDV2 at The Pearl Hotel
PechaKucha Night SDV3 at The Ivy Hotel
PechaKucha Night SDV4 at Woodbury University
PechaKucha Night SDV5 at El Camino II
PechaKucha Night SDV6 at Whistle Stop Bar - BENEFIT FOR HAITI
                                       
Next PechaKucha Night: SDV7 - April 20, 2010
location tbd
 

PKN Presenter Tips.pdf