Pecha Kucha Cincinnati!


(pic from PK Jacksonville)

Do you PK?

Do you have any idea what I'm talking about? If so, good for you, thou hip and in-the-know designerly type. I'll fill the rest of you in so you too can be hip and designerly and in the know.

PK is short for Pecha Kucha (say it with me: Peh-Chah Kuh-Cha) Yes, it's a real phrase (that often incites copious amounts of giggling among my roommates, who are halfway convinced I made the whole thing up) Pecha Kucha is Japanese for "chit chat."

It's an open forum for designers and creative types to share their work, research, or a topic they're interested in. There are generally 10 speakers. Each speaker presents a slideshow consisting of 20 slides. They get 20 seconds to talk about each slide. So, 20x20 = a 6 minute 40 second presentation. The timed format prevents wordy types from straying too far off topic, and helps to move the presentation along in a timely and interesting manner.

These PK nights happen in cities all over the globe - from Indianapolis to Singapore. Cincinnati had its inaugural PK night this past Feburary. It was held in the lobby of the Contemporary Arts Center. There were some really interesting presenters from a wide variety of fields and experience levels. It was also very 'see and be seen' for the Young Professional/Hip Designerly Type crowd. The cash bar was a good touch as well.

The second Pecha Kucha night is happening in two weeks: Friday, May 8th. It'll be at the Cincinnati Art Academy. They've asked me to give a presentation on the recycleD bin project!!!! I'm more than a little excited. The doors open at 6pm. Presentations run from 6.30-8.30. Cocktails and discussion follow after. Tickets are $10, which is cheaper than seeing a show. In other words, I'd just fall over from happiness if you came. So... you should!

Check out:

the official PK Cincinnati website: http://doyoupk.org/

PK Cincy's Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/doyoupk/sets/72157614432984000/show/

a Soapbox Cincinnati article on PK night: http://www.soapboxmedia.com/features/53pechakucha.aspx

Window Display!

Wow, what a rush! Wednesday morning I stopped into Park + Vine for my IZZE fix, and ended up chatting with Dan and Sandy for a quick minute. Dan had already asked me once if I wanted to set up an area in the store for recycleDbin, and I said yes, but hadn't had the time to come up with a display or anything. He said he wanted something new just in time for Earth Day (three days away!) and then asked if I wanted to set up a window display in the front of the store!!

He asked me to do this Wednesday morning, for a Friday execution. Needless to say I was very distracted all day on Thursday (sorry to my professors who may be reading this!) planning and measuring and figuring it all out. BUT. I did. It's up.

Many, many, MANY thanks to those who helped make it possible - my amazing BF Nick, who stayed up late and helped me construct frame work; Christian Davies at FRCH who helped me brainstorm signage ideas, emersionDESIGN (esp. Nikki Marksberry!) for support and plastic bags, and the nice guy who helped me put stuff together for a minute on Friday morning.

But enough with the talk. I know you want to see the final product!!



before


after!!


inside

So if you have always wanted to come down to Park+Vine but never had a reason... now you have one! Come and bring me your bags!

Posts to come: Pecha Kucha night, the construction process