It’s back, the global craze
Pecha Kucha that took Pittsburgh by storm last October returns on April 3rd with its unique Japanese-styled format.
Hosted by local
AIA and
AIGA chapters, local architects, designers and artists will once again have six minutes and 40 seconds to present their work in only 20 images. The creative format was conceived by a Tokyo architecture firm and named for the Japanese term for
sound of conversation.
“It’s interesting because we are asking designers to present in a really kind of personal presentation style,” says Greg Gibilisco, AIGA president. “What we are after is to have fun, cramming as many (people) in a small amount of space from really different perspectives across the design industry.”
Among this year’s thirteen presenters are Chris Pacione from
MAYA Design, Paul Rosenblatt from
Springboard Architecture and Rick Landesberg from
Landesberg Design. Artist Laura Miller will present her part in solving the economic crisis by transforming toxic asset paper into valuable pieces of art.
Interaction designer and anthropologist Erik Dahl will present his photographs of commuters through their side view mirrors, Teresa Foley will share her collection of original ringtones captured from Pittsburgh residents and the
Pittsburgh Signs Project team will explore the creation of their community-based web-based gallery and new crowd-sourced book.
“We had a lot good feedback from last year’s attendees,” says Gibilisco. “When it finally came to Pittsburgh, people really showed up in force.”
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Writer: Natalie Coccia
Source: Greg Gibilisco, president , AIGA Pittsburgh
Image courtesy AIGA Pittsburgh