PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat”, it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It’s a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.
PechaKucha Boston has a one-two punch for the Boston design community over the next several days.
On this Saturday, February 20, PechaKucha Boston will co-host, along with MIT Center for Future Civic Media, a PechaKucha for Haiti event. The event is part of a global fundraiser for Architecture for Humanity.
One hundred percent of the money raised will be used for building facilities in Haiti – PechaKucha will not take anything. Normally at AFH, 88% of the money is spent on design and construction services, the remaining 12% going to fundraising, outreach and administrative costs. But since AFH have already covered the design costs regarding Haiti, all the funds raised by this event will be spent on reconstruction:
The Boston event will feature remarks and comments by Brett Stilwell or PechaKucha Boston, Christina Ostermier and Michael Keyes of Architecture for Humanity Boston, and Christina Xu of MIT C4FCM. The 20×20 talks will be the following:
- Chris Csikszentmihalyi and Dale Joachim, MIT Center for Future Civic Media
- Christina Ostermier and Michael Kyes, Architecture for Humanity Boston
- Jeff Warren, MIT Center for Future Civic Media
- Michel DeGraff, Professor of Linguistics, MIT
- Nadya Peek, MIT Media Lab
- Riche Zamor, President, University of Fondwa
PechaKucha for Haiti will be held at MIT Media Lab, 20 Ames St, Cambridge, MA, and begin at 8:00pm. You can register for the event on that night’s EventBrite page.
Then, on Wednesday, February 24, PechaKucha Boston returns to Mantra for its 16th event. This month’s event will be co-hosted by RISD Boston. The night will start with opening remarks and comments by PechaKucha Boston’s Stillwell and Karen Fox of RISD Boston. The 20×20 talks will include the following presenters:
- Alyson Fletcher, Bike and Build
- Andrzej Zarzycki and Sapir Ng, SHIFTboston
- Anmol Madan, MIT
- Jillian Bergman, Remedy Quarterly
- Matt Grigsby, Ecolect
- Nick Morgan, Public Words
- Ralph Masiello
- Ryan Scott Bardsley
- Scott Listfield, Astronaut Dinosaur
- Wendy Prellwitz, Prellwitz Chilinski Associates, Inc.
Doors open at 6:00, and talks start at 7:00. You can register for this event through that night’s Eventbrite page.
