Pecha Kucha
01 January 2008

Pecha Kucha is the East London wide boy way of pronouncing it, announces Marcus Fairs, but we say it anyway.

The proper Japanese pronunciation is ‘Pekacha’. And so starts the North East’s first ever ‘if you’ve got something to say, you’d better be able to say it in 6 minutes and 40 seconds’ session, and it’s a sell out...

Over 200 people gathered at the Saint Vincent de Paul Centre next to Byker Bridge to draw on tablecloths, have a few drinks, and listen to an assortment of largely design-focused people talk about, well, everything under the sun.

We told our story that pretty much focused on bemusing New Yorkers, escaping arrest for obstruction and generally causing mayhem in New York. Our slides documented a weekend trip where we used various object (a pink chair, and our infamous UK Mirror) as street art.

(Apparently) it was hysterical and there were some great photos of Big Apple design icons thrown in to boot!

THE IDEA BEHIND IT...