Pecha Kucha, which is Japanese for the sound of conversation, is a series of show-and-tell evenings for designers, architects, artists and creatives, started by Klein Dytham architecture in Tokyo in 2003. 

Since then, groups have sprung up in cities across the world (over 350 so far) and adopted the Pecha Kucha format: each presenter has 20 slides which are displayed for 20 seconds each.

Pecha Kucha taps into a demand for a forum in which creative work can be easily and informally shown. With the 20x20 format, presentations are concise, the interest level goes up, and more people get the chance to show their ideas.

The Brussels format includes designers, architects, artists, scientists, fashion designers, photographers, musicians, and creative entrepreneurs. It is launched and organised by Alok Nandi, Architempo, as part of {creativity*conversation}. Updates on http://pechakucha.architempo.net 

Speakers for this special edition are

Frédéric Deswattines - Idrabel environmental biotechnology

Josyane Franc - Cité du Design St-Etienne, France

Giovanna Massoni - curator, journalist - design & art

Sandrine Mossiat - food geek & columnist 

Gregory Titeca - Happiness Brussels - 

Dinie Van den Heuvel - patterns moulage draping cultural philosophy

Hubert Verstraeten - squaring the circle

Christophe Washer - collectionneur, artiste, critique

Pecha Kucha Brussels Vol.15 PKN smart
18 Dec. 2010, at 20:20

Smart Urban Stage

1050 Brussels

*** We recommend that you arrive half an hour early ***