Poster by Danielle Myers

About PechaKucha

Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of "chit chat", PechaKucha 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 Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It grew into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide. The Civic Design Center is the Nashville host.

“All pictorial form begins with the point that sets itself in motion... The point moves . . . and the line comes into being—the first dimension. If the line shifts to form a plane, we obtain a two-dimensional element. In the movement from plane to spaces, the clash of planes gives rise to body (three-dimensional) . . . A summary of the kinetic energies which move the point into a line, the line into a plane, and the plane into a spatial dimension.”

-Paul Klee, The Thinking Eye: The Notebooks of Paul Klee (English translation), 1961

Architecture students often are given the book, Form, Space and Order for a required reading. This short theory textbook that highlights the most basic elements shaping our built environment. However, its takeaways can also be applied artistically to so many different mediums. What is the inspiration for a line? How do artists and designers take elements of their smallest parts to shape unique, creative expressions? Does order come from symmetry or repetition? How does a designer relate built forms to open space? Does something unspoken shape the final product?

In PechaKucha Nashville: Volume 45, our presenters will interpret Form, Space, and Order in under 7 minutes. Attend the event to witness several lightning presentations to spark inspiration and delight in your everyday surroundings.

Presenters

• Dale Brackeen, Dryden Studio

• Taylor Esche, Haustile

• Tracey Ford, EOA Architects

• Hunter Gee, Smith Gee Studio

• David Greaves, Kimley-Horn

• Lindsey Laseter, Lasso Studio

• Danielle Myers, Designer and Illustrator

• Gianna Noel, Moody Nolan