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Inspire Japan iBook
Photo: Kathmandu, April 16, 2011 – PechaKucha Inspire Japan
REMEMBERING
It is exactly one year to the day when Japan was hit by an unprecedented series of disasters. Please take a moment to remember all the lives that were lost and the people who’s lives were affected on that day.
INSPIRE JAPAN IBOOK PUBLISHED TODAY
Barely 4 weeks after these events, the global PechaKucha family rallied together to Inspire Japan on April 16, 2011. We are really pleased to announce today that the PechaKucha Inspire Japan iBook is available for download from the Apple iTunes Store. It’s free, and can be viewed on all iPads.
The iBook pulls together a snap shot of the 100s of Inspire Japan events that took place around the world along with photos, art made for the events, video messages, amazing city posters, 20×20 presentations, and reports on some of the projects that have been completed by Architecture for Humanity, the charity we supported. The great thing about the iBook format is that it is a living book, it can be updated, so this is very much the start of the iBook, not the end. We will be actively adding new 20×20 presentations about the progress and projects that are happening in the Tohoku region. We see the Inspire Japan platform as a great way to get the news out to the world about what is happening in Japan. It should inspire us all!
The book is available today in the iTunes Store in most regions, just search for Inspire Japan in iTunes (or follow this link for the listing in the US store). Some foreign language iTunes Stores will get the iBook later next week.
Thank you all for your inspiration and PechaKucha Spirit!
Astrid Klein & Mark Dytham
PechaKucha Night Founders
An Update, with More to Come Soon
There haven’t been that many updates to the site over the past few months, but that’s certainly not for lack of activity on the Inspire Japan front. A team from Architecture for Humanity has been in Japan to put quite a few projects in motion — unlike our Haiti efforts in 2010, which focused on the construction of one school, work in Japan needed to be spread across a multitude of initiatives, working alongside other governmental aid programs. Over the coming days and weeks we will be covering some of those projects here on the site, but please note that you can always keep track of all of AFHs projects in Japan on this page. The map at the top of this post points out some of these projects.
We’ll also soon update everyone on the e-book project, which has slightly evolved from our initial plans (but it is still in the works).
THANK YOU!!!
We did it! Starting from Christchurch and Tokyo and going all the way to Quito, the participating cities in yesterday’s Global PechaKucha Day inspired Japan and the world through hundreds of presentations, many of them streaming to a global audience.
We can’t thank enough all of the organizers and volunteers that helped bring this global PechaKucha community event together, and of course, everyone who took the time to attend, watch, and donate.
BUT WE’RE NOT DONE YET!
Inspire Japan events will continue through May — take a look at the city list on the right to see which cities will hold PechaKucha Nights and when. All donations made at these events will contribute to our Inspire Japan efforts, with all money going to Architecture for Humanity and ArchiAid‘s reconstruction work in Japan.
You can also continue to donate online by clicking on the big DONATE button at the top of the site, or by PRE-ORDERING ($20) an e-book we are producing to record the event (all proceeds will be donated) — click on the big PURCHASE button below.
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INSPIRE JAPAN e-book
Be a part of the day – buy the INSPIRE JAPAN e-book today – $20
Contribute to the reconstruction efforts by buying the INSPIRE JAPAN e-book, a recording of the great posters, photos, stories, and presentations that contributed to the global efforts.
Pre-pay for the e-book TODAY and we will include YOUR name in the supporters section of the book.
The e-book will be designed by Luis Mendo of GOOD, Inc. and we hope to email it to you within a month of the event, delivery date subject to creativity!
All profits will go to Architecture for Humanity and ArchiAid.
Inspire Japan
On the March 11, Japan suffered what has been described as a 1000 year event. The earthquake and tsunami destroyed 400km of coastline, killing over 10,000 people, leaving 400,000 people homeless, and has triggered a nuclear situation that is still unfolding.
Japan has inspired designers for many generations, it is the reason we travelled to this country 20 years ago, and have since made it our home. Japan is where the “PechaKucha 20 images x 20 seconds” show-and-tell event format was born, and it has gone on to inspire designers to get together in 400 cities around the world, to share their creativity at more than 1000 events each year.
Japan has inspired us all, now is it our turn to “Inspire Japan.”
Please join us on April 16 and be a part of Global PechaKucha Day – Inspire Japan. Let’s all come together and show Japan that the creative world is thinking of them, that all is not lost, and that it is possible to stand up and rebuild, even in villages and towns which have been completely destroyed. With creativity and passion, anything is possible.
WHAT IS PECHAKUCHA?
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.
Visit the global PechaKucha site to find out more!
Inspire Japan Posters
Artwork for Inspire Japan events around the world!
105 Events from around the world
Amsterdam
Atlanta
Auckland
Austin
Bangalore
Barcelona
Berlin
Bilbao
Birmingham
Bogota
Boston
Bratislava
Brussels
Bucharest
Buenos Aires
Calgary
Champaign-Urbana
Charlotte
Chennai
Chicago
Christchurch
Cleveland
Cluj-Napoca
Cork
Edinburgh
Erlangen
Funchal
Galway
Genève
Ginowan
Gisborne
Gothenburg
Halifax
Helsingborg
Heraklion
Hong Kong
Houston
Huddersfield
Istanbul
Kathmandu
Kelowna
Knoxville
Kosice
Koszalin
Kyoto
Lagos
Lisbon
Longmont CO
Lvov
Madrid
Manila
Mar Del Plata
Maribor
Marseille-Provence
Melbourne
Miami
Milan
Moscow
Nagano
Nagoya
New Haven
New Orleans
New York
Novi Sad
Okayama
Osnabrueck
Ostrava
Panamá
Pittsburgh
Pordenone
Portland Maine
Portland Oregon
Portsmouth NH
Prague
Providence
Queenstown
Quito
Raleigh
Rome
Rotterdam
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Francisco
San Francisco
Sao Paulo
Sendai
Sheffield
Shenzhen
Sofia
Springfield, MO
Sunshine Coast
Taipei
Tallinn
Tokyo
Toronto
Tromsø
Vancouver
Washington DC
Waterville, Maine
Whangarei
Worcester
Wroclaw
Xalapa
Zagreb
Zurich
@NathalieAncelin I believe there is one this month. If it's not on the site already, it should be listed soon.
Today's daily post has a report from the PKN Koszalin organizer on dealing with a larger than usual venue: http://t.co/6wKofLkf
We have no new posters on the Tumblr blog today, so why not spend some time in the archives: http://t.co/gr4bHjhE #pechakucha
Takashi Tsunoda (Twelvetone) introduces his wonderful paper toys -- a #pechakucha presentation from PKN Tokyo Vol. 92. http://t.co/L1NlnvW0
Brownbook's Ahmed and Rashid Bin Shabib explain Dubai -- a #pechakucha presentation from PKN Tokyo Vol. 92. http://t.co/AqiXalOb
Understanding Dubai, Twelvetone's paper toys, and PechaKuching in Koszalin: http://t.co/6wKofLkf #pechakucha
Our daily post today includes some great shots from last night's PKN Tokyo Vol. 92 by @MHolmesPhoto: http://t.co/6dzdQZ8w #pechakucha
Today's fresh posters on our Tumblr are from Tallinn, Bangor, Plzen, and Xalapa: http://t.co/zbbGjopE #pechakucha
Think / Participate / Donate / Inspire
On April 16, many of the 400 PechaKucha cities around the world will come together and hold events, broadcasting out to the world and Japan over multipule Ustreams. Find a city near you and attend or watch on Ustream. Donate at the door or online.
The 20×20 presentations will be focused on 4 main themes: INSPIRE, JAPAN, THE ISSUES, and RECOVERY. They could be simply about things that inspire us, or Japan how it has inspired you. Great ideas or solutions that help deal with the issues at hand whether earthquake, tsunami or nuclear – and the road to recovery.
Hundreds of 20×20 presentations will be made around the world, these will all be streamed live and then uploaded online to make a database of positive inspiration for Japan.
During our Global PechaKucha for Haiti last many great 20×20 presentations were made around the the world and put online. Here are our 20 presentations from Global PK for Haiti that relate to the issues Japan is struggling with right now. We hope they spark some great ideas.
We said we would build a school – we are
Proceeds from Inspire Japan will go directly to Architecture for Humanity (AFH), who PechaKucha supported last year with Global PechaKucha for Haiti.
We said we would build a school in Haiti – and we are! Architecture for Humanity 100% of the $80,000 we raised has gone to the design and construction a school in Haiti.
We have have done this before – we can do it again with your support.
Follow progress of the school here:
Pitch In
Download our zipped file of logos and banners to help increase awareness of INSPIRE JAPAN. They are copyright free, so feel free to use them at will – add the banners to your website, incorporate them into your Facebook profile, TwitPic them – whatever you choose to help get the message out!
Download the zipped folder here.
Architecture For Humanity
We have been in daily contact with Cameron Sinclair, Co Founder of Architecture for Humanity since the earthquake struck, developing a team and idea for recovery. AFH’s 10 years of experience of dealing with situations like this in a timely and long term manner is invaluable in this situation.
Cameron writes;
“It has been more than two weeks since the tragic earthquake and tsunami in Northern Japan. A lot of people have asked us what are we doing, what structures are we building and do we have construction going on right now. There are four phases of rebuilding a community; Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction and Economic Development. Our work begins in recovery and ends years later as economic development is underway. While the world still focuses on the nuclear issue, we cannot forget the loss of 10,000+ lives and a further 17,000 that are still listed as missing.
In Sendai and in the surrounding community hundreds of buildings have disappeared and thousands damaged. Architecture for Humanity and our teams in Japan have been working on our long term plan for rebuilding in these affected communities. It is our role to partner with local networks and support their initiatives as well as collaborate on new ones.
To help us focusing on developing our rebuilding strategy and implementation, we have assembled a Program Advisory Board. Currently this board includes;
Hitoshi Abe, Atelier Hitoshi Abe, Sendai and Los Angeles
Cameron Sinclair, Architecture for Humanity, San Francisco
Yutaka Takiura AIA, T-Design Architecture, New York [interior architecture]
Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, Atelier Bow Wow, Tokyo
Ryo Yamazaki, Studio L, Kyoto [landscape architecture]
Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein, KDa and PechaKucha Tokyo
Special recognition should also we given to our Board Member, Toshiko Mori, who has provided careful oversight of our current strategy.
As of today, March 28th, we will have a team presence in Sendai. We are honored to welcome Tohru Horiguchi as our design fellow & program representative. He is an Assistant Professor at Tohoku University in Sendai and will be help us liaise with existing design groups and community organizations. Atelier Hitoshi Abe has kindly offered us space and this will serve as our local base for the next 6 to 9 months. We will also have a design fellow in Tokyo within the offices of Klein Dytham architecture (KDa).
As we refine our plans we are making sure we dovetail with the Japanese national government initiatives, while responding to the needs of local government and community groups in Sendai”
Architecture for Humanities full plan can be found here.