The Office of Erik Dahl

Pecha Kucha Night Presentation

I recently had the honor of presenting at Pittsburgh AIGA’s 2nd Pecha Kucha Night.

What’s Pecha Kucha? Basically, each presenter is given 20 slides and 20 seconds per slide. The presentation is set to automatic, so the slides keep moving forward whether you are ready or not. That’s 6:40 to present an interesting idea and tell a compelling story.

It was great fun, and I would do it again in a heartbeat.

I presented an update to a side-project I have been working on just for the fun of it: my side view mirror project. Basically, I’ve been taking photographs of drivers through their side view mirrors during my daily commutes.

Check out the video below to experience it for yourself.

Pecha Kucha – Side View Mirrors Project from Erik Dahl on Vimeo.

At the time of writing this, I’m working on putting together an independent site for this project. More details to come.

During my presentation, I mentioned a few kindred projects and inspirations:

Andrew Bush – 66 Drives

Brian Collier – The Highway Expedition

Brian Collier – Very Small Objects

Julian Montague – The Stray Shopping Cart Project

Let me know what you think.

You can download the presentation here: dahl_PKN.pdf