Chit chat worth listening to
Pecha Kucha visited the Brisbane Powerhouse again last night, with 11 speakers presenting loads of neat ideas. For those not familiar with Pecha Kucha, it is an event where designers, artists, architects, or other creative people are given 20 seconds per slide to present 20 slides on their designs, thoughts or ideas. Each speaker gets 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame.
There were quite a few thought-provoking ideas that came out of last night’s event (Volume 24) but one speaker that I particularly enjoyed was Yen Trinh. It became apparent that Yen’s name is very fitting, as she has a yearning and passion for improving society. Her presentation ’20 wishes for Brisbane’ listed 20 awesome ideas for ways we could improve Brisbane based on her previous experiences in other countries.
Some of my personal favourites were:
- City-wide putt putt golf: the course exists all around the city on streets and laneways, and each hole is designed by a different person/group.
- Pop-up drive-in movie theatres: drive-in movies that pop up in suburban shopping centre carparks, where the space goes to waste at night time.
- Cooler street furniture: including hammocks, recliner chairs and movable furniture.
- Someone like Candy Chang: whose projects include the very cool ‘I wish this was‘ sticker.
- Front yard cafes and friendlier neighbourhoods: Suburban Grind is a community building project travelling around Brisbane, setting up in people’s garages and serving free cafe style coffee in an effort to bring neighbours together.
Very cool! Can’t wait to see some of these projects up and running!
What would you like to see in Brisbane? What existing space would you redesign?
Yours in creative ideas,
Anya
