pecha kucha- 17/4/08- D&AD 20 people, 20 slides, 20 seconds lecture

the falling man, 9/11

this D&AD (design and art direction) lecture was mostly fantastic- read this guys (not sure of name) blog and photos. in my current work (so many facets to research- doh!) wanted to see how people talk about slides, the kind of slides people choose to talk about when its up to them, what's said and what's just looked at. this night was for designers, presented by designers, i would very much like to now see david gale's peachy coochy performance art equivalent night....the presenters skills on few parts of this D&AD night were very dry

some of the the clear common things were;

plentiful use of flickr
photo of self as a child and/or own kids
nostalgic reminiscence for old atari console games
thematic- eg- blank piece of paper- wasn't sure what to do for their presentation so themed it like that, or one slide ended on a description that then led into the next
lots of talk about likes or loathes of second life
snippets of own design practice
bad logos/signage- hilarity factor

the most poignant image of the evening is at the top of this post. the last presenter, sanky from all of us, was very amusingly discussing and layering photos of bad signage over bad signage getting the audience really aroused for his first 18 slides, the air is very lively. the moment this slide comes up, a deathly silence comes over the room- like the blink of an eye when everything changed. those 20 seconds the slide was up, like a memorial service when silence is requested to remember the lives of those lost. someone clapped at the end of this slide. the power of the iconic image that needs no explaining, we all know what it means.