Suddenly, there’s no preciousness in people’s presentations. Just poetry.

I attended PKNY #6 last night. It was a great social affair, more akin to a bar night with a band than a typical speaking engagement. The Pecha Kucha method is simple and clean; get to the point quickly and efficiently, because your presentation ends in 6:40.

It was a different experience, especially considering the venue. No fluorescent lights, nobody sitting in a staid conference hall. This was Le Poisson Rouge, which is one of the Village’s most well known chic rock venues. I expected to see hipster kids partying a monday night away, (which there were some) but instead was greeted by intellectuals, creatives, geeks and artists. The audience really ran the gamut, from businessy branding strategy types, to goofy hipster girls who know some art scene people in the audience.

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The Mummy Museum in Guanajuato in Mexico is having an exhibition on the history local mining industry. The exhibit displays 56 mummified corpses, some of which date back to as early as the mid-1800s.

Happy day after St. Patrick’s day! I hope everybody get to drink at least one good beer and eat one (yummster) green cupcake. Yesterday, I spent part of my sunny St. Patrick’s day by going to Yoshitomo Nara’s solo exhibition at Marianne Boesky Gallery. He is one of my favorite artists from Japan and it was very nice to see his work so close for the first time. It is his fourth show at the gallery and every single piece there, including two immense sculptures, was well installed and looked amazing. When I was there, I really wished I was living in his world. It was lovely.

Exhibition runs until March 28, 2009. Step into the gallery if you have time for some sweet art.

Enjoying the day off here in brooklyn! About to put some meat on the grill. Mmmmmmmmm.

So for all u that missed it……we r havin a blast on the upper east side!!!!!!

We’re all in love with the sound of our own voices. C’mon, lets break out the honesty here; all curation is merely subjective opinion.  It’s what primordially in the world of commercialism determines the fashion catwalks, billboard advertising, and music sales.  Posed with the realisation that all artists need structure to produce order, the Klein Dytham studio started a new underground night in the depths of Roppongi, Tokyo - Pecha Kucha.  Pronounced “peh-chak-cha” from a Japanese term for the sound of conversation (”chit-chat”), it urges precisely that.

Laden with only the obstacle of time, designers are invited to discuss their work with 20 images (each shown for 20 seconds only) and given 6 minutes and 40 seconds of Andy Warholism till the next speaker is up.  Rather than sucking up to the guy who turns out to be the banker in the room, individuals can find exactly who they want to wax lyrical with.

It’s happened in 180 cities since 2003.  The first one of this year in NYC is now but days away.

When your car doesn’t work for you anymore the phone’s there to get it fixed; you can install a new engine or paint it red and show off some cream leather upholstery.  It’s a fallacy of our time that new starts in our career can’t get a facelift in the same way.  Gone are the days of our parents generation where you’re educated as a doctor, and by god you better be poking needles into sick kiddies till the day you die.

The creative industry can be a stubborn juggernaut that demands consistency, otherwise you’re spat out as fast as those  dirty dollar bills when you’re just trying to buy a metrocard like real quick.  Whatever a purist’s critique on the slash/slash culture of this cut and paste epoch, the creative industries remain the most welcoming and liberal minded homebase for disillusioned workers starving for a shift in gear and highway route to ’somewhere that feels better than this’.

SheSays, a monthly, networking event joins forces for some big wigs who’ve gone from B to Z but still doing just fine.

The speakers:

Vivian Rosenthal - Tronic Studio
Tina Glengary - Big Spaceship
Julie Zukof - Anomaly
Geetika Agrawal - Sr. Interaction Designer - RGA

Every creative entity, whether it be an agency, collective or individual creative, faces up to the NDA challenge; the ‘let’s trust’ each moment when they’re considering working together.  In the spirit of collaboration, we’re throwing a get together with our friends at Cool Hunting and Good Peoples, with guest hosts Behance at subMercer, our favourite speakeasy in Soho.

My Cousin Roy is music maestro for the night - a vinyl DJ selector who’s played parties for LCD Sound System and Fools Gold, amidst influential labels on the underground scene.  Next month during the 99% conference we have Acyde, founder of TMI and culture aficionado for Nike London.

Needless to say, this is not an invite to the masses – we’re inviting all kinds of creators to join us – photographers, artists, DJs, designers, writers, visionaries and individuals who make things happen.  No list, no dress code, no bottles — come as you are.  This is the first of a monthly series and we want to start it off right!

hosted by: Kat Popiel (Seed), Katie Longmyer (Good Peoples) & Tim Yu (Cool Hunting)
guest host: Behance
vinyl set by: My Cousin Roy (Wurst)

Thursday, March 12th

10pm * say NDA at the door for entry

subMercer 147 1/2 Mercer St. (between Houston & Prince)

NEXT MONTH: NDA – Thursday April 16th

A stones throw from our HQ is home to SPIN, a new ping pong social club opening this month; a land where fanatics of the underground sport can sweat out their talent in an aesthetic more common to high end corporate gyms.  They’ve thrown in a shop, bar, private room sponsored by Fred Perry, lounge and a heap of pros to teach and challenge you to play.

They need a new logo!  The winning SPIN New York logo designer will receive $1000, plus a ping pong play date with Susan Sarandon (she looooves ping pong)!

As a PR stunt for the movie Watchmen on tuesday, a water screen projector was used to create a huge spectacle over the Thames. The idea was cool but many of the attendees said that the execution was poor. See for yourself.