PURPOSE:
To Meet, inspired and get inspired.
MISSION:
By leading with open minds and open hearts, we allow ourselves to learn and support one another.
Open Format creates social, community-minded events that offer presenters a platform and audiences inspiration.
INITIATIVES:
PechaKucha Night
Long Table Series
Ideas Symposium
CONTACT:
Email
PechaKucha Newsletter
PechaKucha Instagram
Open Format Instagram
To Meet, inspired and get inspired.
MISSION:
By leading with open minds and open hearts, we give ourselves the space to learn and support one another.
Open Format creates social, community-minded events that offer presenters a platform and audiences inspiration.
INITIATIVES:
PechaKucha Night
Long Table Series
Design for Change
Contact:
Email
PechaKucha Newsletter
PechaKucha Instagram
Open Format Instagram
PechaKucha Night Vancouver
Celebrating creatives in 20 slides x 20 seconds.
PechaKucha is a global series of live events held worldwide where people can meet, inspire and get inspired, based on a format that is fast-paced and fun. Twelve inspiring minds will be giving a unique insight into their latest work and ideas in 20 slides x 20 seconds.
In Vancouver, PechaKucha Night is a fun and informal hour and a half of culture, ideas, creativity, passion and opinions. It’s a place to share your thoughts, gather as a creative community and have a good time.
PechaKucha Vancouver is supported by a team of volunteers. They run PechaKucha Nights only for the inspiration, love, and fun of it. PechaKucha Night is for CONTENT and not profit. We want to create a social event where there are people, conversation, beer, and creative fun.
Visiting pechakuchavancouver.com for more infomation.
Long Table Series
Come together, share some food and tea, and have meaningful conversations. The event is led by three designers, speaking for 10 minutes each on a topic they are passionate about. After that the floor is open to comments, suggestions and the sharing of stories. This is a moving event series with a focus on bringing both familiar and new faces together through the sharing of stories and food. #vancouverchinatown
May 2024. Stay tuned...
Ideas Symposium
Creativity drives the world forward.
Design, Ideas and Diversity. A community mini event series based on conversations about design and about what design can do to affect change in communities. A place for designers to share their insights and speak about how they are make a positive and transformative impact, and for the audience to meet and connect with other like-minded people who are passionate about community. An event to increase the public’s knowledge and appreciation of design, and to inspire people to act towards meaningful change of their own.
May 2024. Stay tuned...
The Proof - VancouverIsAwesome
THE PROOF was a weekly roundup showcasing local creatives on VancouverIsAwesome for three years. A column for creatives to share their story and work, in a unique, concise format: each creative shows 8 pictures and answers 8 questions.
Maker Series
maker |ˈmā-kər|
series
1. featuring different working methods and uses of materials
2. showcasing local makers
3. promoting local prototype projects
4. exploring local shops, workspaces and studios
MEANDER
Meander was commissioned by the City of Richmond Public Art Program to commemorate Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation. These unique modular seating units are designed to activate civic plazas and support the City’s annual major events program.
The design was inspired by the Fraser River and its winding paths that define Lulu Island and the Fraser Delta. The shape and colour evoke the spirit of water and can be used in many different configurations to provide audience seating and informal gathering spaces and seating areas.
NEIGHBOURHOOD BENCH
The new library design takes its inspiration from the neighbourhood vernacular of houses with pitched roofs. We decided to take this notion of community inspiration somewhat literally. Having studied the common house types in the neighbourhood, we propose to transform them into slightly abstracted concrete miniatures. The new, mini neighbourhood of gabled houses playfully interacts with the scale of the library and the large elm tree, all the while providing a seating arrangement that fosters various types of occupation by individuals and groups. We would hope it also brings smiles to people’s faces; there is something elemental about the small, simplified form of a house that brings to mind children’s doodles and dollhouses.