http://www.dandad.org/

Mark Dytham, the original creator of Pecha Kucha kicks off the series of talks. For anyone unaware of the format, Pecha Kucha is 20 slides with 20 seconds to talk about each one. http://www.pecha-kucha.org/ The format came about at his agency Super Deluxe in Tokyo as a show and tell night run every couple of months. These nights became so popular they decided to take the format in other locations, currently running in 120 cities around the world.

Other speakers included Nat Hunter from Airside talking about environmental issues and digital's carbon footprint. Laura J from Glue's talk is worth checking out. Some interesting examples from her talk were http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/ a site about interesting ways off customizing your Ikea furniture, very interesting for those interested in sustainability and DIY! Also featured was the Shoreditch Decapitator, the subversive culture jammer who removes heads on billboard advertising and replaces them with bloody stumps. Charming.

Also worth checking out Tom Eans (Mook), Nic Roope (Poke) talking about good and simple design, my favourite of which being the goal post urinal: http://flickr.com/photos/r1g2b3/167065158. Tom Bazeley talking about things people like, which is really just a massive list of things, but quite funny and sweet. Florian Schmitt (Hi-Res) on not seeing and seeing differently. Featuring a nice example of art by Josh Hom from Queens of the Stoneage who likes to remove things from walls in hotels and public places, do a painting in the space the item occupied, then replace the item. And closing with Sanky (All of Us) which is an agency definitely worth checking out if you haven't already: http://www.allofus.com/