Long over due to launch this thing. I've been running PechaKucha San Francisco for over 2 years & 22 shows in hopes of kindling the kind of broad-based, interdisciplinary design scene one finds in other major cities like Tokyo, London, Berlin, Barcelona, Paris....I could go on. Even New York manages a scene which buzzes around the design professions which extends well beyond the professions themselves. Let me simply say it's still a work in progress, but one showing wonderful signs of success. Afterall, this is San Francisco.
