Meet Our PechaKucha Vol. 7 Presenters

Chris Jonas | Littleglobe TV, Stories of This Place, for This Place

Creative Director Chris Jonas presents Littleglobe TV, Stories of This Place, for This Place, leveraging creative content to foster cultural pride in our town.

Matt Smith | In Decoupling Profit, Purpose & Value

In Decoupling Profit, Purpose & Value, Matt Smith explores profit’s conceptual underpinnings and questions what it actually incentivizes in architectural practice.

Daniel Schwab | Profit and Placemaking

In Profit and Placemaking, Historic Preservation Planner Daniel Schwab juxtaposes pre-capitalist vs. capitalist urban spaces, revealing which economic model produces the most beneficial outcomes.

Edie Dillman | PROFIT: Flipping New Housing for Good

See how Art Director-turned-CEO Edie Dillman is turning the building industry upside-down in her PROFIT: Flipping New Housing for Good.

Melanie Kirby | Profit for Prophets

Fulbright-National Geographic Fellow and Nectar Nomad Melanie Kirby sketches a redefinition of wealth that benefits all of our planet’s biota in her presentation Profit for Prophets.

Joe Dinwiddie | Troubled Waters

In Troubled Waters, Drystone Mason Joe Dinwiddie reviews the good, the bad, and the ugly of masonry projects around the world.

Allan Affeldt | Creating a Sense of Place By Investing in Historic Buildings

Developer Allan Affeldt shares his investment philosophy and the pay-off when we honor place and people in Creating a Sense of Place By Investing in Historic Buildings.

VOL. 7—PROFIT

Wednesday, July 22 | 6 PM

Join emcee, architect, and FASF President Anthony Guida, for a multi-faceted consideration of this contentious word—Profit. Our presenters—ranging from heritage developer to nectar nomad, drystone mason, nonprofit architecture firm, manufacturer, urban planner, and creative director—share how they have invested and reaped the rewards. They will also challenge the current definition of profit and argue its significance, reframing the paradigm of wealth.

Click on our presenters’ photos to learn more about them and their talks.

Thank you to our 2020 PechaKucha sponsors Six Blooms and Violet Crown.

ILLUSTRATION BY SAM JOHNSTON @SAM_IS_A_DOOR
ART DIRECTION AND LAYOUT DESIGN BY ANNETTE PRAPASIRI OF SIX BLOOMS