Michael Christoff

Welcome to my new - and pretty simple - homepage.

My intent with this page is to briefly define and connect the various things I am involved with. I will continue to provide updates and links as new information regarding each effort becomes available. Hope you enjoy.


Cleveland Design Competition
http://www.clevelandcompetition.com

The annual Cleveland Design Competition is an open, anonymous, insgle-stage, ideas competition founded as a tool for generating ideas around under-utilized sites and showcasing the talent of emerging designers on Cleveland’s built and unbuilt environment.

Now in its third year, the 2009 Cleveland Design Competition hopes to build on the excitement generated from the previous two years where over 250 designers from around the world looked at two very different sites and program requirements.


PechaKucha Night Cleveland
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/cities/cleveland

As we all know, give a mic to a designer (especially an architect) and you’ll be trapped for hours. The key to PechaKucha Night is its patented system for avoiding this fate. Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each – giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show.

Idea Box Cleveland
http://www.ideaboxcleveland.com

Idea Box is a small group of friends that got together to share energy, unique skills in varied professions, resources, networks, and the desire to positively impact the community here in Cleveland.

FORUM Architectural Services
http://www.forumarc.com

This is where I live...I mean work. Check out some of our work. I've been here for almost 5 years now.
August 11

So… in an effeort to extend the reach of PechaKucha Night Cleveland, we are going to begin taping and posting some of the presentations that take place in Cleveland - with the artists consent of course!

The first is a video that was quite easy to get consent for, because its of…well me. This is me presenting a couple ideas that I find to be fascinating. I have been talking them with colleagues and friends over coffee breaks, lunch hours, and many many drinks after work…I hope to be a part in seeing at least one of, but hopefully both of these ideas implemented here in Cleveland. Check out my ideas for how two very small initiatives that promote a new way of thinking creatively and could work together to help change the City of Cleveland.

I probably could have rehearsed a bit more, and a glass of water up there while presenting would have helped, but it was fun. Enjoy. (or not i suppose…:)