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Thursday, November 05, 2009
Gearing up for the Cleveland Design Competition 2009
Eh? What could that be? Eh? Looking a little familiar is it? This year I have decided to not wait until the very last second to start thinking about the Cleveland Design Competition and instead at least start developing the canvas upon which my little idea will sprout. I figure building downtown Cleveland in 3D should take me about a week of some evenings and maybe a little fiddling on the weekend (don't hold me to that though, I tend to procrastinate).
So, bring it. Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Monday, October 05, 2009
Cleveland Design Competition III - goes live
I have found that holding my breathe doesn't really make things move faster or occur sooner regardless of what idioms you may hear. This is why I am extremely very excited to announce that registration and the official launch of the third Cleveland Design Competition happens(ed) today, October 5th.
The timeline is already in place and as a slight teaser the scope of the project will include the Lakefront Rail Station, a major component of the 3C rail line, the Medical Mart project and Cleveland's foray into the model sustainable city it claims to want to become.
I for one, am extremely excited.
EXTREMELY.
...and I am going to throw down the gauntlet. If you are an architect/designer and claim to give the slightest crap about Cleveland's future but can't be bothered to take the time to even help a team on a competition hoping to elevate not only the image of the city but the discussion of how we can make our place better through experimenting with design, you need to stop telling people that you are a designer who cares about Cleveland. Action or words buckos.
Action or words.
See you at the awards ceremony.
updated image - ed
Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
2009 Open Architecture Network Winners Announced
The Winner of the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom is Announced – Teton Valley Community School, Victor, Idaho
Innovative designs for schools in Colombia, India, Uganda and the United States also recognized.
September 8th, 2009 – Teton Valley Community School in Victor, Idaho and architecture firm Section Eight [design] receive the top award of the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom. An emerging practice, Section Eight [design] partnered with Teton Valley Community School to design the classroom of the future. Currently based out of a remodeled house, students at Teton Valley Community School are now one step closer to getting a real classroom.
Designed by: Section Eight [design], Victor, Idaho, USA
Designed by: Arquitectura Justa, Bogota, Colombia
Designed: IDEO, San Francisco, CA, USA
Designed by: Gifford LLP, London, UK
Designed by: Perkins and Will, Georgia, USA
Cindy Riegel, President of the School Board says, "We are thrilled. The evolution of Section Eight's classroom design for the Teton Valley Community School was a truly collaborative process involving students, parents, teachers, and community members. It exemplifies the school's philosophy of real world learning and community engagement."
The need for safe, sustainable and smart classroom design has never been greater. Worldwide, 776 million people are illiterate. With less that six years left to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals the World Bank estimates ten million new classrooms are needed to reach its target on education. In addition, tens of millions of crumbling classrooms ¬ including many in the United States ¬ are in desperate need of upgrading. Meeting this demand for better learning environments will constitute the largest building project the world has ever undertaken.
In response, the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge was launched by Architecture for Humanity and principal partner Orient Global in collaboration with a consortium of other partners from around the world. This truly global initiative invited the architecture, design and engineering community to collaborate directly with students and teachers to rethink the classroom of the future. Designers entering the competition were given a simple mandate: collaborate with real students in real schools in their community to develop real solutions. Collectively more than 10,000 individuals participated in this global initiative.
More than 1,000 design teams from 65 countries registered for the competition. The winning design was selected from more than 400 qualified entries by a team of interdisciplinary online jurors. (See Jury Bios: http://bit.ly/oac09jury) Each design was rated on feasibility, sustainability, and innovation in the learning environment.
"The response to the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge has been remarkable. It has clearly captured people's imagination," said Richard F. Chandler, Chairman of Orient Global. "We congratulate the winning teams and everyone who took part in this international effort. Education is the first step in building prosperity for tomorrow's world. The challenge now is to implement the best of these designs in classrooms across the globe."
Many schools around the world share the facilities constraints faced by the Teton Valley Community School. Operating out of makeshift classrooms converted from residential use, a lack of space and an environment ill-suited for learning impedes students' opportunities. The winning classroom design developed by Section Eight [design] provides cost-effective and sustainable teaching spaces and extends the learning environment beyond the four walls of the classroom. Movable panels allow students to reconfigure their space as needed. The building itself is designed to be a learning tool. The mechanical room, a building component normally closed from view, can be seen from the science lab allowing students to learn how heating and cooling systems function first hand.
Teton Valley Community School will be awarded USD $50,000 to undertake the planning and construction of the winning design, and Section Eight [design] will receive a design grant of USD $5,000 to support the school. The school has begun a capital campaign to raise additional funds needed to build their new campus.
In addition to the overall winner, the competition recognized entries in each of three competition categories: best urban classroom upgrade design, best rural classroom design and best re-locatable classroom design. Three building partners, Rumi Schools of Excellence in India, Building Tomorrow in Uganda and Blazer Industries with The Modular Building Institute in the United States have committed to build classrooms based on these designs.
The Founders Award is awarded to the entry that best exemplifies the aims of Architecture for Humanity and the Open Architecture Network. It was awarded to the entry for The Corporación Educativa y Social Waldorf in Bogota, Colombia designed by Arquitectura Justa for their integrated approach to providing safe spaces for students to learn and play.
Competition finalists will also receive awards, including software from industry leader Autodesk; SMART Board interactive whiteboard from SMART Technologies; Google SketchUp Pro 7; copies of the book the Third Teacher by OWP/P, VS America and Bruce Mau Design and an honorarium from partner Curriki for the best use of the competition design curriculum.
All the design solutions are now available on the Open Architecture Network for designers and school administrators to learn from and adapt to their own context. An international traveling exhibition of the winning designs and notable entries is set to launch in the fall.
Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Monday, July 06, 2009
"Feeding Cleveland" Photography Contest
Deadline for submissions: Friday August 21, 2009
Feeding Cleveland
The Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University is conducting a yearlong series exploring how to build our future beyond the foreclosure crisis. The foreclosure crisis in Cuyahoga County did not happen overnight. Similarly, the strategies for moving our communities and residents “Beyond Foreclosure” will take time to evolve. Over the coming year, the Levin College Forum will focus on strategies, tactics and projects that are new, creative, environmentally sustainable and invigorating to the marketplace. Challenging times are not new to Cleveland, and on this issue, where no roadmap exists, we have an opportunity to create a new path to our future.
As part of this series we will be having a photo contest. This contest is open to all photographers living in Northeast Ohio. The theme is “Feeding Cleveland” and we are looking for images of the greater Cleveland area that convey the role that urban agriculture has played in feeding Cleveland in difficult and challenging economic times and provide visually ideas for what Cleveland may look like using local agriculture for the reuse of vacant and abandoned land in Cleveland.
Contest Rules
Photography ReleaseLabels: Cleve. Competitions
Friday, June 26, 2009
jimmy-d photoshop fun cont.
these were sent to my email so I figured I would post them for the hardworker soul that made them...Labels: Cleve. Competitions, Cleveland
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Jimmy-D photoshop draw-off
Once in a great while a photo emerges that just begs to be edited with all sorts of hi-tech gadetry including digital "enhancements" of the type traditionally only witnessed on CSI:MyFanny.
The original photo was discovered in this delightful Plain Dealer article and well, I just couldn't help myself.
Feel free to take your own stab. If'n you want, put em up on the interweb someplace and post a link in the comments.Labels: Cleve. Competitions, Cleveland
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Eastman Reading Garden - call for artists
Due: August 14, 2009
5pm
Cleveland Public Arts Office
1951 W 26th St. #101
Call For Entries
See Also is an annual program of the Cleveland Public Library in partnership with Cleveland Public Art that invites artists, designers, and other creative professionals to create temporary public art projects in the Eastman Reading Garden. The program commissions innovative, thought-provoking works of art that add to the Library's already broad range of educational and cultural programming. Each year, one artist or team of artists is selected to exhibit an installation from May until October in this highly visible and beloved space.
Eligibility
See Also is open to both established and emerging artists from the Great Lakes Region (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario). Artists may work individually or as part of a team. The program commissions only newly created, site specific artwork. Proposals for the display of existing works of art will not be considered.
Location
The Eastman Reading Garden is located in the heart of downtown Cleveland between the Library's historic Main Building and the new Louis Stokes Wing of the Cleveland Pubic Library.
For additional site photo and background on the garden, click here. to visit the "completed projects" section on this website.
Requirements
Proposals must include the following:
• One presentation board on hard foam core of no less than 11x17 inches and no larger than 24x36 inches which clearly depicts your proposal
• A brief written statement explaining the theme and project intent
• A description of the proposed artwork including recommended location(s) within the garden, materials that will be used, how it will be installed and secured.
• An itemized budget covering materials, installation, transportation, and other project-related expenses. Please keep in mind that the budget for the artwork is $15,000 and the selected artist will receive an additional $3,500 artist fee.
• Up to 10 digital images of your past work or related experience in jpeg format at 72 dpi on a CD
All proposals must be recieved at Cleveland Public Arts office by 5:00pm on Friday, August 14, 2009 (postmarks are not acceptable). Hand deliveries will be accepted.
Please send all proposal materials to:
Cleveland Public Art
See Also
1951 West 26th Street, #101
Cleveland, OH 44113
resources:
official pageLabels: Cleve. Competitions
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Cleveland Public Art Call to Artists: Bike Station Art Competition
Deadline: June 26th, 2009
"Cleveland Public Art in partnership with the City of Cleveland invites interested artists, designers, architects, and other creative professionals to submit design ideas for a permanent public art project that will call attention to and raise the visibility of a new commuter bike facility being constructed in downtown Cleveland. This project is open to local artists, architects, designers, creative professionals, and students of all ages. (Applicants must be a current resident or student of the State of Ohio) Collaborations are welcome."
Call for entriesLabels: Cleve. Competitions
Thursday, January 29, 2009
2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom
"Design the classroom of the future"
TODAY'S LESSON: BETTER CLASSROOM DESIGN
The 2009 Open Architecture Challenge invites students, teachers and designers to work together to design the classroom of the future. Design teams are can partner with a school of their choosing or with one of our school building partners below.
Partner with a school of your choice
Urban Classroom Upgrade (India)
Relocatable Classroom Design (Modular)
Rural Classroom Addition (Uganda)
Teachers and students know what makes a classroom work. We're inviting you to design the classroom of the future together.
According to the World Bank, educating all children worldwide will require the construction of 10 million new classrooms in more than 100 countries by 2015. At the same time, millions of existing classrooms are in serious need of repair and refurbishment.
Let's get started.
We are inviting you, the designer, to work with students and teachers to design the classroom of the future for a school of your choosing. Your design should address the unique challenges your school faces in trying to provide smart, safe and sustainable learning spaces. Students and teachers, here's your chance to tell the world what you need to make your classroom more effective. Architects and designers, you'll work one-on-one with students to translate those needs into better classroom design.
* Share your design expertise and inspire school students to re-imagine their classroom
* Help students learn about the built environment using a companion design curriculum
* Become an advocate for better classroom design in your community
Jurors currently includes Dave Eggers, Michelle Kaufmann, Hilary Cottam, Kigge Hvid and others. More will be added over the course of the registration period.
If your design wins, your school will receive up to $50,000 in funding for classroom construction and upgrading. You will receive a grant of $5,000 to help them do it.
How to Get Involved
All are welcome to participate. You do not need to be a registered architect. You may submit multiple entries. There is an entry fee of $25 per entry. (These fees go towards supporting the competition. Fees are waived for entrants from developing nations).
| Design Teams | - Choose a school partner
You can enter with a school of your choice or enter a design for one of our school building partners. - Enter the Open Architecture Challenge
Enter Now - Once you enter, you will gain access to the competition brief and criteria.
Once you have registered, you will have access to your project page and specific competition brief and criteria.
| | Teachers and Students | - Enter the Open Architecture Challenge
- Once you enter, you will gain access to the competition brief and criteria.
If you'd like to partner with a professional, many designers and architects would be eager to help your students understand the design criteria. How to find a professional near you. - Download the companion curriculum and participate in other learning opportunities.
See more Student and Teacher Resources.
| If you are not already a member, you must first join the Open Architecture Network to enter the competition. Joining is free and only takes a moment. Register to join the Open Architecture Network. 2009 Open Architecture Challenge
OAN registerLabels: Cleve. Competitions
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Year of the OX - Call to Artists
Year of the OX Public Art Project
Deadline: January 16th, 2009
Sponsored by: St Clair Superior Development Corporation
The (36" x 41" long) fiberglass oxen will be supplied (pedestals will depend upon sponsor's chosen location).
The artist may paint, sculpt, transform and adorn the ox form as he or she wishes, but the structural integrity of the ox must not be compromised. Asian themes are appropriate, but are not required. The design should not include any direct advertising of a product or company.
Call to Artists
application form .pdf
design template .pdfLabels: Cleve. Competitions, Cleve. Events
Saturday, December 27, 2008
The feast and the famine part II - Fairfax International Generation Winners Announced
Also in the news (as of 2 weeks ago, I apologize but I have a hard time reading the PD's architecture column much anymore) the Cleveland Neighborhood of Fairfax recently announced their winner for the Fairfax Intergenerational Housing Competition with the prospect of actually building the dang thing.
What started off as a local/regional competition grew to include a national scope of entrants excited to tackle the challenge of responsible intergenerational (which indicates that grandparents are involved in the child rearing instead of the typical generational differences between parents and children? Fine, I don't need a semantic argument right now) and may be the first residential competition in the nation to specifically focus on a family dynamic where grandparents are primarily involved with child raising.
I don't know if there was a reception with food and wine. There may have been. I find those things integral to these sorts of receptions, I just know I wasn't invited to it and feel slightly snubbed. I am sure that the responsible parties will hear about this. Probably from me.
Regardless, in one month (or two weeks if you want) two major competitions were finalized in Cleveland, Ohio which is exciting to those of us in Cleveland, Ohio who want to be excited about, well, design in Cleveland, Ohio.Labels: Cleve. Competitions, Cleveland, Design Rants
Friday, November 28, 2008
Cleveland Design Competition 2008 Registration Deadline - 11/28 (12/05 late)
register
Regular registration - November 28th, 2008
Late registration - December 5th, 2008
Submission Deadline - December 12, 2008
interPLAY HomepageLabels: Cleve. Competitions, Cleve. Events
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Fairfax InterGenerational Competition
Architectural Competition - Fall 2008
Fairfax Neighborhood, Cleveland, Ohio housing for families in which grandparents are the primary caregivers of their grandchildren.
Sponsored by Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation with support from the McGregor Foundation
Competition administration by Kent State University's Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative with organizational support from AIA Cleveland
Open to design teams including at least one Ohio-registered architect
DEADLINE - November 19, 2008
PRIZES - $10,000 (1st) - $5,000 (2nd) - $2,500 (3rd)
Fairfax Competition
Competition OverviewLabels: Cleve. Competitions
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Cleveland Competition Brief up and running
Figured I would start getting the word out there. The full brief including timeline, registration costs, site specificity, program, submission requirements, etc, all the fun stuff that makes design competitions so gruelingly enjoyable, has been posted to the Cleveland Competition website.
all the downloadable resources you have come to love and expect including the brief itself in .pdf form.Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Cleveland Competition II (about damn time)
For those of us who have been eagerly awaiting the second installment of the annual Cleveland Competition have finally received word that all rockets are go! and the entry brief is slated to be released August 22, 2008 ( a mere 11 days away).
The focus this year is entitled "Interplay" and pertains to the reactivation of residual urban spaces to foster cultural, economic and community interaction. The selected site is the northern terminus of West 65th of the Detroit Shoreway Neighborhood where there is also an access path to Edgewater Park and Wendy Park.
More information will be released on August 22nd but in the meantime get those pencils sharpened and grab something to doodle on. I hope Clevelanders can step it up this year. I know a lot of people talk about how they would like to be involved in their city and create opportunities to show their ideas and capabilities.Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Sportables (quickfire) Competition
The Challenge: Create highly transportable and deployable play spaces that are sustainable infrastructure nodes
Location: Capao Redondo, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Submission Period: June 15 to June 30, 2008
Sponsored by: Google SketchUp
Award: $1000+
Open Architecture Network
Let’s create Sportables.
Where resources are scarce, we can create
Community access points to deliver vital services.
Let's create highly transportable and deployable play spaces that are sustainable infrastructure nodes.
| Designing Sportables: Mobile Demountable Sport Product Library & Play Facility |
Need: Nothing connects kids like the power of play. In areas of great need are opportunities to use sports as a catalyst for social change. Where resources are scarce, products can be distributed to deliver vital services. In many parts of the world sporting activities, especially local and traditional sports, are being incorporated into a variety of programs geared toward helping youth address a broad range of issues affecting their lives.
By emphasizing a "team" approach, these programs help impart the skills needed by the next generation to overcome the many challenges faced by their countries, from poverty to HIV/AIDS, malnutrition to low educational access. The Sportables play area and product library aims to provide the youth in communities with limited resources the opportunity to play sports safely, securely, and frequently.
| Challenge |
Transport yourself to Capao Redondo, a densely packed, but colorful, friendly and energetic settlement on the outskirts of Sao Paolo, Brazil. Here the youth run through the narrow alleys and small spaces mimicking the moves of football heroes like Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, but in bare feet. Open space is a premium, and not always available (i.e. market spaces)
Your challenge is to design a solution to create a highly demountable, portable sports product library, product development studio, and futsal (soccer) play area. This “pop-up” facility will be deployed to provide much needed (and desired) jerseys, shoes, and balls to communities that would welcome and use them to inspire change for youth of both genders. The design should comprise of a structure and construction mechanism that can unfurl to provide a space to rent sports gear as well as a safe space for youth to play, but must be re-packaged securely to protect the goods and equipment when the play area is not used or space is not available, or when it moves from one location to another.
Resources:
design brief. pdf
competition pageLabels: Cleve. Competitions
Saturday, June 07, 2008
|re|design cleveland query 2 up and running
|re|design cleveland has launced the second query based upon rethinking and reusing a "public" space.
This particular site for intervention is located at West 54th North of Detroit Avenue in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood and runs from June 4th to August 4th.
You can find more information here.
|re|design cleveland is part of the LAUNCH family.Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
2008 Skyscraper Competition: Evolo
08 Skyscraper
2008 design competition launched by international organization :eVolo.
There is no site, height or shape restriction on proposed designs however the skyscraper design should be 'technologically feasible' and 'environmentally responsible'.
Registration date is 2008 02.19
Registration fee is $40 US per team
Submission is due 2008 02.26 (23:00 US EST)
Electronic submission (2; 24x48 HORIZONTAL boards) via email
I just had received word of this competition. I know that it comes at an unfortunate time and may conflict with all your busy AFH competition schedules, etc. However if you have the time and want to try to stretch your brain a tad more it could be quite fun. Check out the previous winners. The submissions are quite amazing.Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Monday, January 28, 2008
Millenium School Competition
 Millenium School Competition
Registration Deadline - 2008 Feb.29 (leap year day!)
I know I have started throwing some competitions up here lately as the season is beginning (I don't know why so many always hit in the winter to spring time), usually at great inconvienence to myself and my schedule (dang it) however with all the recent discussion on how difficult it is to get your message/talent/vision out there I find these idea competitions a wonderful way to at least keep the mind nice and agile.
The Millenium School is a "design competition for school buildings in developing countries located in the tropics". Designs have to withstand many natural forces (typhoons, hurricanes, earthquakes) as well as be cost effective and have use and site flexibility. Sounds like a fun project for anyone.
You can read more about the mission and timeline on the web site that would probably be more succint and current than I could keep here.Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
White House Redux Competition
What if you were wanting to design what the White House would look like today? Well, it seems you have the chance.
Introducing the White House Redux ideas competition being held by Storefront for Art and Architecture
JURY
Stefano Boeri (Editor-in-chief, Abitare magazine, Milan)
Beatriz Colomina (Director of the Program in Media and Modernity, Princeton University)
Liz Diller (Diller Scofidio + Renfro, New York)
John Maeda (President Elect, Rhode Island School of Design RISD)
Geoff Manaugh (BLDGblog and Dwell magazine, San Francisco)
Mark Wigley (Dean of the Graduate School of Architecture, Columbia University)
Laetitia Wolff (Editorial director, Surface magazine, New York)
PRIZES
The best competition entries from around the world will be exhibited in the Storefront Gallery (New York) in July 2008, and in a special page on the gallery's website. They will also be published in Surface magazine. The authors of the three best projects, as chosen by the jury, will be flown to New York and given three day's free accommodation in The White House Hotel on the Bowery.
First Prize $5,000
Second Prize $3,000
Third Prize $1,500
TIMELINE
January 15, 2008 Competition launched
March 1, 2008 Online submissions accepted
April 20, 2008 Registration and submissions deadline
May 2008 Jury selects winners
May 2008 Winners announced
July 2008 Exhibition and prizegiving at Storefront for Art and Architecture, NYCLabels: Cleve. Competitions
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Core 77 - Greener Gadgets Design Competition
Greener Gadgets Design Competition
Can we save the world through good design? A lot of people think so. I know I would like to think so.
Core 77 and the Greener Gadgets Conference have announced a design innovation competition "to address the issues of energy, carbon footprint, health and toxicity, new materials, product lifecycle and social development."
Submissions can be accepted until January 27th, 2008 at 11.59 pm EST
Finalists will be notified January 29th, 2008
Finalists will be shown at the February 1st, 2008 Greener Gadgets Conference in New York City.
Granted the competition seems to be laid on quickly but I think there is plenty of time to finesse out some of those ideas I bet most of you have kicking around your noggins. Prizes are US$2500 for first and US$1000 for both of the runners up.
Intent:
Design Brief
We're inviting designers to explore the concept of "Greener Gadgets." Designs should seek to minimize the environmental impact of consumer electronic devices at any stage in the product lifecycle. Areas of sustainability to consider include:
1. Energy
2. Materials / Lifecycle / Recycling
3. Social & educational development
Participants are encouraged to consider their designs as part of the entire product ecosystem, and should think as holistically as possible. Designers may choose to focus their entries on a particular area of human enterprise (learning, playing, communicating, etc.), or a particular context (work, home, school, etc.), a particular material, or a specific device. Entries may also seek to create new paradigms for products and services
Ultimately, we are looking for "great gadgets" of the greener kind.Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Local Music Store T-shirt Design Competition
Here at the TOIstudio I fervently keep watch for interesting design competitions. Why? Because I get so bored so quickly and also because half the fun is seeing what other bored people come up with too.
So, in the grand spirit of the New Year (Happy New Year to YOU) I am proud to announce (or pass along the message that...) Music Saves is holding a t-shirt design competition.
The rules are simple:
2 colors max (0 colors min?)
front or front and back designs
you may specify shirt colors if need be
you must include the Music Saves logo and represent it in a complimentary fashion (Awww, no Calvin peeing on logo's?)
Submission is due MIDNIGHT (EST) JANUARY 31st
Submission:
Full size 300 dpi flattened TIFF in RGB mode
Template showing design position on t-shirt
Email submissions to team@musicsaves.com
Submissions will be posted online February 1st so that people may vote on them. Winners to be announced February 15th.
Winner will receive 2 t-shirts, $75 gift certificate and group hug!Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Back of the Envelope Bush Library Design Contest
Not to insult Robert A. Stern (Yale School of Architectural Dean and proposed designer of President Bush's library) but the Chronicle of Higher Education is currently hosting a contest for Bush Library Design Proposals that are to be sketched on the back of a size-10 envelope as if you were just conversing with the President and quickly jotting down some ideas.
Design proposals cans be 'serious, humorous, adventurous, or all of the above' and the grand prize is a iPod Touch.
Rules.pdfLabels: Cleve. Competitions
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Architecture for Humanity AMD Competition Resources
I would like to tip the hat to the Open Architecture Network(OAN) for attempting to prove out that designers care quite a bit about designing with a purpose as opposed to hi-jacking altruistic trends for personal gain. Spend some time at OAN site and check out the hundreds of project submissions and proposals that are being shared. There is something comforting about the knowledge that people are willing to take their own time and resources to create solutions for the sort of problems that most think too large or ingrained to resolve.
I would also like to point out the current competition; Open Architecture Challenge which I have no doubt hyped here and other places - thanks greensource magazine!) before which allows designers to put their minds towards solving real world problems.
The interesting thing about these competitions and the Open Architecture Network is the teams willingness to share information with other teams as each group works towards the same end goal with perhaps different perspectives. Usually this results in groups working inadvertently against each other to solve a common goal and competing for resources, however the structure of the OAN allows for camaraderie to supersede the search for pure authorship. Whether this is a result of the information age or perhaps more people are searching for purely altruistic goals (and willing to share credit) is beyond me and actually, to me, unimportant.
On a closing note I would like to pass along a blog that was sent to me a while back (took me forever to find again) that documents the Washington University's multidisciplinary student team working on the Kallari portion of the Open Architecture Challenge.
Kallari Chocolate Factory Project - Washington University
Sorry it took me so long to put up Mason, keep up the good work. Thanks for sharing.Labels: Cleve. Competitions, Design Rants, Environmental
Saturday, September 22, 2007
While I am being all self aggrandizing
 The poto:type competition was also announced which I was part of a team that won.
Even though Mr. Litt gave it the tip of his cap I doubt that it will prove very much to the local community that there are hungry designers in this town who can do some decent work on an international scale.
I mean, I talk to some very talented people in this town every month. Maybe they just aren't being challenged enough or feel as if they can't investigate design problems? I don't know what the problem is or how we got into this rut, but we apparently did. I find it best reflected in an article about future University Circle development.
Regardless, here is the submission on the TOIstudio website.Labels: Cleve. Competitions, Design Rants
A government list I don't mind being on
 Official recognition for Lifecycle competition was released. TOIstudio won an honerable mention which is pretty nice considering I thought my submission was making fun of the competition's purpose. Perhaps that was the whole point.
You can see it here,way down in the honerable mention list or just 'ctrl f' and search for 'dru' it should take you right to it.
I have the submission on this site right here.
Yes, I used the competition to make a statement about the Ameritrust Tower and the multitude of uninteresting submissions and projects that represent our local TOD projects, RTA stations and Euclid Corridor stops. I don't know what else to say except to quote from Stop Building Shit:
"The mission is simple. One must assume a role that is severely devoid in the City, to hold architects, planners, contractors and builders responsible for shoddy work. If you don't like what we are doing here, then stop building bad buildings." and "If you can't stand the attention, then stop being a whore."
SBS needs to update more, heaven knows there is plenty of source material being built RIGHT NOW!
I think that wraps this up nicely.Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Thursday, September 13, 2007
AMD Open Architecture Challenge
 AMD Open Architecture Challenge
Challenge: To design a sustainable multi-purpose technology facility for under-served communities
Registration Begins: 09/12/2007
Submission Deadline: 01/15/2008
Open To: All. Design professionals and non-professionals alike are invited to compete to develop the winning technology center design. Student entries welcomed.
Entry Fee: $25 per site before 12/15/2007; $30 after 12/16/2007; $0 for entries from developing nations. Group rates available for faculty and students.
Site Awards: Proceeds of the competition entry fees will be awarded to the top entry for each site.
Challenge Award: The winning design team will have the opportunity to work on site directly with the community partner and Architecture for Humanity to build their design.
Contact:
AMD Open Architecture Challenge
415 332 6273 ext. 320
Media Contact:
Architecture for Humanity
Laura Galloway - Galloway Media Group
laura (at) gallowaymediagroup (dot) com
AMD
Travis Bullard - AMD PR
Travis_bullard (at) amd (dot) com
512-602-5667
The Challenges:
SOUTH AMERICA CHALLENGEKallari Association, Ecuador: Connecting a cooperative of indigenous chocolate producers and artisans in the Ecuadorian Amazon with the global marketplace by building a chocolate factory, a fair trade exchange and off-site satellite technology hubs.
AFRICA CHALLENGESIDAREC, Kenya: Empowering the youth of Mukuru Kwa Njenga, an informal slum settlement of 250,000, to connect with other youth and create positive change in their community by building a technology media lab and library.
ASIA CHALLENGENyaya Health, Nepal: Enabling families in a remote rural area of Nepal where there is only one doctor for a population of 250,000 to access to health care from top physicians and medical professionals all over the world by building a telemedicine center.
About Architecture for Humanity
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-- The Cleveland Chapter of Architecture for Humanity will do all we can to promote and coordinate entries from Cleveland. In the next month or so there will be a visible push to approach those in the design community to get involved or help spread the word about this amazing opportunity. For more information or to find how to get involved please visit the Architecture for Humanity-Cleveland Google Group. Labels: Cleve. Competitions, Design Rants
Thursday, August 02, 2007
New |re|Design Cleveland Charrette
reDesign Cleveland has another charrette up and running. Personally I am a little disappointed that not many people seem to be so interested in the whole idea of a bunch of little charrettes where you could design something pertinent, sensitive or absolutely absurd.
In an effort to help the project along TOIstudio (and by extension, I) will attempt to combine some powers with reDesign Cleveland and offer the emerging gallery space of TOIstudio for a reDesign Cleveland show and perhaps some sort of discussion.
This will be based upon interest shown and submissions generated, otherwise it will be just a bunch of my junk hanging on my walls and I doubt seriously that that many people would be interested in seeing something of that nature.
This could work nicely with the Discourse at Prosperity scheduled for August 8th to see how much interest (if any) local designers have towards doing anything -alarming, annoying, arduous, bitch, burdensome, damaging, dangerous, demanding, difficult, disquieting, hairy, harassing, hard, heavy, importunate, inconvenient, infestive, intractable, irksome, irritating, laborious, mean, messy, murder, oppressive, painful, pesky, pestiferous, pestilential, problematic, refractory, repressive, rough, taxing, tiresome, tough, tricky, troublous, trying, ugly, ungovernable, unruly, uphill, upsetting, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, wicked, worrisome, worrying, absorbing, affecting, alluring, amusing, arresting, attractive, beautiful, captivating, charismatic, compelling, curious, delightful, elegant, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, entertaining, enthralling, entrancing, exceptional, exotic, fascinating, fine, gracious, gripping, impressive, intriguing, inviting, lovely, magnetic, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, provocative, readable, refreshing, riveting, stimulating, stirring, striking, suspicious, thought-provoking, turn-on, unusual, winning with their fair city. Labels: Cleve. Competitions, Cleve. Events
Friday, July 20, 2007
Designed Obselesence wins an award!
 TOIstudio recived it's first award in an open competition. That is nice. It was for submission to the Lifecycle Building Challenge in which I attempted to reuse some of the Breuer Tower instead of just tossing it out.
I am still highly interested in getting my hands on some of those panels for my studio or maybe to build a small cottage on a farm out east.
There is a People's Choice Awards type thing where I think the winner gets a hug or something. You can vote for it here.
Then send an email to peopleschoice@lifecyclebuilding.org with the entry number in subject line, name of entry in subject line and a brief reason why it is your favorite entry (not in subject line).
Possible reasons could be because I am so darned lovable or because I ate all my vegetables once. Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Monday, July 02, 2007
New |re|Design Cleveland Charrette!
 Yet another design opprotunity for all you cats and kittens out there no doubt aching for the opprotunity to sketch something for no other reason then to make you happy.
Go on over to reDesign Cleveland and check out the new charrette.
If you want to find out about the new charrettes even quicker (or at least as quick as me) then you can suscribe to their list-serve. Heady times indeed! Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Breuer Tower Ingenuity Extension
Well, the deadline for the Ingenuity Fest 2007's 'what would YOU do with the Breuer Tower?' has been moved to accommodate international interest (and possibly to get all the lazy Clevelanders involved somewhat so Steve Litt doesn't have to write an article about how we don't even care about things going on in our own backyard).
If one were so inclined to look for information on the subject, one could click here, just ignore the deadline on that flyer, AIA Cleveland does try to be on top of things, this one was just a quick change.
Of course, with the slimy as all get out way that the County is attempting to raise the money for their admin building project one would have to wonder if maybe there is anyway to knock sense into that infernal machine. Seriously, am I the only person suspect of a tax increase that doesn't HAVE TO BE VOTED ON BY THE GENERAL POPULATION in which money is earmarked for a highly contested COUNTY BUILDING which already reeks of corruption and poor decision making? I think the idea of a convention center and medical mart in the city is fine. Good. Bring people here. Heck, if we get a convention center maybe the Rock Hall could host something in this town. Maybe a one of a kind medical mart could tap into our educational prowess and put this region on the map for something other then being poor. Just don't try to tack on a rider to fund some awful project that will be a black eye for the city.
Although the whole debacle does seem like good practice for someone if they are making a run for the capital. Pork barrel spending on our small town seems like a bad idea. A friend of mine keeps wondering, how much money could the county save if they cut out some of the deadwood in their current administration? I don't know. Maybe enough for another Silver Line?
Just sayin' is all.
Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
2007 Cleveland Design Competition Winners Announced
Here is the Competition website.
Here is the Winner's Announcement.
Here is the Online Gallery which currently only has the winners posted. Word around the kool-aid cooler is that eventually they are going to have them all online.
My quick run-down as I formulate my opinion into actual sentences is such. While some would complain that only 14 of the 70 submissions were from northeast ohio and fluff over the content and direction as shown I would like to take a moment to just admit that I was very pleased (as a contestant and as a Clevelander) with the variety, thoughtfulness and direction that the competition took as a whole. It was fun ,extremely well run, things went smoothly (even though I never did get my giant novelty check) and the submissions were outstanding. From public parks to giant towers to organic shapes which encompassed most of the west bank the designers involved proved their merit in spades and took on the with tenacity the spirit of the competition.
And while I may not particularly agree with the choices made, I respect the direction that the judges took and do not find fault in their selections and will not second guess the decisions. I will say that there was an amazing level of finesse to a lot of the designs and it was easy to pick out some of the local submissions (I know that I overthought the site - a trap I think many locals fell into). All in all I would call the competition a resounding success and am very excited to see what those kids come out with next year. Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Monday, June 04, 2007
|re|Design Cleveland Charrette!
 I had recently just received a nice email from the folks over at |re|Design Cleveland about their new charrette that they have up and running. This one is about Public Square and I eagerly anticipate sketching out some ideas whilst I holler at the Cavs on my television. Heaven knows the city could use some good ideas on what to do with that mess.
Anyways, I figured I would repost the email that I received in it's entirety so as others can share in the joy (don't worry, I am planning on forwarding this thing around too).
There has been a new monthly charrette posted on |re|Design Cleveland!
This months challenge deals with the much contested Cleveland Public Square. Entrants are asked to use a provided image to recreate/solve/destroy/desolve the Square to their personal preference. As always the deadline for this submission is the last day of the month, Saturday, June 30th.
We are currently trying out new things at |re|Design. We are attempting to start a list-serve to easily and quickly inform contributors and interested parties in new charrettes, deadlines and submissions. We are also currently attempting to re-vamp the website to make it much more user friendly so if you have a comment or complaint don't be shy about voicing your opinion.
Also, to increase exposure feel free to forward this email around.
Thanks for all your input and submissions so far, they have been very interesting and much appreciated!
Cheers,
the |re|Design Cleveland team
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|re|Design Cleveland is a monthly design charrette used to simulate dialog pertaining to Cleveland's aesthetic and artistic nature. We welcome entries from any interested party regardless of age, profession or location.
If you received this email by mistake or no longer would like to receive emails from |re|Design Cleveland, please respond with "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
Feel free to pass charrette invitations along to anyone whom you think would be interested. We are all about sharing.
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Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Cleveland Design Competition: for REALZ!
 Cleveland Design Competition Exhibition 2007
Thursday, June 7th, 2007
Spaces Gallery
6.30pm - the clock strikes "get outta here"
7.30pm - competition results announced
What can I say? I know I mentioned a 'save the date' notice somewheres (that I can't find) but now I have a bat time to match the bat place. Word on the street is that there were a bunch of really good entries so you out to get your butt there and check out what people offered out of the goodness of their squishy hearts.
Due to massive amount of people that will no doubt show up Spaces Gallery is being kind enough to offer the Shrinking Cities exhibit as overflow (as well at to totally submerse your being in some architecturaly-type evening emotional goodness).
There will be food. There will be drink and if I win I promise that recess will be extended by 20 minutes every day and the water fountain will squirt out red Kool-aid instead of water. Vote for me to make all your dreams come true!
Cleveland Design Competition 2007
Labels: Cleve. Competitions, Cleve. Events
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
What would YOU do with the Breuer Tower?
 Thanks to the Design Rag for this one.
The Cleveland Ingenuity 2007 festival is sponsoring a competition on submissions of what could be done to our infamous tower in dire straits.
Ingenuity 2007 the Cleveland Festival of Art & Technology architecture exhibit
What Would you do with the Breuer Building?
July 18 – July 21, 2007
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 19, 2007, 5:00 - 7:00 pm.
Location: 1305 Gallery, 1305 Euclid Avenue at East 13 Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Two-thirds of Cuyahoga County’s commissioners want to demolish it.
Architecture critic Steven Litt wants to save it.
What would you do with it?
Sponsored by Ingenuity, the Cleveland Festival of
Art and Technology, this juried architectural
exhibition invites architects, architectural interns,
students, engineers, artists and designers living or
working in Northeast Ohio to answer the question.
The intent of the exhibit is to keep the debate alive
– through both imaginary and real alternatives to
the Breuer Tower’s future. Additionally, this
exhibit offers area design professionals and others
with an opportunity to participate in the
Ingenuity festival and to demonstrate how
architecture can be the embodiment of "creativity,
innovation, culture and technology."
We encourage architecture, engineering and design
firms to participate as well as to support and
recognize their staff members who participate in
the creation of an entry. Firm affiliations will be
noted along side the designer’s/designers' name(s).
To participate, please email
architecture@Ingenuitycleveland.org,
subject line: Breuer Tower.
We will forward the hi-resolution jpeg image to use
in the creation of your submittal.
Submittals:
Rendering using the hi-resolution image of the Breuer Tower
30” h x 20” w mounted on 3/8” white foamcore.
Digital jpeg image, 15” x 10” at 72 dpi.
Drop off/Pick up:
Renderings must be submitted by 5:00pm, Friday June 22, 2007.
Digital images must be emailed by 5:00pm, Friday June 22, 2007.
Email to architecture@Ingenuitycleveland.org
All work will be available for pick-up ?.
Entry Fee: $19.71
Please make check payable to the Ingenuity Festival, earmarked for architecture exhibit
(Fees will be used to mount the show and for the opening reception.)
Jury:
Faith Baum AIA, IIDA, Principal, Faith Baum Architects, Lexington, Massachusetts; Adjunct Faculty,
Department of Interior Architecture, Rhode Island School of Design
Debi Lacey McDonald, AIA, LEED Architect, DiMella Shaffer, Boston, Massachusetts
Etty Padmodipoetro, AIA, Loeb Fellow 2006, Rosales + Partners, Vice President, Boston, Massachusetts
Maryann Thompson, Maryann Thompson Architects, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Gretchen von Grossman, Parsons, Corp., Boston, Massachusetts
Vicky Sirianni, Consultant, Salem, Massachusetts
Jury policy:
Decisions will be based both on quality of work and allowable space. The intention of the
Ingenuity Festival and the What Would you do with the Breuer Tower? exhibit is to
celebrate as many talented designers from the region as possible.
Curators:
David H. Ellison, AIA
Sally L. Levine, AIA
For more information or to register, contact:
Email: architecture@ingenuitycleveland.org
Website: http://www.ingenuitycleveland.org
The Exhibit is sponsored by Ingenuity, the Cleveland festival of arts and technology.
What more could I say but "Get on it". Another wonderful example of Cleveland's ability to voice their own aesthetic. I can't wait to see all the submissions.
Labels: Cleve. Competitions, Cleve. Events, Cleveland Trust Tower
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Cleveland Competition - Exhibition Save the Date
 June 7th, 2007
Spaces Gallery
The Cleveland Design Competition recently released their 'Save the Date' notice.
Anyway, mark your calendar and don't you dare make plans for June 7th, 2007. You should all be at Spaces Gallery looking on what some people are imagining for our beautiful Cuyahoga River.
If you see any typos on mine don't tell me. It is too late anyway.
Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
New |re|Design Cleveland Charrette
It looks like there is ANOTHER |re|design Cleveland charrette up, this one aimed towards more neighborhoody identification goodness. I suppose nothing can be left un-'re'designed if targets range from a parking garage facade (architectural), bridge design (engineering) and now a waste receptical charrette (industrial design?).
I am mostly excited because this is the third incarnation and it now appears that it actually may continue to be a monthly like submission thingy. That could end up rather interesting if it does. I am thinking that there are quite a few people around town that would love an excuse to sketch something up and showcase their thoughts.
Anyway, get out there and submit something, dammit!
ps. sorry for no post yesterday, had to catch up on sleep deprived to me due to that damned Cleveland Competition. I hope some of you bums submitted stuff to that.
Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Monday, February 26, 2007
|re|Design Cleveland Charrette launch
 There seems to be a push for Cleveland to remake it's image through collaborative design competitions and I am all for.
|re|Design Cleveland seems to be a website/blog for design charrette's (word on the street is possibly monthly) that are open to anyone who would like to sketch or create an idea to make Cleveland more livable. Their first charrette is a simple re-skinning of a parking deck near public square and is due in the beginning of March.
Currently there are no registration fees nor prizes as it is operating on a charrette basis (open discussion, sharing/creation of multiple ideas) and it seems as sort of a refreshing design exercise for those of us who want to sketch something out quick and see what others thinking regarding similar problems.
Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Cleveland Competition 2007 - Prelim jury announcement!
 The Cleveland Competition 2007 has released a preliminary list of jurors for their competition.
I am extremely proud of those kids putting this thing together, amazingly by their little selves. It almost gives one pause to ponder on what one can accomplish oneself if one were so inclined to get off one's duff.
Get off your duff.
Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Cleveland Design Competitions - FUN!
Cleveland Design Competitions (who promised to create a very nice little image soon that I can use to link stuff to) has FINALLY posted their competition call for entries which I know that many have been waiting for (I sure have).
Actual web site that you can check out.
Labels: Cleve. Competitions, Cleveland
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Cleveland Design Competition Website Launch
 Recently a website launched, cryptically called Cleveland Design Competition. It is currently under development and will soon have more information up and about it.
I bring this to your attention for a myriad of reasons.
a- so that this competition gets a ton of entrants. I am under the impression that this particular comp. is sort of an underground movement by a group of people bent of guerrilla design tactics, ie. by creating their own medium for designers to do what they love.
b- so that people's attention will be piqued making them want to check back more and more often which gives more incentive for these guys to move on their project.
c- so that the email that I got in the first place about this particular site stops getting forwarded to me over and over and over and over and over again. Oh well, at least people have me in mind for this sort of thing so I guess that is good, actually. You might as well keep it up.
More updates as the site, well, updates.
Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
CPA - Buckeye Competition: Call for artists
 Call for artists
Due: January 5th, 2007 at 5pm
Cleveland Public Art and BADC (Buckeye Area Development Corporation) as well as Parkworks, Arterial Arts and NPI (Neighborhood Progress, Inc) have put out a call for artists for a site specific installation on Buckeye Road opposite a planned transit station. The competition is open to any Ohio artists, designers or architects as well as alumni of Ohio colleges over the age of 18. More information including a site plan can be found in the link above.
Labels: Cleve. Competitions
Monday, November 20, 2006
One man's stand against an army
 Yeah, I have mentioned the Breuer tower thing before. Yeah, I have decidedly sat on the fence, not committing to any particular view. Yeah I lamented and cajoled but didn't say much of anything.
Well, nothing is going to change.
I still don't have too much of an opinion. Really. Seriously. I haven't really decided to lean one way or another.
I will mention that I have been talking to Bradley over at DesignRag and have spent some time looking at the Breuer tower and pondering and wondering and scheming.
See, Bradley is all about Cleveland. He likes it. He wants to make it better somehow. Then he gets all up on his soapbox and preaches and praises and persuades. I am putty in his logic.
So I thought I would help out his cause. He is taking it upon himself (and anyone else who would like to join) in striking wildly at the windmill that is complacency. He knows that the County has made up its mind, selected its architects, mastered its masterplan and there is little to nothing the community has done to save this historic piece of Cleveland history, nor is there much that can be done. Really, if the building doesn't fit, then the county must acquit, to put it succinctly.
Either way, the fine folks over at DesignRag are accepting modifications to the Save Breuer Image (my little submission is what you see now) with the hope that they can at least spread some concern and knowledge so that if this cannot be halted at least it might not happen again.
Of course the time that we spent staring up at the tower has led to much discussion about what could, in fact, be done to minimize the loss. Stay tuned for more good time happy images about the destruction of this icon and some simple solutions or alterations that could, in fact, change the face of history.
Labels: Cleve. Competitions, Cleveland Trust Tower
Monday, November 13, 2006
Timely: Viktor Schreckengost and Cleveland's Chinatown
 Alright, today is a trifecta. That should make up for my slacking on posting anything new and exciting yesterday.
Well, in a somewhat scary coincidence the Cleveland Plain Dealer ran an article with a somewhat dubious tagline that combined two of my recent posts. Perhaps I have a fan? Naw. Anyway Mr. Viktor Shreckengost is has what is quickly becoming my favorite last name to type designed a wonderful fiberglass pig which will be decorated by local artists and placed throughout Cleveland's Chinatown in front of the various businesses that sponsor them.
You probably remember the Year of the Dog, dogs and the plan is the same for these friendly pigs. So far the St. Clair Superior Development Corporations has contacted about 300 local artists asking them to submit proposals and plan to whittle the selection down to about 25 in the upcoming couple of weeks.
For details you can call Katharyne Starinsky, commercial development manager at 216.881.0644.
Chinese Zodiac Page for fun
Labels: Cleve. Competitions
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The poto:type competition was also announced which I was part of a team that won.
Official recognition for Lifecycle competition was released. TOIstudio won an honerable mention which is pretty nice considering I thought my submission was making fun of the competition's purpose. Perhaps that was the whole point.
AMD Open Architecture Challenge
TOIstudio recived it's first award in an open competition. That is nice. It was for submission to the Lifecycle Building Challenge in which I attempted to reuse some of the Breuer Tower instead of just tossing it out.
Yet another design opprotunity for all you cats and kittens out there no doubt aching for the opprotunity to sketch something for no other reason then to make you happy.
I had recently just received a nice email from the folks over at |re|Design Cleveland about their new charrette that they have up and running. This one is about Public Square and I eagerly anticipate sketching out some ideas whilst I holler at the Cavs on my television. Heaven knows the city could use some good ideas on what to do with that mess.
Cleveland Design Competition Exhibition 2007
Thanks to the Design Rag for this one.
June 7th, 2007
There seems to be a push for Cleveland to remake it's image through collaborative design competitions and I am all for.
The Cleveland Competition 2007 has released a preliminary list of jurors for their competition.
Recently a website launched, cryptically called Cleveland Design Competition. It is currently under development and will soon have more information up and about it.
Call for artists
Yeah, I have mentioned the Breuer tower thing before. Yeah, I have decidedly sat on the fence, not committing to any particular view. Yeah I lamented and cajoled but didn't say much of anything.
Alright, today is a trifecta. That should make up for my slacking on posting anything new and exciting yesterday.
