California College of the Arts

Michael Chanover

Michael Chanover is an interactive designer, researcher, and strategist in San Francisco. Currently he's the creative director of web and online at LeapFrog, the educational toy company based in Emeryville, California. Michael directs products that converge user experience, strategy, education, and web technologies.

Prior to LeapFrog Michael spend four years in the San Francisco and New York offices of frogdesign as general manager and vice president of production. Michael was the recipient of the UNESCO Design for
Rehabilitation Award and has lectured, written, and taught on the subject of strategic design.

Michael holds a BFA in Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design.


Senior Lecturer, Graphic Design.

BFA, Rhode Island School of Design.