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We recently stumbled on Skate Study House - you just have to check out their work, based on their passion of mid-century design, skateboard culture and California lifestyle.

http://skatestudyhouse.com/html/astro_clock.html

Skate Study House - Astro Clock Polyurethane wheels changed the world of skateboarding in the 70’s. Incorporating this notable trend into this iconic design produces a true fusion of both eras. The Astro Clock created with 12 skateboard wheels and bearings. Diameter: 17", 1.5” Depth. Available in maple or color with branded deck o...

What a great idea!

http://www.tpl.org/blog/dragon-born-burbank

A dragon is born in Burbank Assisted by a crew calling itself the "mosaic mafia," and working out of a movie prop yard in Burbank, Los Angeles artist Jolino Beserra is breathing life into a 30-foot cement dragon.

A little levity never hurts.

Thought for today.

Fascinating article about great things people can do. Theaster Gates and his Rebuild Foundation is changing the faces of Chicago, St. Louis, and Omaha, one idea at a time. Thank you AH Architecture, PC for the head's up!

Chicago’s Opportunity Artist Can the social sculptor Theaster Gates turn the inner city into art?

Happy and safe holidays.

If you need inspiration for growing your own food, for eradicating food deserts in your neighborhood, or in someone else's neighborhood, listen to Ron Finley, he is DOING it, and if you want to talk to him, bring your shovel and work gloves down to his garden and talk while tending! To quote Ron, "Gardening is the therapeutic and defiant act you can do, especially in the inner city. Plus you get strawberries."

Ron Finley: A guerilla gardener in South Central LA | Video on TED.com Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA -- in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where "the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys."

Be an agent of change.

Katalyst, Inc. and DPFG are collecting toys for Toys for Tots, our first box is overflowing!