Katalyst, Inc.

04/18/2014

02/20/2014

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

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...

02/07/2014

What a great idea!

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

01/29/2014

A little levity never hurts.

01/08/2014

Thought for today.

12/30/2013

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!

Can the social sculptor Theaster Gates turn the inner city into art?

12/24/2013

Happy and safe holidays.

12/23/2013

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 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."

12/20/2013

Be an agent of change.

12/16/2013

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