Derived from 100% annually renewable resources such as corn, NatureWorks PLA polymer is the world’s first greenhouse gas-neutral plastic. I just received a Chiptole gift card made from NatureWorks materials — very cool.
Link: Nature Works website

Flavorpill is a weekly email magazine covering a hand-picked selection of cultural events. The San Francisco edition is a great guide to Bay Area art events. Plus, their website grid structure has elements of genius.

Link: SF edition of Flavorpill.net

I received The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia as a gift last night. The book is great, but the searchable PDF DVD is an even better quick resource.

Link: The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia on Amazon.com

I’m roughly 20 pages into Richard Florida’s The Rise of the Creative Class and know that it’s going to be an interesting read. Florida conducted an exhaustive study of the “creative class,” which is made up of people whose job is to be “creative.”
This can include musicians, artists, scientists, teachers, and many other professions. Nearly 40 million Americans – over 30 percent of the workforce – derive much of our identity and values from its role as purveyors of creativity.

Link: CreativeClass.org website

Koons recently collaborated with Supreme to produce a new variety of monkey imagery with surreal backgrounds on a set of skateboard decks.

Link: Jeff Koons designed skateboards