Vital Little Plans

<h4>Lyra Kilston is a writer and editor in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in Icon, Time, Wired, Next City, and KCET’s Artbound, among other publications.​</h4>

Lyra Kilston

Living for the City: Jane Jacobs’s “Vital Little Plans”

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

Politics

"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil

Cultural Studies

Crestwood Hills: The Chronicle of a Modern Utopia

Midcentury California Cohousing

"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa

Art &amp; Architecture

Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires &amp; Riots: California &amp; Graphic Design, 1936–1986

A Dinner Party That Serves Only Desserts

Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design

Designed for Impact

Lyra Kilston is a writer and editor in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in Icon, Time, Wired, Next City, and KCET’s Artbound, among other publications.​