Fertile Ground
A young San Diego family shares its striking midcentury digs in Mt. Helix with crops, chickens, and an apiary. The Vesses learned to farm via YouTube (with a little help from Caddyshack) and raided Design Within Reach for their stylish surroundings. (PDF)

Absolutely Prefab
Danish architect Jesper Pedersen turned to the humble Lego when conceptualizing his super-buzzy prefabs, the IQ haus and IQ s-tart. Four container-based building blocks snap and lock, offering countless -- and surprisingly affordable -- configurations. (PDF)

Eco Lodging
AutoZone heiress and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Margaret Hyde ditched her palace in the Palisades for Craftsman-style digs in Santa Monica, going LEED Platinum in the process. The coolest feature? A treehouse with its own wind turbine. (PDF)

The Dukes of Downtown
Mega-clubs and rooftop pool parties are so last decade, at least in San Diego, where it's all about eclectic design, drinks, and DJs, from kitschy-chic cantinas to goth-den dance clubs. Meet a few of the movers-and-shakers making it happen. (PDF)

Final Frontier
When the space shuttle Atlantis launched on its final repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009, its seven crewmembers included first-time flyer Megan McArthur, who earned her PhD at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. (Web)

Victims of War
After years of tough work in the field, Kristin Kalla oversees the Trust Fund for Victims, part of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands. It's the first time such a court has recognized the need for restitution for victims. (Web)