Thank goodness we’re not the only ones obsessed with making plush guts. Meet Gnagno, whose guts are easily accessible via several zippered openings (notice the brain peeking out from Gnagno’s zippered mouth — gross!). Gnagno and The Organs plush toy hails from Italy and it pretty darned cute. Also gut-obsessed are our friends Spooky Daddy, a rare breed of male handmade plush-maker who makes gorgeous eyeballs and also crafted this incredible gut-filled monkey, part of his Medical Experiments in Plush series. We are particularly impressed with the intestine, which has a texture that looks a lot like the real thing. The baking tray filled with guts is a particularly macabre touch. The monkey also looks pretty positive about his eviscerated fate. Good thing to be so optimistic in troubled times. {via DaddyTypes}
Archive for September, 2009
Cute + Gross Guts
Posted: Wednesday, September 30th, 2009Snake Heart Snack
Posted: Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
I am probably the last person to see this video of gastronomic Travel Channel personality Anthony Bourdain gobbling down a beating reptilian heart, freshly plucked from a living cobra snake. But then again, maybe you haven’t seen it either. Swallowing a thumping ticker takes some serious balls. {Thanks, Dov!}
Guts in Venice
Posted: Friday, September 25th, 2009
Proving there’s more to the Abbot Kinney festival than hemp bags, lemonade and Stevie Knicks-inspired knitwear, I Heart Guts will also have a booth, along with local hipster crafters Bughouse, Spicy Brown and Detroit Sprinkles. Come stop by our booth at the Abbot Kinney Street Festival in Venice, CA, this Sunday, September 27, from 10am – 6pm. We’re conveniently located near the festival beer garden near Abbot Kinney and San Juan Avenue, so come say hello and give your ol’ liver a break.
Liver 2.0
Posted: Friday, September 25th, 2009
Somehow we missed the newsy tidbit that Apple head Steve Jobs had a liver transplant back in April. “As you may know, I had a liver transplant,” Jobs told the audience assembled for Apple’s music event in early September. “So I have the liver of a mid-20s person who died in a car crash, and was generous enough to donate their organs. And I wouldn’t be here without such generosity.” And here this whole time we thought his pancreas was the one giving him trouble. {via Wall Street Journal}
My Liver Is a Potato
Posted: Friday, September 25th, 2009
Is it animal, mineral, or vegetable? Perhaps a little bit of all three. With a celery esophagus, eggplant large intestine and grape small intestine, this set of anatomical veggie illustrations by Kyle Bean pretty much make us want to have our vegetables and eat them, too. {via TrendHunter}
Guts Blowing Up
Posted: Friday, September 25th, 2009
German artist and self-proclaimed nut Christoph Brach serves up his commentary on human anatomy with help from a little bit of rubber and a whole lot of oxygen. What an impressive set of guts!
A Renal Winner
Posted: Thursday, September 24th, 2009
While dialysis has always been more of a necessity than a source of enjoyment, it no longer has to take up your whole day sitting in a clinic or at home. The Wearable Artificial Kidney (WAK) is a complete dialysis system attached to a belt. While style is not a key feature here, mobility definitely is. The WAK allows patients with severe renal failure to enjoy the everyday pleasures of life while receiving dialysis 24/7. The belt weighs in at a mere 10 pounds including its power source of two 9-volt batteries and claims to be light enough to use while running, walking, or even riding a bike! You can read more about the benefits of the WAK at Gizmag.
Know the Guts By Heart
Posted: Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Your body is up to all sorts of hijinx all day long — isn’t it time you learned a little something about it? Check out our fun new mini-poster that shows the guts in action and debriefs you on each organ’s main function. Marvel over the intestine as he unloads his dump truck, enjoy the pancreas and gallbladder as they indulge their respective sweet tooths (should I say sweet teeth?).
Hospitals in the House
Posted: Thursday, September 24th, 2009
A new season of Grey’s Anatomy starts tonight with a two-hour premiere — we’ll see the hospital staff dealing with George’s death while his mom is stuck with wondering what to do with his organs. Along with the new Grey’s season comes a few other medical shows: Trauma, a new show focused on the insane lives of first-responder paramedics, which premiers Monday on NBC. Also on the medical show tip, we’ve got Mercy, another nurse drama, though no in the same vein as druggy Nurse Jackie, and Jada Pinkett Smith stars in HawthoRNe, another nurse drama on TNT. Here’s something cool — you can add a hero nurse to their website, if you feel the need to shout out your favorite medical professional or take a quiz to find out what kind of nurse you would be. I’m sorta scared to take that one.
Beautiful Bodies
Posted: Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Next time you hit the bookstore, be sure to flip through the epically wonderful coffee table book Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life, a collection of gorgeous drawings by Charles Harper. His body of work comprised drawings of nature, and one of his finest illustration projects was The Giant Golden Book of Biology, which included stylized drawings of brain and skull, plus a human body laced with veins and organs (sorry I couldn’t find better images). Makes me wish he’d illustrated a full-on human anatomy book before he died in 2007, it would have been amazing to behold.


























