Fantastic gutsy tee designed by Kristina Collantes and offered up by the folks at Infectious, a Threadless-esque tee shop online. {Thanks, Julie!}
Archive for December, 2009
See My Guts
Posted: Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Urine Trouble
Posted: Thursday, December 17th, 2009
When it comes to random drug testing, hair knows a lot more than urine or saliva tests can tell ya. According to the New York Times, hair samples can indicate drug use up to 90 days earlier. Urine and saliva tests can’t pass that test. Workers may lie about what they do after business hours (and some argue what they do after business hours is, well, their own damn business), but their hairdos tell another story. Of course quickly following in the heels of the new hair tests are hair follicle concealing shampoos that allegedly get you through a drug test. These shampoos join a cottage marketplace for tampering with workplace drug tests with a variety of pee potions, powdered urine and saliva-altering pills. They also offer tests not related to drug use — such as the Infidelity Test.
Brighten Your Holidays
Posted: Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Our Heart of Gold wreath is going on a road trip with us to San Francisco to help decorate our booth at the Renegade Craft Fair this weekend. While this shiny fellow is busy drinking bad coffee and eating weird gas station snacks off the I-5, we’re putting it on sale for 50% off. Boss!
Boneyard Book
Posted: Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Fancy metallic blank bone-emblazoned journal from the smart folks of Poketo. Nothing much better than having a pelvis and humerus shining out at you from the cover of a book. {Thanks, Julie!}
Forebrain Fresco
Posted: Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Do we have Sistine on the brain, or is that a brain on Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling? Notice that the hypothalamus, which basically controls everything going on in our bodies, is god. {via BoingBoing. Thanks, Scott!}
Insider Vinyl
Posted: Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Kaws has created a new anatomy-inspired friend, but this time the Dissected Companion Original is giant — standing at four feet tall. For a vinyl toy, that’s pretty darn huge. Same candy-colored guts, including bright yellow lungs, pink and blue intestines, orange stomach and happy pink brains all encased in a black vinyl body. Amazing and available Dec. 19. The last Original Fake grey edition was made in an edition of 100 and sold out despite the high price tag — $4,000 bucks. Uh…maybe I’ll just get the keychain? {via High Snobiety}
Bodily Books
Posted: Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
We’re gonna have to hit the bookstore to check out some of the good reading from the Los Angeles Times‘ list of health-related books. Most interesting to us include Flow: The Cultural History of Menstruation, all about the period; Don’t Swallow Your Gum, a compendium of truths and myths about bodies; The Healing of America, an account of how other countries handle health care and how we might approach improving our own here in the U.S.; and lastly, The Little Book of Pandemics, perfect for the hypochrondriac in your life. {Thanks, Mom!}
Canaries in my Lungs
Posted: Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Loads of fantastic anatomy-inspired work by porcelain artist Kate MacDowell. Her work has been featured at Philly’s anatomy-celebrating Mutter Museum along with many ceramics museums and galleries. How you hand-sculpt things from porcelain, I have no idea. Aren’t these lung birds fantastic? {via NotCot}
Hormonal Innards
Posted: Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
See what’s inside the inner workings of your endorphins, as imagined by artist Dave Pressler. In case you forgot, endorphins are produced by the pituitary and hypothalamus in the brain, and are often released during exercise, periods of excitement or pain, while eating spicy food and during orgasm. They prevent nerve receptors from sending out pain signals — natural pain relief. Contrary to popular opinion, endorphins actually do have a spine. {via NotCot}
Globs O’ Guts
Posted: Monday, December 14th, 2009
We had a great time at the Bust Craftacular in Echo Park last weekend, we were impressed by how many people braved the rain to come hang out with a bunch of dorks in a dark and gloomy nightclub. Thanks so much for coming out and making it such a successful show for everyone. Our last show of the season is coming up this weekend — we’re packing our bags to come to San Francisco for the Renegade Holiday Sale! It’s gonna be a blast, 150 amazing and talented artists and vendors, tons of great stuff just in time for that last-minute gift for your Aunt Martha, and that hard-to-shop-for sister of yours. We’re happy to be next to our pals at Two Rabbits press, near the snarky screenprinted vintage wares at Stella Neptune and the fabulous recycled book journals of Ex Libris Anonymous. Check out more great vendors here, then come on down to Fort Mason Herbst Pavillion, it’s right on the water with a fab view of Alcatraz! Dec 19 + 20, 11am – 7 pm. We’ll have tons of guts on sale just in time for last minute shopping, parking is abundant and cheap, so c’mon down and hang with us!
