My dear friend Tiffany snapped this photo of people’s notes to their body parts at the Actual Cafe in Oakland, California. I can’t decide which I like better: “Dear Pancreas, I used to be really mad at you for giving up, but I forgive you now.” or “Dear Lungs, It’s okay to just relax.”
Archive for the ‘Gutsy Products’ Category
Dear Body…
Posted: Friday, August 27th, 2010Pimp My Prostate
Posted: Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
I imagine that going in for a prostate exam ranks low on any man’s to-do list, but how about when it’s combined with a vintage car show? Sound better? A number of classic car shows across the country and now including free prostate screenings along with the chrome bumpers and candy-colored automobiles. Last weekend’s 6th Annual Classic Aircraft and Car Show/Prostate Cancer Awareness Day was hosted by the Urology Center of Colorado, and the 11th annual Cruisin’ for a Cure Car Show is going on at the Orange County Fair & Event Center this weekend. There’s more in Texas, Utah and one on New York’s Long Island. So if you love someone who loves cars and needs to pay better attention to his prostate, check out one of these events near you!
Heart to Heart
Posted: Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Another reason I’d love to go to Osaka, but will instead visit the internet — Like Atmosphere’s shop has some gorgeous anatomy-inspired pendants, including a brass coccyx, silver pelvis and this here pink silver heart, which can be engraved with whatever you want. {Thanks, Chuv!}
Our Hearts are Full
Posted: Thursday, August 19th, 2010
If you know someone with a lot of heart, we’ve gone big and remade our hearts huge! Our new Humungous Plush Heart is in stock, a handsome 11″ tall and ready to snuggle — or beat. Check it out, or snap up one of the original life-size hearts before they run out, we have only a few left!
Molar Dilemma
Posted: Monday, August 16th, 2010
We get a lot of great ideas from our customers here at I Heart Guts, but one of my personal favorites came from a dental student in Michigan, who begged us to make tooth t-shirts reading “Flossin’ Ain’t Just for Gangstas.” Now while we still haven’t made these shirts, I did make this one-of-a-kind drawing, along with a bunch of other special doodles — including brains, lungs and kidneys – all up for sale in the I Heart Guts store. Maybe you’ll give one of these special friends a good home?
Soft Hearted
Posted: Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
My spies at Bergdorf Goodman in New York spotted this heartfelt sweater from Marlon Gobel’s fall 2010 collection in the men’s department. {Thanks, Scotti!}
Soft Organ Fun
Posted: Friday, July 30th, 2010
Other makers obsessed with making anatomy soft and cuddly include these bright and appealing organs by Fur Will Fly. So cute! And they were smart enough to make them the correct size in relation to each other. Look for these on their Etsy site soon.
Artist Alison Kuo showed her soft and interactive fleece organs at the Box 13 gallery in Houston, Texas, last summer. The daughter of a doctor who minored in biology, Kuo probably grew up knowing more about the human body than your average kid.
Also in the realm of artsy awesomeness are these hand-stitched guts by Mandy Roos. Hung together, these three organs comprise a dedication to Jim Henson, who died from organ failure due to streptococcus pneumonia. We doubt he had a black heart, though.
Kidney Bling
Posted: Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Check out this Elsa Peretti bean necklace by Tiffany. We saw it and immediately thought of kidneys! She used this same organic shape when designing jewelry for Halston in the 70s.
Light Up My Heart
Posted: Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Upon first glance, I thought this was a heart-shaped computer mouse, but it’s actually a lamp, designed by Ligia Carteiro, who was inspired by the Portuguese proverb “cold hand, warm heart.” The lamp is fashioned from porcelain and lit with a 15 watt bulb, making it warm to the touch. So if it were indeed a mouse, it would also serve to toast up your digits. {via DesignBoom}
We Heart Comic Con!
Posted: Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
If you’re hitting up Comic Con this weekend, we sure would love to meet you at our booth #621, where we will have plush guts galore, limited-edition treats and more! Stop by for some great deals on tees, toys, pins and other gutsy goods. You can get a sneak peek at some prototypes for new guts pals at the DKE Toys booth, where they’ve got samples of bigger and better guts (pictured) on display — plus an incredible art scavenger hunt starting noon Thursday. Stop by and say hello! Here’s a shortlist of some of our favorite booths:
STORES WE LIKE
cardboard spaceship 4534
giant robot 1729 1731
kidrobot 4529 4531
munky king 4539
strangeco 4629 4728
SPECIAL FRIENDS
chronicle books 1506 1508
dke toys 4732 4734
CUTE STUFF
bored inc 609
conduct happiness 4830
fat rabbit farms 4521
giant microbes 735
spicy brown 4832
STUFF WE LIKE
adult swim 3351
max brooks 4403
kinokuniya bookstores 5549 5550
sharpie/prismacolor 5102
upper playground 4631
