Squishy Bowls for Pets are Here! Peoplepets.com Takes Notice.

And now the moment we have all been waiting for (especially the four-legged friends of ours)...

Squishy Bowls for Pets have arrived! Guyot Designs has trotted over into the Pet Market with the debut of their Squishy Bowl specifically designed for our adorable pets.

Encompassing the same award-winning functionality as the Squishy Bowl, the silicone Squishy Bowl for Pets has the ability to collapse in the smallest of space for easy packing and then easily regain their shape. BPA and polycarbonate free, this design offers a wider base and opening to assist our loving, but clumsy friends. The bowls come in 3 convenient sizes and a variety of colors including: Trail (MSRP $12.95), Park (MSRP $14.95) and Basecamp (MSRP $19.95) and Tahoe Blue, Tangerine, and Lime Green. Bowls can be purchased here.

PeoplePets.com, the top web site for pet news, pet style, and stories with celebrities, recently featured the bowls in their style section. Click here to read more.

How Do You Squishy? Introducing Photo and YouTube Contest! Winner Receives Free Guyot Designs Gear.

These crazy, colorful, collapsible, convenient, camping bowls have been targeted as the perfect meal gear for hiking and backpacking. However, we live in a world where creativity and imagination abounds and inspires us and presents new and unthinkable possibilities. We have found there are dozens, even hundreds of uses for these silicone-based Squishy Bowls. Here are a few shared with us, but we would like to hear more! Please share videos, pictures, or ingenious ideas on how you use your Squishy Bowls. A top photo and video from YouTube will be chosen and the winner will receive a complete prize package of Guyot Designs gear. Videos and photos will also be showcased on Guyot Designs' website and during 2009 tradeshow trips to Utah and even Germany!

Please send entries to:
WeloveGuyotDesigns@guyotdesigns.com

Contest ends July 13th.












The 'pen holder'














The 'flower vase'


Contest rules:

1. Keep it clean.
2. Photos should be in .jpg format.
3. Please include name, address, phone number, e-mail, photo location, date, description of photo, who, what, why, where, when, thoughts about that particular moment on the hike.
4. 2 Winners will be chosen - 1 photo, 1 video.
5. Two entries per person.
   
6. Any size photo may be submitted.
7. Copyright of the image remains the property of the photographer. If your submission is selected as a finalist or winner, you agree to grant Guyot Designs and Darby Comm permission and rights to use the image indefinitely on any page at guyotdesigns.com & darbycommunications.com, for any online advertising or printed materials promoting Guyot Designs.
8. Must have sufficient permission of any recognizable persons appearing in the photograph to be able to grant to guyotdesigns.com the right to display their photographic submission online or in printed material.
9. Winners will be notified via e-mail.

Fun Photo Shoot with Squishy Bowls

June 9, 2009

Last Friday I decided to head outside into beautiful downtown Asheville and showcase these fun, colorful, multipurpose bowls. Here's a few shots of squishy bowls.

Photos: Molly Milroy

Mascot: Brooke Darby

Firefly Featured on "Good Morning America" May 19, 2009

Guyot Designs' uniquely designed LED lid light, the Firefly, was featured today on the “Good Morning America” segment “Best Memorial Day Ever: Summer Gadgets Under $20”. “Good Morning America” and Men’s Health teamed up to highlight six inexpensive but essential gadgets perfect for funning up your holiday party.

The Firefly is a one-of-a-kind replacement lid that converts any wide mouth bottle into a lantern. With LED lights sealed inside the lid, the Firefly attaches to the wide mouth bottle and can set the mood on the trail or patio. The Firefly utilizes a watertight creative design and can be used right side up, upside down, center of the picnic table, or hanging from the nearest handy branch. The variable light levels allow the user to control the lighting with the push of a button. The Firefly, which is BPA and polycarbonate free, is also great for kids as different liquids, sealed tight, can be used to yield different colored lights.

The Firefly, MSRP $20, is available at Outdoor specialty stores including Dick’s, REI and online at www.guyotdesigns.com.

To view the complete “Good Morning America” segment “Best Memorial Day Ever: Summer Gadgets Under $20”, watch directly at ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7623086.

Microbites: Turned into Tongs

This is a great conversion of the Microbites into tongs. 

Just add string and a stick. Mushrooms look good too.

Thanks for the video wildernessoutfitters!

Bottled Water Carries Hidden Costs to the Earth

Just yesterday Discovery news.com posted an article explaining the damaging effects plastic water bottles have on the environment. This is, as many are, an issue that is hardly given a second notion. The public seems to think that by drinking bottled water they are in fact doing something positive and pure and giving their bodies clean and healthy water, when in fact the effects it has on the planet is anything but positive or healthy. Not to mention several bottled water distributors offer nothing shy from basic tap water in a bottle. No one equates the level of energy required to produce and maintain the demand for bottled water. The article estimates that our nation's bottled water habit sucked up the equivalent of 32 to 54 million barrels of oil last year. It is sad that no one understands the magnitude of this energy consumption as the demand for bottle water heavily increases. Though, this is saddening, the worst part is there are alternatives, extremely affordable alternatives. Reusable water containers range in different shapes and sizes and are typically less than $26. An additional convenient companion to a reusable water bottle is the one and only TapGuard. Place the TapGuard into your reusable bottle to get fresh and tasty bottled water flavor from any tap. The water bottle problem seems to spur from our nations addiction to quick, conveniences without giving a second look to the effects it causes the world or anyone around them. There is also the issue to whether or not these plastic bottles will get recycled and how many will be dumped into landfills. This is a problem that must be addressed before it only worsens. To view the Discovery news article please visit http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/06/bottled-water.html .

BPA Fears Still Linger

Although the outdoor industry has already faced, dealt with, and picked up the pieces of the BPA travesty, high-profile, mainstream publications continue to report on the controversy. In the most recent issue of Oprah's O Magazine, a feature describes the health-threatening chemical found in everyday products, how it affects the body, and how some states and companies (Nalgene) have already taken action. Though this seems to be old news to outdoor folks, who have already make the switch to alternative materials for the liquid goods like aluminum or stainless steel or even the BPA-free Nalgenes, the issue obviously has not been completely absorbed by the overall consensus. Perhaps, health issues and concerns, among other things, have been pushed to the back burner because of more hot media issues - the election, the economy, the bailout, the stimulus, or what celebrities are wearing. It wasn't just a fad, BPA is harmful to your health and it is in one's better interest to find a healthier and cleaner alternative.

For full story:
http://www.oprah.com/article/omagazine/200904-omag-plastic-bpa

For alternatives:
http://www.guyotdesigns.com/Product-Bottles