Jan. 13, 2011 -
PRLog -- Patho Phizz is the brainchild of Ben Parks and Marti Bein, a couple of artists with a vision: cover the teeming masses with teeming pathogens! Ben, who also works as a critical care nurse at the local regional hospital, traces his original inspiration back to his days in Microbiology 101--entranced by the beauty of bugs under the microscope. Surely these images could be used creatively. Then, graduation from nursing school, and that fateful first shopping spree to buy scrubs for work. Alas! A dearth of unique, aesthetically pleasing, and conceptually interesting scrubs with which to adorn one's self! Sponge Bob? Nay! Khaki?
Ka-Ka!
Pansies and butterflies?
Zofran, 4mg IVP stat! In late 2009, Ben, Marti, and Ben's daughter Aurora started playing around with micrographs of pathogens and pathologies, enhancing colors, patterning them with the aid of computer graphics software. Marti, a painter, offered pointed criticism and suggestions. Aurora, in addition to making some beautiful patterns, came up with fabulous ideas for future products (how about pajamas with REM sleep pattern strips as the stripe element, Pa?). We made a couple of prototypes and we thought they had promise. Ben wore an early E. coli to work one day, followed by a pulmonary embolism pattern. His co-workers were intrigued. Sure, I'd buy that. Okay, thought us: Let the contagion begin!
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Patho Phizz makes unique and unusual scrub tops using original fabric designs based on pathogens, disease vectors, and pathologies. So hip, it's sick!
