New Hero Website, New Hero Blog

So the time has FINALLY come, we have a new website up!! Check it out at www.heroandsound.com. It's still a work in progress, but the god awful, seriously outdated portfolio that we had up, is finally gone!!!!

We are still adding stuff to the new portfolio and we have to tweak our existing web store a bit to properly sync up with the new site, but it is there! We also have a new blog, which we are very excited about, so please change your bookmarks and update your feed links. We will no longer be updating this blog and we'll be posting in the new blog on the website the way we always did with this one. We hope you enjoy the new format as much as we do. It is more organized, so if you are only interested in new things at the Boutique or events we have coming up, it should hopefully be easier navigate.

The second phase of the new Hero website involves a brand new, revamped web store that will be more organized, and much easier to search for things, we are super excited for that, so keep an eye out for it later this year.

We owe a big thanks to our friend Mike Literman, who helped us with customizing the code to make this work exactly how we wanted it to, and for helping us fix the site every time we broke it and sent emails with lots of curse words as the subject line.

This week's Great Ten Dollar Poster...

We have a very limited supply available at this special price so get yours fast. Offer valid from Monday December 7 at 12 pm EST until Monday December 14 at 11:59 am EST, or while supplies last. Each and every poster in the Great Ten Dollar Poster Sale is available online and at the Hero Boutique in Buffalo, NY.

At Hero Now

Slightly off & and super soft, Choop! hails from TADO's Fortune Pork Mini Series 2. All grown up in this 10-inch plush version, Choop! is the kind of toy that will color your world with sinister surprises & sweet thoughts. Only 1500 made. Available NOW!!

More new stuff at Hero today!!

Legendary artist Frank Kozik blows up his original mini and much-loved Mongers, Booger, Lorenzo and Ramirez, into 6-inch form.

Each Monger's mouth accessory is interchangeable with all other Big Mongers' accessories, as well as the ones sold with Frank Kozik's 5-inch Happy Labbit.

Huck Gee's rare & original Dunny from series 1 is back in 20-inch form.

Ultra-limited and hand-signed by the artist, Skullhead Dunny is taking over...

Only 200 made!

Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy at the Met

When I was in NYC at the beginning of June, I had the pleasure of catching the Superheroes exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was a beautiful collection of costumes and couture, and to see the actual costumes that the actors have wore during filming was incredible (Michelle Pfeiffer must be TINY, that cat woman suit was very small).

From The Met's website:
The symbolic and metaphorical associations between fashion and the superhero are explored in this compelling exhibition. Featuring movie costumes, avant-garde haute couture, and high-performance sportswear, it reveals how the superhero serves as the ultimate metaphor for fashion and its ability to empower and transform the human body. Objects are organized thematically around particular superheroes, whose movie costumes and superpowers are catalysts for the discussion of key concepts of superheroism and their expression in fashion.

If you are in the New York area, before September 1, definitely get to the met and check it out.

Photos via NY Times online

Photos from the French Dunny Trading Party

Check them out here www.flickr.com/photos/herodesignstudio/sets/72157603960784686/

Pay As You Go

New York’s first public pay toilet opened on January 11th in Madison Square Park. The exterior sports a poster designed by Paula Scher, featuring the identity she developed for the park. The toilet is self-cleaning and costs a quarter to use.

via Pentagram's Blog

Sneak Peak of Hero's Gig Poster For The National

Here's a early glimpse of Hero's gig poster for The National's show here in Buffalo next Tuesday. Enjoy!