Gendy Alimurung

Credit: via Porta Hedge tour blog

The Porta Hedge: Very Sneaky Mobile Artificial Hedge

Gendy Alimurung
The Porta Hedge is a mobile artificial wall of greenery made of discarded fake Christmas trees on the outside, and surveillance equipment on the inside. It plays prerecorded birdsong (to encourage birds to use the Porta Hedge as a home). It also has chalkboards (for taking notes), and peepholes (for......
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Flower Power: Bend It, Don’t Break It

Gendy Alimurung
For decoration to accompany a series of talks on Darwin last year, the Natural History Museum sought out a quirky and original florist. True to her reputation, Holly Vesecky prepared for the event not by going to the flower market but by stopping at Trader Joe’s — to buy mushrooms......
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Vampire Con: These People Suck

Gendy Alimurung
This year, after centuries in the dark, Los Angeles’ vampire community finally got its own convention. Its members arrived bearing capes and fangs and a hunger as great as that of the creature they idolize. Asked if she has personally met any actual, real, live (or dead, or undead) vampires,......
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Cat Fanciers Unite in Santa Monica

Gendy Alimurung
The auditorium was packed with cats, lots and lots of cats — Japanese bobtails, Abyssinians, Scottish Folds, mere Siamese — all pampered, all soothed, all content. They slept in cages cooled by miniature fans and stretched inside hermetically sealed plastic tents, emerging to be fluffed and spritzed and cooed at......
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Black Toilet Paper: Wipe Your Butt With Rainbow Colors

Gendy Alimurung
No, for real. It's black toilet paper. It sounds strange, but (butt?) when you think about it, why is toilet paper white? Renova's ad copy says: "A big hit in Europe for years, it has finally made its way to America. Discover today a stylish & unique product for all......
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$10,000 Sunglasses: How the Rich and Douchetastic Block Out the Sun

Gendy Alimurung
Ten thousand dollar sunglasses. Seriously? Screw the real diamonds on his ultra "exclusive" $6,800 Jonny Vavas purple sunglasses. The best thing about these glasses is the douchetastic-ness of the guy in the photo wearing them--his pink lipstick, the twitchy half-smile. More from Mr. Lover-Lover here. These are the ones that......