Gendy Alimurung

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Chocolate Pencils

Gendy Alimurung
These pencils are made of chocolate. You sharpen them with the little pencil sharpener and get yummy chocolate shavings. They were designed by a Japanese (of course) designer/architect in collaboration with a Japanese patissier. The chocolate comes "in a number of cocoa blnds that vary in intensity...Pencil filings are usually......
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Your Cat's Just Not That Into You

Gendy Alimurung
With the movie version of the book version of the advice every mother, father, sister, and concerned gay best friend ever gave a lovesick girl about to drop this Friday, I present to you this book:......
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Bye Bye, Domino Magazine

Gendy Alimurung
The hip shelter magazine is dead. No more DIY gardening projects. No more party planning tips. No more decorating inspirations. The President and CEO of Conde Nast, Charles Townsend, made the announcement today. "This decision to cease publication of the magazine and its website is driven entirely by the economy," Townsend......
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Another one bites the dust: Illuminations

Gendy Alimurung
Fancy candle store Illuminations is the latest to close down their retail stores "in response to the unprecedented economic challenges." Looks like it doesn't matter if they burn 100 hours and smell like Peppermint Eucalyptus, aromatherapy candles are the first to get cut in shoppers' budgets during a recession. I've......
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Lion Hair vs. Puppy Hair

Gendy Alimurung
Is that a dachshund in your hair or are you just crazy? Nagi Noda, the Japanese designer/artist/director, also did a series of hair sculptures. Or hats, or something. I'm not entirely sure what these animals-as-wigs are......
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Life Lessons: Rat Dissection Sweater Knit Alternative

Gendy Alimurung
Well, hello. This is odd. I wish this had been around when I was in school. In my Biology lower division lab class, my lab partner Andrea and I had to dissect a rat. The teaching assistant brought in rose-scented incense to neutralize the smell of formaldehyde. But it didn't......
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Terrorist Teapot Attacks Your Breakfast

Gendy Alimurung
It's a little terrorist teapot, short and stout. Here is it's handle. Here is it's spout. When you tip it over, jihad pours out.Would you put this on your dining table? From the makers: "Now terror is also threatening our coffee parties! The Terrorist Tea Pot looks evil, but is......
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Calling All Tiny, Tiny Apartment Dwellers

Gendy Alimurung
One of my favorite blogs, Apartment Therapy, is calling for submissions to their next book, on small space living. They've got until the end of February to put their stuff together. And you've got until the end of January to enter your miniscule apartment, condo, house, shack, or clamshell domicile for......