Design
Maybe It's Time to Start Decorating our Air Conditioners With Little Lawns
The makers of the grass-covered "Babilawn" claim it makes ugly A/C units "aesthetically pleasing" from both "inside and out."
"Hey, you hooligans – get off the dang yard!" For a mere $30, it could be you shouting that oath, as you glared at rats and pigeons scampering about on your grass-covered A/C unit.
That's right: Somebody's made a lawn for air conditioners. And why does this strange urban accessory exist? Credit the good-bad dichotomy of the standard window-mounted unit: To people inside apartments, it is a miracle box that makes stifling summers bearable. But to folks looking at a building sprouting dozens of A/C butts, it can be a detriment to an otherwise pleasant-looking neighborhood. Can't somebody fix the unsightly appearance of these devices, whose popularity will only increase in a future of insufferable heat waves?