It’s hard to stand out in a convention of cosplayers. Yet even among the anime characters, purple hair and monstrous beast costumes at Internet culture convention DragonCon, these two cosplayers — perfectly camouflaged in the same pattern that covered the floors of DragonCon’s Atlanta Marriott — figuratively stood out by completely blending in. The costumes were such a hit one of the cosplayers offered the perfectly Marriott-carpet-matching cloth to other attendees through online print shop Spoonflower. However, the humorless pattern-makers behind the rug’s design (Couristan, Inc.) served Spoonflower a cease-and-desist notice to prevent them from replicating the design. So, if you want your own version, you’ll have to do what cosplayers have been doing since time immemorial: make it yourself. [Source]