Camouflage, you might think, is about blending in. But just as often, and especially these days, it's about standing out. Camouflage hides shapes by generating hints of many other possible shapes. Instead of staying silent, in other words, camouflage succeeds by being noisy: it hides signal with noise. Socially and esthetically, too, camouflage is more and more often about advertising allegiance.
1.07.2009
The Art of Camo by Phil Patton
The Art of Camo from Voice: AIGA Journal of Design
Camouflage mag
Camouflage Magazine just launched by Tank Design Firm. Some favorites featured: Photographer Bela Borsodi and Illustrator Stina Persson. Not directly related to camouflage 'artwork' or studies but well designed and content rich.
2.12.2008
animal skins
Antique french children's papercraft. I found it on flickr from a girl named pilllpat(agence eureka)
10.23.2007
Camouflage at Imperial War Museum
YAY Camouflage Exibition in London at The Imperial War Museum. here I come!
9.30.2007
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Working Thesis
Our human relationship to the world is molded by an inherent urge to blend in with our surroundings.
7.06.2007
Thesis attempts
-Advertising lies somewhere between a fine line of standing out and blending in
-Advertising straddles between standing out and blending in
-We as humans have a need to grow into our built environment
-We as humans have a need to grow into our surroundings
-We human beings are struck by an urge to camouflage with our surroundings
-We human beings camouflage in society to become accepted (through the use of clothing, speech, mannerisms and many other conscious or unconscious choices)
-Advertising straddles between standing out and blending in
-We as humans have a need to grow into our built environment
-We as humans have a need to grow into our surroundings
-We human beings are struck by an urge to camouflage with our surroundings
-We human beings camouflage in society to become accepted (through the use of clothing, speech, mannerisms and many other conscious or unconscious choices)
Diagram 2.2
This is a map of the words/concepts in relation to work I have made and objects that are important to me.
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Research sources so far
http://bobolinkbooks.com/Gestalt/EmbeddedFigures.html
http://lbs.mit.edu/isast/spec.projects/camouflagebib.html
http://www.kellymhoule.com/art_bibliography.htm
http://www.siggraph.org/education/materials/HyperVis/vision/latinib.htm
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/jim/Mim/mimicry.htm
http://www.perceptionweb.com/abstract.cgi?id=p2852
http://henrikc.dk/camouflage/index.asp
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1088829
http://www.theminnesotareview.org/journal/ns67/hsu_hsuan_l_1.shtml
http://weputthingshere.com/ for project ideas and inspiration
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