Full Description
Camouflage has become a global cult in today's fashion and design world. This book tells its fascinating story - an interplay between modern military developments on the one hand, and the worlds of art, design and popular culture on the other. A dazzling revelation of camouflage's power in nature, war and design, it will have a broad appeal to anyone interested in design, fashion, history and military history.
Contents
1. Introduction by Jonathan Miller 2. Early InspirationsWorld * Pattern to Conceal and Confuse * Military Display and Military Disguise 3. Dazzling the Enemy: The Threat from the Skies Disruptive Pattern * Picasso, Modernist Art and Camouflage * The Dazzle Ball of 1919 4. Developing Disguise: The First Camouflage- Printed Uniforms * Professor Schick's SS Forest Patterns * Inflatable Tanks and Fake Oil Terminals * Camouflage and the Cambridge Zoologist 5. Camo Triumphant: Camouflage as Identity as well as Disguise * Tropical Wars, Tropical Patterns * Warhol and Panton, Art and Furniture * High-tech Textiles: the Future of Camouflage
