LANscapes

"Winston Churchill considered deception in war to be an indispensable element of léger de main, an original and sinister touch, which leaves the enemy puzzled as well as beaten." While one might not consider themselves beaten, the public's experience of camouflage - it's crossing-over to popular culture with repeatedly prolific use in the design world - is one less mentally debilitating in its reaction than it is sinister. Deception has given way to an ethos of concealment. However, camouflages inherent qualities are often misrepresented in the pursuit of more symbolic and metaphoric representations, giving way to a subversion of it's intended purpose - exposing what it ultimately attempts to conceal. The use of camouflage, no matter what the specific application, has certain basic requirements that must be met. First, the camouflage must be tailored to the observer. Second, the camouflage must deceive the observer into making a false judgment about the camou...