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20/12/2023 at 3:54pm
Location: Dartford Kent
Outfit: VW T6 conversion
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Hi Jess, and good luck with your research. I see you have already looked at function, and are now considering form. The issue of aesthetics will be tied up with identity issues on the part of the camper, and what particular narrative is. For example, there will be the backwoods or stealth camper; the festival goer; the social camper; the getaway camper (off the top of my head.)Their ideas may well be, in order, camouflage; standing out; blending in; to be unobtrusive. My tenting days are long gone, but we always seemed to end up with something in Forest green. Would I have gone for, say, bright orange and blue (very sixties!) not sure, a bit gaudy.
These days, with fabric printing technology as it is, the possibilities are many. Stylised treeline? Funky mandala? Dreamcatcher? Geometric? Then there’s shapes: teepee; bender; yurt, as well as the more traditional ridge, pyramid or tunnel. Might be an idea to come up with prototypes and let is see sketches. And we will be interested to hear how your project develops too.
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Quote: Originally posted by DeborahTurner on 27/12/2023
Alley tents give a blue light inside and make everyone look a bit ill. Same with grey. And , to be fair, green but they look more natural and outdoorsy.
Interesting you should say that, because many years ago, an environmental organisation was wanting towed caravans to be green, so they would be less prominent in the countryside than bright white ones (like some statics are required to be, by local planning policy).
It came to nothing, partly because there are so many greens: a lush Lake District field is bright Kermit green, a Scottish moorland area is a matte dark green. Indeed, there are 3 mobile phone masts near Gleneagles that were painted these two greens & one in disruptive pattern (camouflage). They all showed up because they were industrial mobile phone masts in a natural landscape; the standard colour remains neutral grey, not dissimilar to your natural beige cotton for fitting in with most places.
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