maharishi’s long standing tradition of creating a new thematically relevant disruptive pattern each season continues this Spring Summer with DPM:Bonsai Python. Created to celebrate the Chinese lunar year of the snake the pattern takes it’s inspiration from the natural world, namely the disruptive patterns utilised by snakes and other reptiles…
Maharishi’s DPM:Bamdazzle pattern was inspired by the dazzle paint scheme used on Navy ships, primarily during WWI. It consisted of a complex pattern of geometricshapes in contrasting colours, interrupting and intersecting each other in order to confuse a german torpedo operator as to the direction that the ship was travelling,…
Maharishi’s creative director, Hardy Blechman has been extremely influential in the proliferation of camouflage and combat trousers (or Snopants©) in civilian fashion over the past decade. After seven years of research, he revealed the depth of his exploration into the vast world of camouflage in his magnum opus: DPM (Disruptive…
For those academics with an interest in art and camouflage, tomorrow sees the launch of the Special Works Project Preliminary Report on the continued existence of Camouflage Park within Kensington Gardens.
maharishi has released a cropped TDU blazer as part of their autumn winter 2011 collection. Featuring the signature DPM: Bonsai All Terrain camouflage in a night colourway. This blazer features two front flap side pockets with snap fastening, as well as a compact sleeve pocket. A Swiss riri zipper with…
Forward by Nick Wooster. Forward: maharishi took the idea of camo and ran with it in such away, that in the late 90s, it was the perfect thing at the perfect time. There was something in the air of change. I’d always worn camo, it was always about function, but…
London Undercover has teamed up with DPM to produce two striking umbrellas. The pattern on the fabric has been inspired by the dazzle paint scheme used on Navy ships during World War 1. The complex geometric shapes were designed to confuse a German torpedo operator as to the direction…
Hardy Blechman lends his pen to Gavin Turks forthcoming art encyclopedia with an essay entitled “This is not a story about the military”, detailing the nuances of camouflage and its presence in todays society. The essay was also included with Turk’s waxwork entitled “Somebody’s Son”. In 1909, when the Victorian naturalist and…
A limited edition DPM cover and an interview with Hardy Blechman features in the latest issue of the Australian Acclaim Magazine, exploring camouflage in contemporary design and culture. The cover features a Bonsai Forest variant of the British brushstroke pattern, celebrating the end of its usage after 60 years in…
