Out Of Line

Horizontal stripes have been used to draw the eye and sign-post the audacious for centuries - from Medieval masterpieces to the films of Tim Burton. Whether painted on a lighthouse or a zebra crossing, stripes grab our attention and in the very same moment warn us to stay away. In nature they're often the mark of something that's out to confuse, or that's about to sting you. They're what Dennis menaces in, what Henry's horrid in, what burglars burgle in, and convicts get paraded in. They're what Picasso paints in, and the Ramones rage in. They're the uniform of the outcast, the maverick, the carnivalesqu