Gallery: Disney Meets Orwell With These Super Cute Surveillance Cameras
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Italian designer [Eleonora Trevisanutto's](https://www.behance.net/EleonoraTrevisanutto) [new line of security cameras](http://www.parson.it/en/index.html) for manufacturer [Video Systems](http://www.videosystems.it/en/home.aspx) show just how cute and cuddly an all-encompassing surveillance state can be.
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Trevisanutto developed these camera's as her senior thesis in partnership with a security system manufacturer looking to move into the consumer market.
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Instead of anonymous grey boxes, Trevisanutto has created a menagerie of animals to house security cameras.
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Clever design flourishes, like using an exposed screw to suggest a gimlet eye, give the pieces a sense of wit while a smoked plastic panel exposes the camera's lens and keeps the series looking consistent.
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Visually, the designs evoke [Charley Harper's mid-century animal prints](https://www.charleyharperprints.com/) and the industrial craftsmanship of [Alessi](http://www.alessi.com/en/) home goods.
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The brand name Parson comes from the Parson Chameleon, a species of reptile particularly capable of blending into its environment.
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Made from anodized, sand cast aluminum, each animal is mounted out of reach on a rod intended to look like a tree branch.
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Trevisanutto had to work with the stock camera rigs and power supplies used in Video System's core product line. Even with these limitations she managed to cleverly rejigger the components for aesthetic effect allowing the owl to maintain a stately stance while also serving the Chameleon's sly pose.
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