inspiration: striped boats!

1/10/2011

Whoa alert.

Have you heard of dazzle camouflaging? During WWI and WWII, war vessels were painted in “dazzle camouflage” to confuse the direction and speed of boats, planes and carriers.

Insanity!

LINK: TESSA BLAZEY

p.s. A modern take on dazzle camouflage.
p.p.s. A dazzle ship typeface? AMAZING!

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13 Comments

Justina:
these are rad. I want to wear them as hats.
7:41 pm on Jan 10, 2011
Shae:
These are crazy- not sure if I like the modern take though- just more proof vintage is better I suppose…
10:26 pm on Jan 10, 2011
Jennifer:
My dad is big on WWII history, especially naval and air related items, so I’ve previously been introduced to the dazzle camouflage. It is just too cool, isn’t it? Much more stylish than desert camo!
10:33 pm on Jan 10, 2011
Amy:
Those photos are so cool, and I love the sailboat!
risd|works sells prints of some of the plans: http://www.risdworks.com/p-293-dazzle-camouflage-print-port-171.aspx
I’ve had them bookmarked for awhile, but truthfully wouldn’t have a good place for them in my home.
8:51 am on Jan 11, 2011
erin:
OMG AMAAAAAZING!
8:54 am on Jan 11, 2011
Van:
These are gorgeous!
9:14 am on Jan 11, 2011
Jessica @ {Black.White.Yellow.}:
What!? How awesome…
11:23 am on Jan 11, 2011
Hannah:
The BF created a typeface based around dazzle ships http://www.behance.net/gallery/Dazzle/105321
4:50 pm on Jan 11, 2011
erin:
omg this calls for another p.s. edit on the post! thanks, hannah! amazing!
5:02 pm on Jan 11, 2011
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Brittany:
These are so weird and awesome. I would love to see a boat like this in harbor. Can you even imagine?
11:18 pm on Jan 11, 2011
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