Comments on: U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships | Camouflage Unit http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/30/u-s-navy-bureau-of-ships-camouflage-unit/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:23:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: REP96st http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/30/u-s-navy-bureau-of-ships-camouflage-unit/#comment-31192 REP96st Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:02:25 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14579#comment-31192 Did ya'll peep the Statue of Liberty in the background of the first pic? NYC. Did ya’ll peep the Statue of Liberty in the background of the first pic? NYC.

]]> By: TJean Petro http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/30/u-s-navy-bureau-of-ships-camouflage-unit/#comment-31183 TJean Petro Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:12:02 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14579#comment-31183 RISD | Works is releasing 10 prints a year to preserve their funding for the Fleet Archive. Worth checking out all 10 of them here(60$): http://www.risdworks.com/search.aspx?SearchTerm=dazzle RISD | Works is releasing 10 prints a year to preserve their funding for the Fleet Archive. Worth checking out all 10 of them here(60$): http://www.risdworks.com/search.aspx?SearchTerm=dazzle

]]> By: Dylan Adair http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/30/u-s-navy-bureau-of-ships-camouflage-unit/#comment-30997 Dylan Adair Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:38:54 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14579#comment-30997 That OMD album artwork was done by none other than Peter Saville. It's not the album cover of his that gets the most attention, but it is – in my opinion – one of his finest. He discusses it during this interview with Arkitip: http://vimeo.com/2298312 from last year. Specifically at the 3:00 mark. A nice little piece... That OMD album artwork was done by none other than Peter Saville. It’s not the album cover of his that gets the most attention, but it is – in my opinion – one of his finest.

He discusses it during this interview with Arkitip: http://vimeo.com/2298312 from last year.

Specifically at the 3:00 mark.

A nice little piece…

]]> By: Nick Heywood http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/30/u-s-navy-bureau-of-ships-camouflage-unit/#comment-30959 Nick Heywood Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:56:02 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14579#comment-30959 My great aunt Bernadine was in some way involved with the design of these or other Dazzle Ship patterns, and I've always wished I knew more about her work on them. And yeah, the RISD Library show was pretty excellent, and if you were lucky enough to see it in person there were some fun brochures and other ephemera. My great aunt Bernadine was in some way involved with the design of these or other Dazzle Ship patterns, and I’ve always wished I knew more about her work on them.

And yeah, the RISD Library show was pretty excellent, and if you were lucky enough to see it in person there were some fun brochures and other ephemera.

]]> By: Tom http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/30/u-s-navy-bureau-of-ships-camouflage-unit/#comment-30958 Tom Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:53:01 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14579#comment-30958 I did some research into Dazzle painting for a project on a canal boat here in the UK (pics here: http://www.simonandtombloor.co.uk/page16.htm and here: http://www.ikon-gallery.co.uk/programme/past/event/322/hey_for_lubberland/) Some of the original dazzle patterns are really amazing - it's a shame colour photography wasn't in general use because so many images are in just black & white, but a number of designs were colourful and must've looked pretty great. Someone mentioned the RISD site above and maybe someone already posted this link but there's loads of stuff here: http://www.risd.edu/dazzle/ As for printed material there's a pretty good book by Albert Roskam called Dazzle Painting: kunst als camouflage, camouflage als kunst which seems incredibly hard to find and is also all in Dutch (which I can't read, but the pictures are good!), but Amazon have Naval Camouflage 1914-1945: A Complete Visual Reference by David Williams and Camouflage and Art: Design for Deception in World War II by Henrietta Goodden. False Colors: Art, Design and Modern Camouflage by Roy R. Behrens has some interesting stuff in it too. It's always good to see more Dazzleness! I did some research into Dazzle painting for a project on a canal boat here in the UK (pics here: http://www.simonandtombloor.co.uk/page16.htm and here: http://www.ikon-gallery.co.uk/programme/past/event/322/hey_for_lubberland/)
Some of the original dazzle patterns are really amazing – it’s a shame colour photography wasn’t in general use because so many images are in just black & white, but a number of designs were colourful and must’ve looked pretty great.
Someone mentioned the RISD site above and maybe someone already posted this link but there’s loads of stuff here: http://www.risd.edu/dazzle/
As for printed material there’s a pretty good book by Albert Roskam called Dazzle Painting: kunst als camouflage, camouflage als kunst which seems incredibly hard to find and is also all in Dutch (which I can’t read, but the pictures are good!), but Amazon have Naval Camouflage 1914-1945: A Complete Visual Reference by David Williams and Camouflage and Art: Design for Deception in World War II by Henrietta Goodden. False Colors: Art, Design and Modern Camouflage by Roy R. Behrens has some interesting stuff in it too.
It’s always good to see more Dazzleness!

]]> By: Charles http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/30/u-s-navy-bureau-of-ships-camouflage-unit/#comment-30948 Charles Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:55:34 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14579#comment-30948 Hey, I don't know how old you are, but when I was still in high school, back in the early 80's, one of my favorite doom gloom synth bands, Orchestral Manouevers in the Dark, had an album titled, 'Dazzle Ships'. The signature dazzle pattern was prominently displayed on the album cover. I owned that album for quite some time before I learned that "Dazzle Ships" referred to something real. It seemed so surreal and made-up. I mean, the military must have had some very creative people to come up with that pattern, considering the time period and stuffy, conservative reputation they have. I later learned that the navy stopped using those patterns because it was argued that they did nothing to camouflage the ship - the patterns were found to do the opposite. OMD still put out music and even tour from time to time. -Charles Roland Hey,
I don’t know how old you are, but when I was still in high school, back in the early 80′s, one of my favorite doom gloom synth bands, Orchestral Manouevers in the Dark, had an album titled, ‘Dazzle Ships’. The signature dazzle pattern was prominently displayed on the album cover. I owned that album for quite some time before I learned that “Dazzle Ships” referred to something real. It seemed so surreal and made-up. I mean, the military must have had some very creative people to come up with that pattern, considering the time period and stuffy, conservative reputation they have. I later learned that the navy stopped using those patterns because it was argued that they did nothing to camouflage the ship – the patterns were found to do the opposite.

OMD still put out music and even tour from time to time.

-Charles Roland

]]> By: Thad http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/30/u-s-navy-bureau-of-ships-camouflage-unit/#comment-30947 Thad Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:46:44 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14579#comment-30947 You can purchase some images of dazzled ships from the Imperial War Museum, like http://www.iwmprints.org.uk/image.php?id=377642&idx=5&fromsearch=true The IWM also has more information about the early development of camo - http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/pdf/DespatchCamouflage.pdf - and I would suggest that if you like to look through online archives, to visit their Collections Search - http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryMain.php - because they have a lot of interesting posters and pieces about dazzle. You can purchase some images of dazzled ships from the Imperial War Museum, like http://www.iwmprints.org.uk/image.php?id=377642&idx=5&fromsearch=true

The IWM also has more information about the early development of camo – http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/pdf/DespatchCamouflage.pdf – and I would suggest that if you like to look through online archives, to visit their Collections Search – http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryMain.php – because they have a lot of interesting posters and pieces about dazzle.

]]> By: Evan http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/30/u-s-navy-bureau-of-ships-camouflage-unit/#comment-30946 Evan Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:45:44 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14579#comment-30946 I am very interested in this type of design and I took upon myself to see if I could find prints or posters of these design layouts. I took a cue from a previous post about RISD and I found this website. The prints are kind of expensive but very unique and very cool. If you click the next or back button there are a number of different designs. http://www.risdworks.com/p-289-dazzle-camouflage-print-port-40.aspx I am very interested in this type of design and I took upon myself to see if I could find prints or posters of these design layouts. I took a cue from a previous post about RISD and I found this website. The prints are kind of expensive but very unique and very cool. If you click the next or back button there are a number of different designs.
http://www.risdworks.com/p-289-dazzle-camouflage-print-port-40.aspx

]]> By: Lukas http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/30/u-s-navy-bureau-of-ships-camouflage-unit/#comment-30942 Lukas Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:39:48 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14579#comment-30942 more camouflage http://www.found-nyc.com/blog/2009/04/04/a-look-at-modernist-art-in-camouflage/ more camouflage
http://www.found-nyc.com/blog/2009/04/04/a-look-at-modernist-art-in-camouflage/

]]> By: Once Upon A Time http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/03/30/u-s-navy-bureau-of-ships-camouflage-unit/#comment-30941 Once Upon A Time Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:23:39 +0000 http://www.acontinuouslean.com/?p=14579#comment-30941 Jon's my new best friend with that OMD reference. Jon’s my new best friend with that OMD reference.

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