During World War I, ships were painted in zebra stripes to deceive the enemy. The effectiveness of this “dazzle” camouflage was never quite clear, but a new study suggests that these zigzag patterns ...

To create her dazzle camouflage design, Auerbach used a process known as marbling, or swirling pools of ink on paper to generate fluid patterns Nicholas Knight / Courtesy of the Public Art Fund This ...

Tauba Auerbach will follow Tobias Rehberger, Peter Blake, and Carlos Cruz-Diez by transforming a fireboat in the avant-garde style devised during World War I. Carlos Cruz Diez, Induction Chromatique à ...

Warships camouflaged with zig-zags, swooping curves and bright bursts of colour became a regular sight during World War One. It sounds bizarre, drawing attention rather than trying to hide, but ...

A controversial, high-contrast camouflage that once decorated the hulls of World War I battleships really exists in nature — though whether humans are fooled remains an open question. "Motion dazzle" ...

The Public Art Fund is diving into a new medium—the sea. This summer, the arts non-profit is presenting the historic Fireboat John J. Harvey with "dazzle camouflage" by Tauba Auerbach, and you can ...

This post is in partnership with History Today. The article below was originally published at HistoryToday.com. During the First World War, patterns of “disruptive coloration” were applied directly to ...

Madisonville resident Carol Olsen has spent her life studying various aspects of marine life, including earning a master’s degree in marine archaeology and pursuing a passion for ship decoration. Yet, ...

Ulysse Nardin‘s Freak X has been treated to a new skin based on one of the most unusual forms of military camouflage ever developed, Razzle Dazzle. At first glance, the angular, geometric forms and ...