Jeppe and Birger Morgenstjerne of the Danish design agency Ferdio recently released an extensive set of beautiful vexillological infographics entitled Flag Stories. These have attracted, deservedly, considerable attention around the web, including that of Linda Poon of The Atlantic‘s Citylab. In her article What’s in a Flag’s Design? she asked our very own Ted Kaye… Continue reading Ted Kaye on Flag Stories
A quick update from Ted: As you know, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is engaged in city flag redesign. http://www.milwaukeeflag.com/ I will be heading there in two weeks to help guide the 5-person jury selecting the finalists. The organizer, graphic designer Steve Kodis, has created very active social channels: http://www.facebook.com/Greatertogether http://www.twitter.com/TogetherMKE http://www.facebook.com/milwaukeeflag http://www.twitter.com/MilwaukeeFlag I’m sure I will have… Continue reading Ted Kaye Headed to Milwaukee
PFA luminary Ted Kaye was on Turkish television (TRT World) last week, being interviewed as part of a story about national flags and the flag change debate in New Zealand. Check it out:
Ted Kaye was interviewed as part of Corinne Segal’s piece yesterday in PBS NewsHour Art Beat, What the Confederate flag’s design says about its legacy. Some excerpts: In 1861, the National Flag Committee of the Confederate States of America wrote its official guidelines for flag design: A flag should be simple, readily made, and capable of… Continue reading Ted Kaye on the Confederate Flag’s Design
The PFA’s Ted Kaye appeared on the Slate podcast The Gist, discussing this week’s church killings in Charleston, SC.
On February 3rd Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama declared that Fiji would be changing its flag. Today, he announced the 13 members of a National Flag Committee tasked with recommending a shortlist of new flags for the South Pacific nation. Committee members include a variety of prominent Fijians: Shaenaz Voss: senior manager Fiji Airways, former executive officer of… Continue reading Ted Kaye Joins Flag Redesign Committee for Fiji
Your loquacious Vexilloid Tabloid editor has recently been interviewed on Slate (Mike Pesca’s podcast “The Gist”); 99% Invisible (the “tiny radio show about design” by Roman Mars); and National Public Radio’s All Things Considered (“What does its chosen banner say about ISIS”). In the interviews he discussed the flags of the UK (after Scotland…), New Zealand, Ukraine… Continue reading Ted Kaye on the air
Our very own Ted Kaye is on the 7/13/11 episode of Ian Chillag and Mike Danforth’s podcast How To Do Everything, discussing the new flag of South Sudan and principles of good flag design: http://howtodoeverything.org/post/7577540667/we-tell-you-how-to-design-a-flag-make-perfect
This March design celebrity and charismatic podcaster Roman Mars gave the first ever TED talk on vexillology (the scholarly study of flags and their design), entitled Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you’ve never noticed. This marked a milestone in visibility for vexillology. Mars calls his design podcast 99% Invisible, and “99% Invisible” is actually not a bad characterization of vexillology.… Continue reading Mars (and Kaye) Bring Vexillology To TED
Featuring: Minnesota on the Cusp; When Mailboxes Became Viet Cong Flags; Confessions of a Flag Vigilante; Vertical Display of the British Union Flag; Flags at Timberline Lodge; The ABC’s “Cyclone Tracy” Flag — Christmas Eve, 1974; Louth GAA (Ireland)… Continue reading Vexilloid Tabloid #103
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