The non-profit St. Nicholas Center (stnicholascenter.org) hosts material "to educate people of faith, and the wider public, about the true St. Nicholas, and why he is important in today's world". Of interest to vexillologists is their page and database St. Nicholas in Civic Heraldry, which lists coats of arms of dozens of "cities, villages, towns, districts, churches, and… Continue reading St Nicholas’ Three Gold Coins
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Flags in The Force Awakens
Flags make a couple of brief appearances in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. One is in this scene that draws upon the Nuremberg rally imagery from Lene Riefenstahl's infamous Nazi propaganda film, 1935's Triumph of the Will: The flag in the background belongs to the First Order, featuring its emblem of 16 bars radially arranged within… Continue reading Flags in The Force Awakens
More Star Wars Fan Flags
Scott Kelly isn't the only Star Wars fan who has been hard at work designing flags. This month's flag design contest in Reddit's /r/vexillology community had this prompt: It is a period of flag design. Aspiring vexillographers, illustrating from around the world, have won victories throughout the year. During this month, your task is to… Continue reading More Star Wars Fan Flags
Flags of the (Star Wars) Galaxy
Earlier in the year we wished May the Fourth Be With You, and now for some reason Star Wars flags are back on our minds... London-based New Zealander Scott Kelly's labor of love -- to design a flag for the “around 300 planets named over all of the Star Wars universe, from movies to comic… Continue reading Flags of the (Star Wars) Galaxy
Gadsdenoids
The Gadsden Flag has been endlessly reinterpreted, modified, parodied, and generally played with, as the following examples show. The design violates a number of basic principles of good flag design, but its ability to capture the imagination and spur creativity shows it to have become a very effective flag nevertheless. Amplifications: Specific "rights": Porcupines: Simplifications: Parodies:… Continue reading Gadsdenoids
What Does a Gadsden Flag Look Like?
Yesterday we asked: Who designed the Gadsden Flag? And just as we can't be certain of the designer, neither do we know what the original flag actually looked like. Nevertheless, the flag marketplace, and cyberspace, has converged on, basically, a single design. (This suggests a common origin, but we couldn't pin it down to an artist, enterprise,… Continue reading What Does a Gadsden Flag Look Like?
Who Designed the Gadsden Flag?
The "Gadsden" of "Gadsden Flag" fame is Continental Colonel Christopher Gadsden of South Carolina (and not his grandson James Gadsden of Gadsden Purchase fame). In late 1775 the colonel was a member of the Marine Committee of the Second Continental Congress charged with outfitting the ships of the nascent Continental Navy. Part of that activity involved coming… Continue reading Who Designed the Gadsden Flag?
Flag Art at Art Basel
Art Basel is a series of international contemporary art fairs with a large online catalog. Their Miami Beach 2015 event is happening now, with 10,665 artworks by 3086 artists. Here are 15 works that feature flags. US Flag Bernstein, Judith: Union Jack-Off on US Policy in Vietnam, 1967 Ethridge, Roe: Louise with Flag, 2014 Horowitz,… Continue reading Flag Art at Art Basel
Flutterings (from VexTab #54)
from Vexilloid Tabloid #54 Note: “Flutterings” — notes from the editor on our last meeting — is a regular feature in The Vexilloid Tabloid. September 2015 Flutterings You Need to Know In our September meeting, hosted by Larry Snyder in a small theater—complete with fresh popcorn—at the Oswego Pointe development in Lake Oswego, 8 PFA members enjoyed a… Continue reading Flutterings (from VexTab #54)
The OKC Flag Project
You can add Oklahoma City to the list of cities in which flag design activists have taken up Roman Mars' call to arms to improve the municipal flag. They call themselves the OKC Flag Project, and are soliciting design proposals at their website, okcflag.org. Despite the nuclear bottlecap, the OKC project sees nothing wrong with the city… Continue reading The OKC Flag Project
Portland Flag Association 