Tim Kerr sent us his essay regarding New Zealand's flag change referendums, Seeking an Emblem: Observations on the Tradition of the New Zealand Ensign. Though we are not endorsing it nor verifying its accuracy, it is interesting and timely so we are republishing it here for general vexillological discussion. About the author Tim Kerr has written articles… Continue reading New Zealand Seeking an Emblem
The US is not known for the overall design quality of its state flags, with many being uninspired, easily confusable "seal on a bedsheet" designs. Yet changing a state flag in order to improve its basic design is a very difficult task, so difficult there is only one good example: Colorado. This is not to say that… Continue reading US State Flag Devolution
Mark van Der Hyde at LowellFlag has come up with a very nice one-page worksheet for people to use when creating proposals for a new flag for the city: Another example is Heather Hopp-Bruce's "DIY Canvas" published by The Boston Globe as part of its efforts to encourage its readers to come up with new designs for Boston's flag: At… Continue reading Great Worksheets for Making Great Flags
Back in March we featured some amazing flag transformation videos that had been recently posted on the YouTube channel Vexillographer. Since then, Vexillographer (a young man named Peter, based in the US) has posted a number of other flag-related videos, has been featured on New Zealand radio talking about that country's flag change -- and has plans for 2016 for continuing… Continue reading The Vexillographer on Fiji
UPDATE: Fiji has cancelled its plans to change its flag. The newfijiflag.com website hasn't yet been updated, but according to the following media release from late last year, the process to choose a new flag for Fiji is once again moving forward and will be completed this year by the 7th of September. Note that design submissions… Continue reading Fiji Still Looking for New Flag Designs
Here are our 20 most-viewed* blog posts of the year. #20 - Andy Warhol and the American Flag (226 views) #19 - Fargo -- A Flag for the Flagless? (247 views) #18 - Heart Flags (257 views) #17 - American Flag Refreshed for 2015 (303 views) #16 - The Flag of HDYNATION (307 views) #15 -… Continue reading Our Most Popular Posts of 2015
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
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
Hello Internet (hellointernet.fm, @HelloInternetFM) is a podcast by prolific YouTube celebrities C. G. P. Grey and Brady Haran. Vexillology appears to be a recurring theme. For example, the current episode, H.I. #51: Appropriately Thinking It, includes discussion of the Fiji flag referendum and a design contest they are running to create a Hello Internet flag. As… Continue reading Hello, Hello Internet!
Imperial County (California) Supervisor Ryan E. Kelley would like to redesign the little-known flag adopted by the county in 1996 but subsequently forgotten. But this is not another Roman Mars-inspired effort focused on applying principles of good flag design to improve a bad one. Rather, Kelley wants to use not just a new flag itself… Continue reading Flag Making for Unity and Pride
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