Update: Fiji has cancelled its plans to change its flag. Fiji's National Flag Committee has selected 23 designs from the hundreds submitted as finalists for the new Fijian flag. At newfijiflag.com Fijians and foreigners are able to give their feedback on each of the finalists. In order to interpret the designs, the committee provides this guide… Continue reading 23 (1st Round) “Finalists” for New Fiji Flag
Tag: Flag Design
A New Flag for Fiji—A Work in Progress
by Ted Kaye, in Vexilloid Tabloid #52 In February, Fiji’s recently-elected prime minister announced that the country would change the flag to remove the colonial symbols it had borne since its adoption at independence in 1970. Aiming to raise a new flag on independence day, 10 October 2015, he set an ambitious schedule: A flag-design contest… Continue reading A New Flag for Fiji—A Work in Progress
UK School Childrens’ Flags Fly
Last March we introduced Jonathan Parsons' Parliament Flag Project, a nation-wide design contest for young Britons aged 7 to 11. This month 80 of the winning flags have been flying at Parliament Square in London, and they look great. Here are some photos (by Jessica Taylor for the UK Parliament). For more photos, search Twitter for… Continue reading UK School Childrens’ Flags Fly
Douglas-fir Flags
The magnificent Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is, after the coast redwood, North America's second-tallest tree, reaching heights of 300 feet or more. Found throughout the wetter parts of Cascadia, it was declared the State Tree of Oregon in 1939 and has appeared on Oregon's passenger car license plates since 1988. In designing a flag for Cascadia,… Continue reading Douglas-fir Flags
The International Flag of Planet Earth
For his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communications project at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm, Sweden, Oskar Pernefeldt has produced a very slick set of marketing materials for an "official proposal" for "the International Flag of Planet Earth". On May 18th, Jacob Kastrenakes posted on The Verge a writeup entitled, with needless belligerency, This is the flag we'll plant… Continue reading The International Flag of Planet Earth
Redesigning Union Jack-based Flags
In the past few years the British Union Jack and flags that incorporate it have been matters of public interest and debate. Fiji and New Zealand, and, to a lesser extent, Australia and the UK are or have been reconsidering the suitability of their existing flags. Only Tuvalu appears resolute in keeping the Union Jack on its flag. Taking these… Continue reading Redesigning Union Jack-based Flags
Ted Kaye Joins Flag Redesign Committee for Fiji
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
Mars (and Kaye) Bring Vexillology To TED
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
Self-Similar Flags
The the popular meme shows, the flag of Norway is the "mother of flags". It doesn't, however, contain itself (unless you don't care about the relative widths of the white and blue parts to the whole). In other words, it is not self-similar. A less-popular meme points out one national flag that has this property:… Continue reading Self-Similar Flags
Transforming Transnational Flags
Here are two more fascinating YouTube videos exploring the relationships between national flags. Their creator goes only by the name Vexillographer. "Transforming Transnational Flags" by Vexillographer, published 11 March 2012. 30 national flags. Produced in Microsoft PowerPoint. "Construction Paper World Flags" by Vexillographer, published 16 February 2015. 22 national flags. A mistake: "You might… Continue reading Transforming Transnational Flags
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