As we reported in 2015, design journalist Roman Mars spearheaded a prominent effort to revise San Francisco's flag, starting with a discussion of its problems in his immensely popular TED Talk, Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you've never noticed. He enlisted the sponsorship of design company Autodesk, attracted some media attention, including… Continue reading San Francisco Curbs Its Enthusiasm
We're up to a total of 80 efforts to create or redesign US and Canadian flags of cities, towns, or other municipalities, as tracked on our Municipal Flag Improvement page. Many of these have been inspired by the TED Talk Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you've never noticed by Roman Mars of the… Continue reading Municipal Flag Improvement Update
As we blogged about last year, many efforts are underway to improve (or to create in the first place) municipal flags. The list just keeps growing, so we have moved it into its own page, Municipal Flag Improvement. We currently have 42 cities or towns on this list of efforts, 41 in the US, one in… Continue reading City Flag Improvements Update
Portland Flag Association 