Recent comments in /f/vexillology

treesparrow OP wrote

This is a pretty cool method of making flags to express general opposition to the status quo, in my opinion. In hostile conditions, such as in an active political upheaval, the making of a new flag, complete with its own symbols and colors, is rather difficult. As such, this method can substitute as least for a while to communicate political intent and position. As flags, they fly absolutely terribly though, what with the giant hole and all :)

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treesparrow wrote (edited )

The green is quite nice, but I wonder why there's a green band thing inside the yellow? What's the symbolism behind this? I get that it's supposed to represent something kinda solarpunk and ecological but the green band thing and the blue line are both head-scratchers. They, combined with the fact that there are two separate shade of yellow, make the flag a tad bit too over-complicated with regards to color imo.

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glitter_v0id wrote

shower thoughts response

  • most of the good flag designs have been taken by.. well, countries.

  • lack of universally understood symbols, i can come up with 5 and one of them goes back to soviet aesthetic

  • Flag design requires really strict adherence to design principals that are normally meant to be broken tastefully. This is not inherently bad design for a poster or a protest but as a flag it's cluttered and confusing.

i had some rambling thoughts but trunkating because they're not though out at all. Vox has an interesting 7min video on designing clear symbols wrt the biohazard symbol if anyones curious

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shanoxilt OP wrote

The most important rule that seems to be broken constantly is "No text on flags".

If the symbols don't convey the message, you've chosen the wrong symbols.

Further, it demonstrates a sort of insecurity and cluelessness.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flags_with_Russian-language_text

You have to project the confidence that people already know who you are so that initialisms, mottoes, and text are outright redundant.

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