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A world flag

What the world needs is a great flag, a flag of pure bliss. Here's one of the intermediate steps to the finished product; it's an average of all the world's countries' flags weighted by population.

Average World Flag

By Jason Kottke  •  Dec 1, 2009  •  design   flags   remix

How to design a flag

Ted Kaye has compiled some advice for designing flags.

1. Keep it simple.
2. Use meaningful symbolism
3. Use 2-3 basic colors
4. No lettering or seals
5. Be distinctive or be related

In a nutshell:

The flag should be so simple that a child can draw it from memory.

The best flag in the world follows all of these rules.

By Jason Kottke  •  Oct 13, 2009  •  design   flags   how to

The best flag in the world

Benin Empire

That's the flag of the Benin Empire, a pre-colonial African state situated in modern Nigeria that lasted from 1440 until 1897. (via andre)

By Jason Kottke  •  Oct 6, 2009  •  flags

Grading the world's flags. Gambia is a

Grading the world's flags. Gambia is a surprise #1. (via marginal revolution)

By Jason Kottke  •  Jan 21, 2008  •  best of   design   flags

Pie charts representing the flags of the

Pie charts representing the flags of the world's nations...the area of each color on the charts corresponds to the percentage of that color used in the respective flag. I'll take this opportunity to again maintain that Rem Koolhaas' barcode flag for the EU is, technically speaking, wicked awesome. (via colourlovers)

By Jason Kottke  •  May 30, 2007  •  colors   eu   flags   infoviz   Rem Koolhaas

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