World of Flags

A blog to learn about the flags of our world. You will see not only country flags, but flags for states, provinces, prominent organizations and many others.

[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

Everyone has watched a flag flutter in the breeze, but you may not have given much thought to it. One of the earliest scientists to consider the problem was Lord Rayleigh, who wrote an aside on the mathematics of an infinite flag flapping in a paper on jets (pdf). Today researchers consider the problem in terms of fluid-solid interaction; in other words, to study a fluttering flag, you must consider both the properties of the flag – its flexibility, length, elasticity, and so on – and the properties of the fluid – air speed, viscosity, etc. The combination of these factors governs the complicated shapes taken on by a flag. The image above is a composite of several photos of a string (a 1-d flag) flapping in a flow that moves from left to right. By combining photos, the image highlights the envelope of shapes the flag takes and demonstrates at a glance just how far the flag flutters in either direction along its length. (Image credit: C. Eloy)

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[black-to-the-bones-deactivated2]

Dropping knowledge.

This thread is eye-opening.

[fuckyeahbiguys]

First Pride Flag Launched Into Stratosphere

Planting Peace, a nonprofit dedicated to "spreading peace in a hurting world," launched the first Pride flag into the stratosphere.

“It was an honor to send the first Pride flag into space, and it provided a wonderful opportunity to show that Planting Peace will not stop fighting for LGBTQ rights until all sexual and gender minorities experience full, fundamental rights in every corner of the universe,“ Aaron Jackson, president of Planting Peace, told NBC OUT.

"The backdrop of space gave us a stunning, inspiring and peaceful canvas for our message of hope to our LGBTQ family. I would love for LGBTQ children who are struggling to see this, and look up to the stars and remember that the universe shines brightly for them, and they are not alone,” Jackson added.

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“To show your true color” = You reveal who you really are, your true character when you show your true colors.

Early warships often carried flags from many nations on board in order to elude or deceive the enemy. 

Sailing into battle under false colors went against the Articles of War, but unscrupulous captains and officers who cared more for payback and beating the enemy than stuffy rules and regulations, would often go into action with false colors in order to gain the element of surprise. [x]

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During the Indonesian revolution to free itself from being a colony of the Netherlands, freedom fighters would rip the blue cloth from the Dutch flag to create the Indonesian flag. [video]

[russianchicken]

I propose this as a new flag or the Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia (FYROM)

[geometrymatters]

A Proposed International Flag for the Planet Earth

The International Flag of Planet Earth is a design proposal by Oskar Pernefeldt for a planetary flag. It was created as a graduation project at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm, Sweden.

Pernefeldt used the principles of vexillology, the scientific study of flags, to create a meaningful design representing the water and life on our planet. The shade of blue was chosen to stand out against the black of space and the white of a spacesuit, and the interconnected rings form a flower to represent life on Earth and how it is intertwined.

The design follows the five basic principles of good flag design that were recently laid out in a TED talk by radio producer Roman Mars, with the arguable exception of the ring design being too complex.

Pernefeldt’s design process for the flag is discussed in a video that was included as part of Pernefeldt’s graduation project.

(laughingsquid,com)

© Oskar Pernefeldt, 2015

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[old-flag-blog]

So what's your opinion on the confederate flag I think a union jack means worse because British empire *note* I'm not from the south

I’m hoping to write a fuller post on this shortly but the Confederate Flag is fundamentally and inexorably tied to white supremacy and should not be flown by anyone. It represents a country that was, by its founders’ own admissions, built for the express purpose of preserving slavery and creating a perpetual state of racial segregation in the South.

The Confederate flag has enjoyed two major revivals in American history. The first came in the 1890s, when the bullshit revisionist “Lost Cause” theory was trying to reframe the Confederacy as some kind of gallant and chivalrous institution. This was when the United Daughters of the Confederacy was established and when Mississippi adopted its racist state flag. It was also a period when Jim Crow laws were spreading like wildfire and black people were being disenfranchised across the country. The second revival came in the 1950s and early 1960s, as a symbol of protest against desegregation and the civil rights movement. This is when Georgia adopted its former state flag (specifically in response to Brown v. Board of Education), and when South Carolina started flying the Confederate flag at the statehouse.

In both of these periods, proponents of the flag were frequently clear and overt about why they were flying it: because it was the symbol of the white race and of white supremacy. You can see that with absolute clarity in the historical record. And lest you think that meaning has just magically evaporated today, keep in mind that Dylann Roof’s three favourite flags were the Rhodesian flag, the apartheid-era South African flag, and the Confederate flag. That right there should tell you everything you need to know.

So no, I don’t think it’s better than the Union Jack. I think it’s a million times worse. It is perhaps the single most potent symbol of hatred and racism in all of American history. The fact that there are Confederate flags still flying anywhere today is disgraceful. The fact that they are flying on government property in places of honour is despicable. The damn thing should be taken down in Mississippi, it should be taken down in South Carolina, and it should be taken down everywhere else. I hope someone climbs up that flagpole in Columbia and burns that fucking rag down to nothing.

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[worldofflags]

Always remember to flag responsibly.

[kropotkindersurprise]

2014 - Aboriginal activists burn the Australian flag [video]

[did-you-know]

The Danish wave their national flags at airport arrivals to welcome travelers to the ‘happiest nation in the world.” Source

[thepowerofpassion]

Can anyone help me find out what flag this is? It’s in a picture with a bunch of other flags but i’ve never seen this particular one before. Any information about it would be very much appreciated.

Have you seen it? flaglog

[old-flag-blog]

New to me. My basic guess would be probably a logo, maybe a band logo? It’d help if I had more context. What are the other flags around? Do you know where the picture was taken? What context was it used in?

If anyone following me recognizes this flag, let me know.

[thepowerofpassion]

flaglog The other flags around it are the Japanese National Flag, the United States National Flag, and the Hawaiian National Flag.  I took a picture of this picture (or painting, I couldn’t figure out what exactly it was at the time) years ago and only now came across it and realized I didn’t know which flag that was.  I have the picture below:

I’m quite curious as to why this flag is presented in such a way when I can’t find it anywhere.  It was in a classroom at a ship dock building here in Hawaiʻi. It’s quite a mystery, wouldn’t you agree?

[old-flag-blog]

Interesting. Maybe that’s a Japanese municipal flag then. I wouldn’t be able to say which one though. What city was the ship dock building in? Does it have a sister city in Japan?

[worldofflags]

I was intrigued by this so I did a mockup of it in MS Paint to do a Google image search and it didn't return anything. I also can second that it doesn't match up to any Japanese Municipal flags, despite being of a similar aesthetic. No flag ID site seems to know it either. This makes me think that it probably is some kind of logo or (more likely, given it's stature) a personal flag that is obscure/lost to time.

[andywarnercomics]

Hey there. You can go read my comic on flag design on Re:Form design magazine. That may sound like the most boring thing ever, but you’re wrong, dammit. The piece has Czars disguised as shipbuilders, shattered Central American empires, revolting Dutch, perfidious British and fancy Welsh.

Go read it.

Bonus fun fact: the study of flags is called “vexillology.”

[old-flag-blog]

This is pretty great. Go read it!

[redphilistine-deactivated201501]

Another flag burns.#shawshooting

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holy shit. no noo no no no i do NOT care the cause, i don’t CARE what the supreme court says you do NOT fucking burn the flag what the FUCK is your problem. disrespectful bags of shit oh my GOD

[redphilistine-deactivated201501]

That thing where a certain group of people are more outraged over a piece of polysynthetic fiber than the horrific loss of Black life in this country.

[worldofflags]

A very good example to illustrate the power flags hold as symbols. Note that the flag is not only being burned but is also flying upside down. A very poignant demonstration that is sure to evoke a strong emotional response in response to the cause being fought for.

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Monza 2014