- This
- is
- 99%
- invisible,
- I'm
- Roman
- Mars.
-
-
- The
- five
- basic
- principles
- of
- flag
- design
-
-
- The
- five
- basic
- principles
- of
- flag
- design
- according
- to the
- North American
- Vexillological
- (Vex-illo-logical.
- It's the
- extra
- 'lol'
- that makes
- it sound
- weird)
- Association.
- Vexillology
- is the
- study of
- flags.
-
-
- Number
- one.
- Keep
- it simple.
-
-
- The flag
- should be
- so simple
- that a
- child
- can draw it
- from memory.
- Before I
- moved to
- Chicago,
- in 2005,
- I didn't
- even
- know cities
- had
- their own
- flags.
- "Most
- larger
- cities
- have
- flags."
- Well I didn't
- know that.
- That's Ted K.,
- by the way,
- flag expert,
- totally awesome
- guy.
- "I'm
- the editor
- of
- a
- scholarly
- journal
- on
- flags
- called
- 'Raven:
- A
- Journal
- of Vexillology'"
- And that
- first city flag
- I discovered in Chicago
- is a beaut:
- a white
- field,
- two light
- blue
- horizontal
- stripes,
- and
- four
- six-pointed
- red
- stars
- across
- the middle.
-
-
- Number
- two:
- Use
- meaningful
- symbolism.
-
-
- The
- blue
- stripes
- represent
- the water,
- the lake, and the rivers.
- The
- red
- stars
- represent
- significant
- events
- in
- Chicago's
- history.
-
-
+
+
+
+ This
+ is
+ 99%
+ invisible,
+ I'm
+ Roman
+ Mars.
+
+
+ The
+ five
+ basic
+ principles
+ of
+ flag
+ design
+
+
+ The
+ five
+ basic
+ principles
+ of
+ flag
+ design
+ according
+ to the
+ North American
+ Vexillological
+ (Vex-illo-logical.
+ It's the
+ extra
+ 'lol'
+ that makes
+ it sound
+ weird)
+ Association.
+ Vexillology
+ is the
+ study of
+ flags.
+
+
+ Number
+ one.
+ Keep
+ it simple.
+
+
+ The flag
+ should be
+ so simple
+ that a
+ child
+ can draw it
+ from memory.
+ Before I
+ moved to
+ Chicago,
+ in 2005,
+ I didn't
+ even
+ know cities
+ had
+ their own
+ flags.
+ "Most
+ larger
+ cities
+ have
+ flags."
+ Well I didn't
+ know that.
+ That's Ted K.,
+ by the way,
+ flag expert,
+ totally awesome
+ guy.
+ "I'm
+ the editor
+ of
+ a
+ scholarly
+ journal
+ on
+ flags
+ called
+ 'Raven:
+ A
+ Journal
+ of Vexillology'"
+ And that
+ first city flag
+ I discovered in Chicago
+ is a beaut:
+ a white
+ field,
+ two light
+ blue
+ horizontal
+ stripes,
+ and
+ four
+ six-pointed
+ red
+ stars
+ across
+ the middle.
+
+
+ Number
+ two:
+ Use
+ meaningful
+ symbolism.
+
+
+ The
+ blue
+ stripes
+ represent
+ the water,
+ the lake, and the rivers.
+ The
+ red
+ stars
+ represent
+ significant
+ events
+ in
+ Chicago's
+ history.
+