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I am of the opinion it's pretty bad, and we should have a new one. |
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| − | = 2017 =In my earlier design and writeup, I'd cited @ErikVeland's design: https://twitter.com/ErikVeland/status/448989303117344768 itself a simplification of the "Blaxland" flag cited here: https://storify.com/sbsnews/australian-flag-redesign/elements/425bae536ec035d32591f22e |
+ | = 2017 =In my earlier design and writeup, I'd cited @ErikVeland's design: https://twitter.com/ErikVeland/status/448989303117344768 which is itself a simplification of the "Blaxland" flag cited here: https://storify.com/sbsnews/australian-flag-redesign/elements/425bae536ec035d32591f22e |
| − | My 2017 design takes Erik Veland's design, and brings it to the same proportions as our current flag, which gives room to then reverse the boomerang so it aims "right", and then the embedded Aboriginal flag is retained in a right-way-up form. Trivia:* The golden sun is centered on the center of the former union jack. |
+ | My 2017 design takes Erik Veland's design, and brings it to the same proportions as our current flag, which gives room to then reverse the boomerang so it aims "right", and then the embedded Aboriginal flag is retained in a right-way-up form. == Design Elements ==* The golden sun is centered on the center of the former union jack. |
| − | * The southern cross stars remain in their original sizes and positions* The southern cross stars change point numbers to match the Victorian and NT flags. (5,6,7,7,8 points, rather than 5,7,7,7,7,) |
+ | * The southern cross stars remain in their original sizes and positions |
| + | * The southern cross stars change point numbers to match the Victorian and NT flags. (5,6,7,7,8 points, rather than 5,7,7,7,7,) |
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[[Image:Flag_2014.png|thumb|2014 proposal|400px]] |
[[Image:Flag_2014.png|thumb|2014 proposal|400px]] |
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Revision as of 09:04, 29 May 2017
There is a recurring (but often silent) debate in Australia about our flag.
I am of the opinion it's pretty bad, and we should have a new one. = 2017 =In my earlier design and writeup, I'd cited @ErikVeland's design: https://twitter.com/ErikVeland/status/448989303117344768 which is itself a simplification of the "Blaxland" flag cited here: https://storify.com/sbsnews/australian-flag-redesign/elements/425bae536ec035d32591f22e My 2017 design takes Erik Veland's design, and brings it to the same proportions as our current flag, which gives room to then reverse the boomerang so it aims "right", and then the embedded Aboriginal flag is retained in a right-way-up form. == Design Elements ==* The golden sun is centered on the center of the former union jack.
- The southern cross stars remain in their original sizes and positions
- The southern cross stars change point numbers to match the Victorian and NT flags. (5,6,7,7,8 points, rather than 5,7,7,7,7,)
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2014
This is my 2014 flag design idea. I'd not even go so far as to say it's a proposal, but I hope it gets people thinking. Taking a layout cue from the NT and ACT flags, the left third is a solid base with the southern cross. I've chosen a black base, with the original (and Victorian and NT state) southern cross. (This is identical to the NT flag). To the right, a blue field has a yellow arc above, and red below. The top is to be read as the sun, and red as uluru. They are shaped appropriately. You can imagine the white band between red and blue as a heat-haze if you like, but really it's just to separate the blue and red from touching (which would be bad design karma :) - it also means the flag includes colours from both our current and aboriginal flags.
Sketches prior to final design
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Variants on the design
white border to sun matching lower white
white border to sun matching sun
This thread also has some good designs
- https://storify.com/sbsnews/australian-flag-redesign/elements/425bae536ec035d32591f22e
- Especially this one from @ErikVeland: https://twitter.com/ErikVeland/status/448989303117344768
Further links, ideas and reading
The 2014 facebook thread from which the above sketches and design came from:
The 2016 facebook thread about flags:
