The Urbanophile recently noted how great Indianapolis' city flag is.
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I have to agree that it's a pretty nice looking flag. So I Googled something about flag design to see what makes a great flag. The website for the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA) came up. The have a guide about "good flags" versus "bad flags," which recommends against the use of lettering, seals, and other complicated symbols on a flag. Therefore, I decided that Columbus needs a new city flag.
Old Flag
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New Flag
My design maintains the same three principal colors for the flag. I'm not sure, but I might guess that colors chosen relate to Spain, the country that commissioned Christopher Columbus' journey. The vertical lines on my flag represent the general orientation of High Street, while the horizontal line is Broad Street. Clean, simple, recognizable, meaningful.
What do you think?






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