HAVE YOU ever met a vexed vexillologist? This is someone who frets when flags are badly designed. Sadly, too many flags flutter to deceive: they are cluttered with imagery, a mess of colours and all ...

Good flags tend to follow five rules: They sport simple designs, feature meaningful imagery, use only two or three colors, avoid lettering, and maintain a balance between distinctiveness and ...

With its broad stripes and bright stars, our nation’s flag demands respect. But ask an expert (which is to say, a vexillologist) and it turns out that all flags are NOT created equal. Mo Rocca takes a ...

For months now, New Zealand has been toying with the idea of redesigning its national flag. Today, a new flag design called the Silver Fern, created by architect Kyle Lockwood, won a referendum that ...

But in an historic first for the state and historic last for the country, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves signed a bill into law on Tuesday that not only removes that battle emblem from its flag, but ...

The social media platform redesigned the emoji to a version of the flag popular with opposition groups as anti-government protests sweep the country. One of these 10 modern designs will be the next ...

A Minnesota commission tasked with redesigning the state's flag and seal announced its selection for the updated state flag on Tuesday. The State Emblems Redesign Commission voted 11-1 to approve the ...

The design, chosen from thousands of submissions, would replace the current flag, which was criticized by some as racist. By Livia Albeck-Ripka Minnesota on Tuesday announced the winning design for ...

After four months of discussion and more than 2,000 design submissions, Minnesota finally has a new state flag and seal. Members of the State Emblems Redesign Commission on Tuesday chose a flag design ...