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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A high school student from Zeeland is a finalist in a nationwide contest challenging youth to design their own American Flag.

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 ...

correctionAn earlier version of this article misstated the year when the Minnesota flag was adopted. It was 1893; the seal featured on the flag was adopted in 1849. The report also misidentified the ...

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 ...