MORE EXAMPLES FROM THE GRIMWADE SCHOOL OF VEXILLOLOGY (THE STUDY OF FLAGS).

This is my second post about flags. In the earlier one (https://www.johngrimwade.com/blog/2016/09/08/pictograms-on-poles/), I referred to my flag collection, which has long since been sold off for a vast profit (just kidding). However, my love of flags continues unabated. I own a quality Stars and Stripes, a classy Ohio University banner, and a flagpole, so all that completely qualifies me to pontificate about flags. So here goes.

CAT FLAGS Why not show how serious I am, and start with cat flags? In his brilliant one-man show “The Book of Everything” (https://www.amazon.com/Book-Everything-Visual-Guide-Travel/dp/1742209637), Nigel Holmes made a spread of them.
“I like cats. They should have their own flags,” says Nigel (http://www.nigelholmes.com).
Fair enough.
(Click on the image for a larger version.)

NEW ZEALAND I’ve been following with interest the process of selecting a new flag for this excellent, but far-away, country. Incidentally, there is a website (http://worldmapswithout.nz) where New Zealanders can post images of world maps that have left their homeland out. One is at the UN Office in Geneva (http://worldmapswithout.nz/post/100846576379/the-world-map-logo-at-the-un-office-in-geneva).

In 2015, a referendum was held to select a finalist to compete against the current flag. These flags were eliminated in that vote.

The finalists. The Silver Fern against tradition. In March this year, the nation voted to keep the current flag, which has the Union Jack in the corner (Go U.K!)

ISLE OF MAN The flag of this island between England and Northern Ireland is a triskelion, three armored legs with golden spurs. I like it.

ALBANIA You can’t beat a good pictogram, as far as I’m concerned.

SEYCHELLES This Indian Ocean-based one has some serious graphic punch.

And finally… check out this ambitious piece of data visualization by ferdio, an infographic agency based in Copenhagen: http://flagstories.co