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The history and design of the world’s flags, written up at length.
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Blue Nation, Blue Flag: How Kazakhstan's Turquoise Sky Broke Every Rule of Flag Design
· 9 min read
Splitting the Island: How the Flags of Aruba, Sint Maarten, and New Caledonia Tell the Story of Colonies That Almost Became Countries
· 10 min read
The Crescent Twins: How Tunisia and Azerbaijan Inherited the Same Ottoman Symbol but Made It Mean Completely Different Things
· 8 min read
City Flags That Outshine Their Countries: What Chicago, Amsterdam, and the City of London Got Right
· 8 min read
Nutmeg, Mahogany, and Defiance: How Caribbean Nations Turned Plantation Crops into Flags of Liberation
· 8 min read
Turkmenistan's Carpet Strip: The Most Complex Flag Design in the World and What It Encodes
· 10 min read
The Dragon on the Flag of Bhutan and Wales: Two Ancient Creatures, Two Completely Different Meanings
· 8 min read
Maps on Flags: Why Cyprus, Kosovo, and Christmas Island Put Their Geography Front and Center
· 10 min read
Stars Over the Southern Cross: How One Constellation Became the Identity of the Pacific
· 9 min read
Red Over White: How Indonesia, Monaco, and Poland Ended Up Fighting Over the Same Flag
· 9 min read
The Sun Disc on the Flag of Bangladesh: How a Blood-Red Circle Became the Symbol of a Nation Born in War
· 10 min read
Born from Revolution: How Angola and Eritrea Turned Liberation Movement Logos into National Flags
· 9 min read
Diagonal Lines and What They Mean: The Bold Geometry of Trinidad, Namibia, and Tanzania
· 8 min read
Heraldry and Color: The Historical Influences on Modern Flags
· 3 min read
The Flags Nobody Can Picture Are Usually the Interesting Ones
· 3 min read
The Stories Behind National Symbols: Flags That Tell a Tale
· 3 min read
Symbolism and Heritage: The Flags of the Americas from Argentina to Aruba
· 3 min read
The Flags of the Commonwealth: A Study of Heritage and National Identity
· 3 min read
Afghanistan and Angola: The First Two Flags in the Alphabet
· 2 min read
Vexillology in Art: The Impact of National Flags on Creative Expression
· 3 min read
Regional Inspirations: How Geography Shapes the Designs of National Flags
· 2 min read
African Flags Were Designed at Independence, and It Shows
· 2 min read
Flags and Their Stories: Analyzing the Design of African Nations
· 2 min read
American Samoa and Antigua and Barbuda: Two Small Flags Worth Reading Closely
· 2 min read