TED.com, a
website offer the great inspiration talk shows to the public. They would show
the successful experience for the people. However, this time is a little bit
different. It is a radio style talk show which is about the worst example of
flag design.
There are five instructions for flag design.
1.
Keep it simple ( The flag should be simple that a child can draw it
from memory)
2.
Use meaningful symbolism
3.
Use 2 to 3 basic colors
4.
No letter or seal
5.
Be distinctive (or be related)
Roman
Mars who is the speaker, discovered there are
a lot of awful flag designs from many countries which are not famous. They got
too many details and letters on the flag. The purpose of the flag is to identify
the country but those designs below make people feeling lag. (Start from 8:04
from the video)
As Roman Mars said the design’s definition
is “Making life better and provide enjoy”. Those flags are hard for people to remember
it. It is not making our life better so I agree that kind of design should be
stopped.
Have you ever thought about the origin of flags or the symbolism attached to the design? Why do you think citizens of a country often have such an emotional attachment to their flag? Are you aware of the debate around Australia's flag? Have you noticed the three flags that fly in the grounds of Swinburne?
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