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Ask DN: Best flag design?
6 years ago from Matt McDaniel, Design lead at Atlassian
What is your favorite flag from a design perspective? Nation, state, city, whatever
48 comments
Asher Simonds, 6 years ago
Amsterdam's flag is awesome:
Japan's flags are wonderfully simple and bold.
Jenia Stratila, 6 years ago
It's trendy, so I'm also opting for Amsterdam.
Nathan Romero, 6 years ago
I've always loved how sinister the flag of Albania looks.
Joshua Turner, 6 years ago
I'm a huge fan of the flag of the Tokyo Prefecture.
Matt Willett, 6 years ago
I love this flag! The flag for Fukuoka is a close second for me, something about the weaving nature of it. (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Flag_of_Fukuoka_Prefecture.svg)
Mick N, 6 years ago
Wow! Both are beautiful, I've never seen these before so thanks for sharing!
Connor Norvell, 6 years ago
Pop pop!
Noureddine Azhar, 6 years ago
This flag is streets ahead of any other flag. If you don't agree you're streets behind.
Account deleted 6 years ago Relevant and worth rewatching every single time. ❤️
Kasper Andersen , 6 years ago
Lofa County in Liberia:
and the rest of the Liberian county flags: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Liberia
Pablo Stanley, 6 years ago
Such art!
Much wow!
Matt Castillo, 6 years ago
Chicago's is great.
Patrick Loonstra, 6 years ago
I really dig the Swiss national flag
Account deleted 6 years ago Maryland
Chus Margallo, 6 years ago
black flag is pretty awesome...
Ben Digman, 6 years ago 
I've always appreciated Portland's flag, indicating its location where the two rivers meet as well as the city quadrants.
Adam Brenecki, 6 years ago I'm a big fan of the Canadian flag. It's simple, unique and instantly recognisable.
There's a proposed flag for my country of Australia, the Golden Wattle flag, that I'm quite fond of for the same reasons:
Doug Orchard, 6 years ago
Even though I'm fond of the southern cross, this does pretty nice and very easy to adapt to state flags.
Adam Brenecki, 6 years ago The southern cross is a good symbol on it's own (although I do feel like it's been co-opted a bit by racist bogans, along with the current flag itself) but the current Australian flag looks just like any other former British colony. It'd be nice to have a flag that actually has our national colours on it, too.
Actually, while we're on proposed flags, I like the New Zealand "Red Peak" one too, although it doesn't feel as iconic as the Canadian flag is or Golden Wattle could be.
Maybe i'm blind, never seen the southern cross being used in such as way, but hey it happens. At least this wattle flag could match the olympics team colours. My OCD hates seeing the two together.
The bold shapes on the NZ is great. Stands out. Hard to miss.
Jake Zien, 6 years ago
Brazil, Japan, Milwaukee
Labib Rahman, 6 years ago Whoa, this looks like something ISO50/Tycho would have made.
Mike McAlister, 6 years ago
Hopefully they make this the official Milwaukee flag! It's still waiting to be approved by the city. The previous flag has been voted one of the worst flags in America.
I choose Angola´s flag... It´s pretty badass... Bold Colours, communist inspired layout and a freaking machete as an icon....
Tim Ackroyd, 6 years ago Laser Kiwi!
Michael Cio, 6 years ago
Bayern
John Leschinski, 6 years ago
Canada
Alec Lomas, 6 years ago
Chicago / DC are obvious ones that spring to mind.
Kyle Conrad, 6 years ago
I absolutely love the DC flag.
jj moi, 6 years ago
a pirate flag?
Luke Bugbee, 6 years ago I really like the Philippines flag. It serves a functional purpose, when flown with red on top it means the country is in a state of war. When blue is on top it's in a time of peace. https://images4.alphacoders.com/184/184246.jpg
Tom Wood, 6 years ago
Portugal flag 10/10 – great symbolism, and contains an Armillary sphere.
Ken Soliva, 6 years ago
Madison, Wisconsin has a great flag and design and story:
Dapo Olaopa, 6 years ago
My favorites are
Benny Bowden, 6 years ago Wichita, KS is pretty amazing. The Native American Symbol from inside the circle is used in so many different designs around the city.
Dean Hayden, 6 years ago
Black Flag. Because I like my type bolder than bold (soz, really tenuous)
Serge Khineika, 6 years ago
Best: Japan
Worst: Belarus (new style)
Belarus' old one to compare:
Alexander Obenauer, 6 years ago
Tennessee:
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