woensdag 1 oktober 2014

Hong Kong Independence or Autonomy Flag

Hong Kong Autonomy or Independence Flag Proposal Redesign
Amidst the protest for greater autonomy for Hong Kong, the old colonial flag of the territory has crept up. A Hong Kong Autonomy Movement uses a blue flag with the complete colonial coat of arms on it, thus omitting the Union Jack. I made a banner of arms of Hong Kong, comparable to for instance the flag of Gibraltar. 
I took the naval crown from the lovely people at Wikipedia.
I can send a SVG file to those who wish to reproduce this flag. 

Here is also a simplified flag based on the same coat of arms.
Hong Kong Autonomy or Independence Flag Proposal Redesign

zaterdag 9 augustus 2014

Flag of Paramaribo

Some two years ago I moved to Paramaribo, the capital city of Suriname. Suriname doesn't seem to have subnational official flags. The etymology of the name Paramaribo is clouded in mystery, but the recently deceased prominent Surinamese historian André Loor puts forward in his latest book that the most credible one is that Paramaribo means "city near the rainbow stream" in the indigenous Karib language. In the local language Sranantongo, Paramaribo is often referred to as 'foto', simply 'city'. The word derives from the Dutch 'fort' (fortress), referring to Fort Zeelandia, the settlement around which the city grew.
In my design I combined rainbow colours with the outline of a fortress in the colours of the national flag, symbolizing Paramaribo's central position as capital of the nation.