Vermont

Just a quick post sharing an idea I had for the American state of Vermont. The current state flag fallows a similar unimaginative theme as most US state flags, a blue field with the state seal or arms:

Not only is this flag the usual bad design (ranking 61 out of 72 US State, Territory and Canadian Province flags) but it appears to be unpopular, with various calls to bring back the Green Mountain Boys flag, which was the flag used from 1777 to about 1791, it was also carried by the state Militia from the US was of independence and is still carried by the Vermont Units of the National Guard. It is also used by Castleton State College. So giving the history behind it, and it being something that is uniquely Vermontian my idea is the Green Mountain Boys flag, defaces with a simplified version of the state seal (based on the state flag of 1837 to 1923.)  

I know its not perfect but it is much better than the flag in current use.

Athonia (Micro Nation)

I seen a post on Reddit asking for someone to design a flag for their micro nation. In the spirit of fun I went a little further and designed a series of flags and emblems, for the Kingdom of Athonia, in southern Florida.
There were some conditions to the national flag, it had to reflect agriculture (the main economy) and the preferable colours were red and black.
So here's the national and state flag:



black, red and some gold, with crossed rake and scythe. Or an alternative variant national flag:



The crossed rake and scythe appear on most national symbols, such as the fire department badge:



The police flag:



 Badge in detail:

 Like every sovereign nation it needs an armed forces so the armed forces flag:

Like the police flag, its based on the national flag but bears a sword as its for the military. The sword also appears in the Defence Forces badge:



 The crown is a unique design that I designed myself, the grain wreath reflects the nation's culture of agriculture.
I also designed a ceremonial military flag:

The national coat of arms:

 





 the supporters are Panthers the state animal of Florida. The Crest is a half Panther carrying a national standard. The shield reflects the national flag.
As Athonia is a constitutional monarchy it needs a Royal Standard:

Its based on the Florida flag, it features the royal crown and the crossed rake and scythe.  



State Flags Redesign By Ed Mitchell

flags of the united states

An industrial designer at Philadelphia product design firm Bresslergroup, Ed Mitchell, redesigns all 50 U.S. State Flags. His new project, United We Stand, feature new, simple, and bold design of State Flags using a unified design theme. All flags designs are limited to blue, white and red colors. You won’t see ornate state seals and text in the designs. For information, there are 27 flags that feature state seals. He did this according rules including simplicity so a child could draw it from memory, no seals or text, appropriate imagery, not more than three basic colors, and a characteristic look that doesn’t confuse with other flags.

Some people and critics consider his design as controversial since he removes all state seals and their unique colors. For example, he removes the bear image in the California State Flag, redesign whole flag appearance and add blue color (there is no blue in the real flag). He also removes the “California Republic” text and put the large C letter instead but keep the star image. The Delaware flag has the most drastic change by removing fuzzy emblem image of a worker and a soldier with picture of wolf, ship and text. He changes it with a simple image of a plant on a shield with blue background. The least modification of the flag is Texas. He only changes the color without changing the images.

 




 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

The flags of the U.S. states exhibit a wide variety of regional influences and local histories, as well as widely different styles & design principles. Modern state flags date from the 1890s when states wanted to have distinctive symbols at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Most state flags were designed & adopted between 1893 and World War I.

source : wikipedia