this week we are working on re-designing a new flag for the town of Smithtown and we are going to take a note from Roman Mars, host of the 99% Invisible (one of my favorite design podcasts), and work to create a better flag for our town, Smithtown. We are going to watch his TED talk and learn about vexillology, the study of flags, and then critique our town flag based on the basic design rules that he shares written below.
1. Keep it simple. (The flag should be so simple that a child can draw it from memory.)
2. Use meaningful symbolism.
3. Use two to three basic colors.
4. No lettering or seals. Never use writing of any kind.
5. Be distinctive
Our flag is definitely what we learned Vexillologists would call a "SOB" (a seal on a bedsheet) so we are going to help our town out by creating a new flag design that represents the 21st Century. We are also going to use the Quiver app to create a virtual augmented reality video show off how great our new flag designs would look flying over the school and in town. Be creative, be original- this project is due on Wednesday 3/29!
Here's a few of my favorite flag redesigns from last year for inspiration!
We will create 6 thumbnail drawings in color, then one full color design then take that design and bring it into Augmented Reality using a template. The last step of the project is to record your flag design with augmented reality and share it, below is an example from Jak last year.
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