The source of the colors came from the Ko'Aloha flag, used by Hawaiian nationalists. This is the flag:
Every stripe of the flag corresponds to an island. There are nine of them, as the number of major inhabited islands on Hawaii archipelago. Just below you can see the flags I idealized to them, and its color and the official emblem of the island (from where the colors were took). They follow a template: bi-chromatic, with allusion to nine stripes on superior left canton. The nine stripes appear on Ko'Aloha flag (above), but also on Hawaii official state flag and Kanaka Maoli flag (used by independentist movement).
These are the flags. Click on them to zoom:
These are the flags. Click on them to zoom:
And this is it. Thank you for reading!
Your comment is very appreciated! It's your way to help me improve the blog and the designs. Thanks in advance.
That's the series I promised about two weeks ago. Debt paid!
I'm thinking about create more geometric models. If possible, I'll be replacing the flags one by one.
If you're interested on theme, see related bibliography: [1] and [2].
I like the individual island flags they are very good. I like every aspect of them I am not sure if I like the Ko'Aloha flag though but despite that the individual flags are awesome
ReplyDeleteI'm also a little unsatisfied about Ko'Aloha flag. Although it comprises a lot of symbolism (I must admit I don't know many of it), nine main colors is tooooooo many!
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