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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Jaettehjort@lemmy.world to c/vexillology@lemmy.world

The current flag looks like this, which obviously needs changing: SoB Minnesota flag

There is a commission tasked with proposing a new design. A news article about it is available here: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-house-bill-moves-forward-commission-to-redesign-state-flag-and-seal/

The top proposal, called "The North Star Flag", seems to be a popular favorite.

I gathered these proposals from these two sites: https://newmnflag.org/designs https://vexillology.fandom.com/wiki/Minnesota

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[-] Urbanfox@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Is this because they got slagged off by CGP Gray?

[-] Decoy321@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I vote for #10, the 4yr old's rendition of a Lovecraftian horror.

[-] Addition@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago

Minnesotan here. #4 from the top has my vote hands down. Nice clean flag, not too complicated.

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Not a Minnesotan but I agree, #4 is the best.

[-] BeardedPip@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

So just the big fancy star? Or the Nordic Cross?

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

By #4 I mean the yellow and white star that looks like a quilt block.

[-] BeardedPip@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Got it! Thanks!

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Non-minnesotan but I agree on #4 it also allows it to be reproduced on other mediums like buttons and patches easily.

[-] imperator3733@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Minnesota native here - definitely agree, that's a great design. Plenty of potential for it to become an iconic flag.

[-] TheWorstMailman@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Those last 5 are absolutely unhinged and I love them. I think that number 4 is really the best choice though

[-] DudePluto@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Seriously what are the stories on those? Surely they were submitted by children or something?

[-] ManosTheHandsOfFate@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Take it from a Coloradan, get yourself a nice, clean flag design and the merch will sell itself.

[-] Hello_there@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Needs a loon with red stars for eyes

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And an optic blast like the Laser Kiwi Flag.

[-] Jaettehjort@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago
[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes.

This comment section has gone full !vexillologyjerk and I'm loving it.

[-] Hello_there@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

This has double the lasers, just to stick it to nz who passed up a great deaign

[-] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Every other option is now the wrong option.

[-] akhenaten0@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

1, 5, 4.

I like Nordic Crosses, and the star’s a good color in a good placement. If you want an snowflake star, 4 is the best version.

But 1 emphasizes the rivers!

[-] Blastasaurus@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Number two or four.

Really disappointed in lack of laser beams coming from the bird eyes.

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

#4 is my choice. Very clean, it's an easily recognizable design, and it seems more creative than just "Nordic cross with star" or whatever the abominations in the later half are.

[-] StThicket@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

The pattern is called Selburose and is a traditional pattern used in knitted mittens and sweaters from the area of Selbu located in Norway at the border to Sweden.

I thing #4 is by far the nicest flag

[-] crashoverride@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Number five gets my vote. The light blue with a nice star and the swirls , it's the perfect sign for a flag

[-] sulungskwa@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I like how the farther down you go on the proposals, the more cooked they get

I actually like the 8th one -- the one with three vertical stripes. The one above that, though, looks like a loon and baby loon are following the Star of Bethlehem, on their way to deliver a nice bowl of cream of wild rice soup to the baby Jesus.

[-] TheBlue22@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The fuck are the last two

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Number 10 is the clear winner here. Who wouldn't want the pancake loon on their flag?

[-] reddithalation@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

The current flag is ahhh, pretty bad. Like its just awful looking, and the native american racism too.

[-] ornery_chemist@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

~~Personally not a fan of Iceland-with-star, as most Scandihoovians here are of Swedish or Norwegian ancestry (in that order if I remember right, but don't quote me), not Icelandic. I like the dichromatic Nordic cross better~~, but I prefer #1, with the non-wavy centered stars close behind. If I had to pick, I think I like center-star-with-green more than center-star-with-snowflake even though the former has too many colors---green = forest = Minnesota.

Edit: I apologize for my colorblind ass

[-] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Iceland has a red cross, not a green one, so it isn't Iceland-with-star.

[-] ornery_chemist@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I legitimately thought the cross above was red lol. Looking at it now it's clearly green; my guess is my phone's blue light filter last night and my colorblindness were factors.

[-] meeeeetch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Not a Minnesotan, but I like the Nordic crosses. Though I have to wonder why there's no purple in, like, any of the proposals.

[-] shastaxc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Oh look at the royal snob over here with his "why don't they use purple" nonsense, like it doesn't cost a year worth of grain and my eldest daughter's hand in marriage.

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