1worldflag: A blue dot on a transparent background

(1worldflag.com)

44 points | by davidbarker 3 hours ago

13 comments

  • nickandbro 8 minutes ago
    This will be needed for the galactic civil wars that will soon take place.
  • adzm 2 hours ago
    Transparency in a flag is new to me. It's surprisingly effective here. Could this be done with just cloth without synthetics by using thinner threads or thread count?
    • fiatpandas 15 minutes ago
      I also love the transparency and am surprised it hasn’t been used more. Granted, it would be very difficult to achieve with natural materials and also be durable. A flag should be able to withstand an ocean voyage exposed to the elements.
    • alm4x 1 hour ago
      The website mentions silk organza at https://1worldflag.com/flag/. That's where my mind went initially, some kind of sheer silk fabric. I don't know how durable it would be in the elements though.
    • kelseyfrog 1 hour ago
      The microplastics inherent in synthetics is the point.
  • et1337 1 hour ago
    Can’t wait for CGP Grey’s review of this flag
  • ARandomerDude 6 minutes ago
    What if we took Japan’s flag, imagined it printed on paper, but made the dot blue?
  • seirim 18 minutes ago
    Add a favicon for your website, a blue dot is a no-brainer here.
  • rrgok 2 hours ago
    I don't like the color blue. Can we change it?
  • rolymath 42 minutes ago
    Judging by the comments here, the 1worldflag should have been a picture of two people arguing.
    • grebc 40 minutes ago
      Yes! Classic.

      We don’t have an outside enemy atm so we squabble amongst ourselves, it’s a pattern as old as humans have gathered into groups.

  • s20n 1 hour ago
    but that's the wrong shade of blue? It'd have been great if they took the colour from "The blue marble" instead of this Turbo Pascal blue.
    • moss_dog 32 minutes ago
      What do you mean by "wrong"?

      I reckon the actual color doesn't matter as long as it's blue-ish. There are no branding guidelines or anything. Even the size of the circle is unspecified, which IMO is a feature, not a bug. It's accessible :)

      EDIT: I'm incorrect, there is a spec. Whelp! I still like my imagined more-flexible version of the flag.

    • dylan604 43 minutes ago
      Maybe they couldn't find American Flag Blue??? Or is that reserved for swimming pools now?
  • Leptonmaniac 1 hour ago
    So this is effectively the Esperanto of flags?
  • lanyard-textile 2 hours ago
    Love the idea.

    But the transparency :( It makes the whole flag low contrast, an undesirable quality in flags.

  • xgkickt 1 hour ago
    Blue needs to be paler, and the dot smaller ;-)
    • dylan604 43 minutes ago
      I was disappointed it wasn't a pale blue dot as well.
  • NordStreamYacht 41 minutes ago
    Esperanto flag.
  • vhcmlctibbkgx 1 hour ago
    [dead]