Coral Gables Flag Design Analysis

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The founders of Coral Gables imagined their city to be the embodiment of beauty and community. Coral Gables has certainly achieved recognition for its level of beauty; however, Coral Gables could improve the representation of its community. A considerable factor on the representation of its community is the flag design. Moreover, A flag represents the unity of a group to whomever falls under it, however if a flag design tends to be of an inadequate design then it won’t offer the representation the community deserves. The ideas revolving around flag designs are so essential there’s a scientific study of flags; it’s called Vexillology and there happens to be a group of flag experts in the U.S and Canada by the name of the Northern American Vexillological …show more content…

Roman Mars’s Ted X presentation offered comprehension on the importance of Flag design for a community and the information in his speech provides the framework for necessary flag design principles. Adequate flag designs build a strong sense of identity that a community could potentially obtain since superior flag designs that follow basic flag design principles, according to the North American Vexillogical Association, build pride within the community and improves the social cultural atmosphere. Superior flag designs of communities such as Chicago, Washington D.C and Indianapolis are so deeply embedded in the city’s social cultural atmospheres they are shown in apparel, bars, barber shops, rallies, and parades. Moreover, their city flags are so deeply embedded in the community that when an officer dies it’s the city’s flag that tend to be used at the ceremony not the U.S flag. When superior flags become part of the social cultural atmosphere of their city to represent the people who fall under it becomes iconic and memorable. For example, when you see U.S flags scattered throughout the country what does it represent? It represents the pride and sense of nationalism which in turn becomes iconic and memorable towards the group of people that fall under it which Phil Mercer underlines in his work from …show more content…

S, such as Milwaukee, which was considered one of the worst city flag designs in the U. S by the North American Vexillological Association. A few years ago, the aggravated Milwaukee citizens didn’t appreciate the awful flag design so they began the process of implementing a new flag design for their city and are close to city approval needed to do so. To improve the flag design for the city of Coral Gables, the community needs to be aware that inadequate flag designs correlate to less representation and a weaker identity for the community; which becomes a large basis for their individual identity. Moreover, Awareness on the matter can be established through discussion online and brick and mortar. Discussion online can spread through social media applications and forums such as Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit or even a custom website dedicated to the new flag movement. Brick and Mortar could be at educational institutions, government facilities and residential areas. I personally did a brick and mortar by building awareness of inadequate flag designs for my school, Coral Gables Senior High, through PowerPoint presentations. Furthermore, when a student creates awareness on a problem through PowerPoint, persuasive speech is one of the most fundamental concepts to gain more attention. Moreover, the plan consisted of presenting every period throughout the history classes, that way a majority of

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