My submission for the Banffshire flag contest

The story behind my winning design for the flag of Gilbert, West Virginia

Less common flag colours: teal/turquoise

Superellipse: a shield shape for our age?

3 February 1995: The Italian region of Tuscany officially adopts a flag

3 February 1964: The city of St Louis, Missouri, adopts a new flag to commemorate its bicentennial

3 February 1911: The US state of California adopts a flag modelled on the Bear Flag raised by the short-lived California Republic

2 February 1999: Kyiv Region in Ukraine adopts a flag depicting Saint George and the dragon

2 February 2023: The French overseas department of Martinique officially adopts the nationalist movement's Rouge-Vert-Noir

1 February 1962: Whitney Smith founds the Flag Research Center, the first institution dedicated to the scholarly study of flags

Opinion: People are approaching flag design backwards.

1 February 1995: The Uruguayan department of Río Negro adopts a flag

1 February 2015: The flag of Cambridgeshire is announced, referencing the Kingdom of East Anglia, the River Cam and the University of Cambridge

31 January 2002: Pilsen Region in Czechia adopts a flag

31 January 2001: Tomaszów Mazowiecki County in Lodz Province, Poland, adopts a flag recalling the legend of a wronged princess's vindication

31 January 2000: The province of Greater Poland adopts a flag with the region’s historic eagle

31 January 1879: Perak, now a state of Malaysia, adopts a flag symbolising the three branches of its royal family

31 January 1968: Nauru gains independence and adopts a flag symbolising its geographical position

31 January 1917: The US state of Wyoming adopts the Bison Flag

31 January 1890: The Brazilian state of Mato Grosso adopts a flag, one of the oldest in the country

30 January 1991: The reestablished German state of Brandenburg adopts a flag with its historic eagle

30 January 2004: Kaluga Region in Russia adopts a flag derived from its historic arms

Hand sewn union jack hung in Canadian classrooms

30 January 1946: The French department of Vosges adopts a flag recalling its historical ties to the Duchy of Lorraine

29 January 1998: Cherkasy Region in Ukraine adopts arms and a flag