1worldflag: A blue dot on a transparent background(1worldflag.com)
74 pointsby davidbarker5 hours ago21 comments
  • adzm4 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?
    • fiatpandas2 hours 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.
    • alm4x3 hours 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.
    • kelseyfrog3 hours ago
      The microplastics inherent in synthetics is the point.
  • patates24 minutes ago
    I like the direction of unity but this will probably be problematic when we eventually start to colonize other planets. I don't want our first settlers to feel discriminated, so please kindly make a new version with more universality - now that I think about it, Universal Pictures also has the world in their logo so maybe this IS universal but we probably we need Jim and Hannah in the loop as well so they can chime in, and last but not least, we need a review from the legal so I CC'd to all, expect some new ideas/requirements.

    Also, can we please make it "pop"?

    ps. Attaching a version I made, and this took a lot of back and forth with chatgpt because I care about this a lot, so please have a look, I think we are close to something great here!

    Looking forward to seeing more from you!

    ps2. when I was about to send our manufacturing guy entered the room and he said the transparency could be a problem. Some alternatives without compromising the idea would be great! They must be cheap but elegant! Thank you!!

    • reconnecting15 minutes ago
      > we eventually start to colonize other planets.

      Could you please clarify which ones? I'm planning my escape, but it seems that even lightspeed wouldn't be enough to colonize anything suitable.

      • boxed5 minutes ago
        Eh? If you go at light speed you can literally go everywhere in the universe subjectively instantly due to time dilation.
  • karol15 minutes ago
    I would live to see the transparency around the funding and goals of this project.
  • visha1v3 minutes ago
    the most european thing i’ve seen today
  • simondotau29 minutes ago
    Like all flags, this will come to represent those who choose to fly it, and the causes they fly it for. Which then makes them symbols of the ideas opposed by people who think flag waving is cringe.
  • et13372 hours ago
    Can’t wait for CGP Grey’s review of this flag
    • monkeyworkan hour ago
      is he still making content it feels like its been forever since ive heard anything about him
      • boxed5 minutes ago
        That's what we always say between videos :P
  • rrgok3 hours ago
    I don't like the color blue. Can we change it?
  • pixlmint32 minutes ago
    Holy typo… does the one world not have proofreaders?
  • nickandbroan hour ago
    This will be needed for the galactic civil wars that will soon take place.
  • Leptonmaniac2 hours ago
    So this is effectively the Esperanto of flags?
  • rolymath2 hours ago
    Judging by the comments here, the 1worldflag should have been a picture of two people arguing.
    • grebc2 hours 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.

  • suddenlybananas15 minutes ago
    Looks like something out of 1997.
  • Skidaddlean hour ago
    Very cool, hard to beat the Earthican flag though

    https://theinfosphere.org/images/1/17/Earth_Flag.svg

    • slekker42 minutes ago
      Did you miss an "/s"? That's horrendous!
  • seirim2 hours ago
    Try to add a favicon for the website if you can guys, a blue dot would work well here.
  • lanyard-textile3 hours ago
    Love the idea.

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

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  • ARandomerDudean hour ago
    What if we took Japan’s flag, imagined it printed on paper, but made the dot blue?
  • s20n3 hours 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_dog2 hours 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.

      • dheera38 minutes ago
        It is the 16-color VGA version of blue, not the version of blue you'd pick if you had a 24-bit color display.

        This website reminds me of the early 90s internet because of the specific shade of blue they picked.

    • dylan6042 hours ago
      Maybe they couldn't find American Flag Blue??? Or is that reserved for swimming pools now?
    • 2 hours ago
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    • simondotau35 minutes ago
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  • xgkickt3 hours ago
    Blue needs to be paler, and the dot smaller ;-)
    • dylan6042 hours ago
      I was disappointed it wasn't a pale blue dot as well.
      • ant6n17 minutes ago
        Yeah, it’s more like a saturated blue giant circle.
  • NordStreamYacht2 hours ago
    Esperanto flag.
  • vhcmlctibbkgx3 hours ago
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