American State Flag Redesigns are BORING (But We Can Do Better)

Glad to see the algorithm recommending the meme-filled April Fools' video I casually made in a single week rather than my regular content. Thank you YouTube, very cool.

I think you have a “centered horizontal stripes and a circle” motif replacing the SOAB

Lots of "circle in the center with bars on the sides" in this one, huh? :^)

Ohioan here. This redesign would never fly here, we rather like our non-rectangular flag as something unique we have.

As a new yorker, i like the symbolism, but some people gotta remember that NYC is only a small part of the state

Why is everyone so set on making Ohio's flag conform? It's a great design, let us be our weird-shaped little selves >:V I think my personal design tastes differ a bit generally (I definitely don't love small stripes quite as much, haha), but this was still a fun watch.

West Virginia's redesign looks like a flag that you'd see flown by a kingdom of Dwarves

As Louisianian, I do not approve of the new Louisiana flag

Critique of New York, it only focuses on the city when the vast majority of the state is upstate.

Smh, did Ohio dirty. I love non rectangle flag shapes imo. Funn video, thanks

The Arkansas redesign looks like a minor league baseball logo more than a state flag

On the OK flag, it’s not a dream catcher. It’s an Osage shield with 7 eagle feathers. And removing the olive branch and peace pipe removes the symbolism of the peace between the European and Indian nations that now live there together. Also (less importantly) the little crosses on the shield are actually stars. The original flag had a star but Okies thought it looked too socialist.

12:35 I hate to "um, actually" an April Fool's video, but the central design on the Oklahoma flag is actually an Osage war shield.

You sure love your horizontal stripes

13:54 I hate to "um, actually" an April Fool's video, but the Charter Oak of Connecticut was an individual tree, not the species. (I use the past tense because it fell in 1856.) The Charter Oak was a specimen of white oak.

As an alaskan, I will say, I do not like your flag, the polarbear is not that special here lol

Louisianan here, that redesign looks horrible and it needs the pelicans and / or a floridalis preferably both. IF you want to redesign the Louisiana flag look at the New Orleans and Cajun flags for inspiration. -edit The old Louisiana flags are good to.

Those so-called five principles of good flag design were made up by one guy in bedroom one day NAVA had no input

As a fellow Virginian I'm kind of split on the redesign, I like the flag itself and the parts thereof, but it kind of removes the fighting tyranny part of the flag that I like. Also it might be a bit unfair but the cardinal looks a bit too close to your own cardinal to me and in that context it feels a bit wrong if that makes sense. For the other states my favorite redesign just on looks for me is either West Virginia or Indiana, and I'm sorry but the Ohio white space filler flag is absolutely the worst one to me, I personally really like unconventional flag shapes and I don't think it needs changes at all. As another note I think the Wyoming flag didn't really need changes to the border, just remove the seal and it's pretty much perfect.

best re-design: Vermont; honorable mentions: Missouri, Kansas; worst re-design: New York. but as an upstater maybe i am biased. i don't like the 100% removal of any detail in the flags. the detail on the bear in California for example, or the landscapes of the seals .. they add a lot of personality! but i truly have never thought about flag design before so thanks for another thought provoking video.