Video: Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you’ve never noticed

I know what you are thinking… what does a video about flags have to do with career or suppliers?
Nothing. But it isn’t about flags, it is about DESIGN. Specifically GOOD DESIGN. It doesn’t matter what you do, but good design will always matter.

Roman Mars is obsessed with flags — and after you watch this talk, you might be, too. These ubiquitous symbols of civic pride are often designed, well, pretty terribly. But they don’t have to be. In this surprising and hilarious talk about vexillology — the study of flags — Mars reveals the five basic principles of flag design and shows why he believes they can be applied to just about anything.