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« on: April 26, 2017, 12:38:23 pm »

https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/group-redesigning-tulsas-flag-settles-three-finalists-presents-city-council/

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« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2017, 12:43:18 pm »

Ha!  Before I read the caption, I thought that lower right was one of the options and I was getting ready to say, "Gag...!"

B is good. 

A looks derivative. 

C is good, but a little 'busy'.

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« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2017, 12:45:06 pm »

Yuck  Undecided

Not entirely a fan of any. I don't see any being identified as truly Tulsan. I guess the one with the dreamcatcher, as it is probably the closest in relation to the OK State flag (using Colorado/Denver as a standard, the two are similar but different enough).
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« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2017, 02:10:32 pm »

Meh.  None of them are bad, none of them blow me away.  That's probably a requisite to be a flag for any government.  At least all are somewhat unique and identifiable, none are a detailed logo indistinguishable from distance with a blue field in the background the the word of whatever entity it belongs to inscribed.

I viscerally like C, but it doesn't remind of of Tulsa at all.  A has a clever use of the T logo.  B's dream catcher is cliche, but an homage to the Native American heritage I guess.

I have ideas bouncing in my head, but not sure I could do any better.
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« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2017, 02:30:56 pm »

Dreamcatchers are Ojibwe. But we have a governor whose daughter wears a headdress, so what do we know about cultural appropriation?

I think A is the only real choice here.
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« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2017, 02:50:48 pm »

A is supposed to be an odd riff on the Tulsa city shield, I take it?

B I get with the Indian heritage, but C is a mystery to me.  How exactly does that tie in to Tulsa?  It’s like a new logo submission for Dos Equis.

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« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2017, 03:17:09 pm »

A is supposed to be an odd riff on the Tulsa city shield, I take it?

B I get with the Indian heritage, but C is a mystery to me.  How exactly does that tie in to Tulsa?  It’s like a new logo submission for Dos Equis.


I like A because it does reference the shield...but it's also a T, a diamond and a tree. B is cheesy and C is just a design with no reference to anything.
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« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2017, 03:35:45 pm »

A for the win.
Santa Fe can have B.
C is a chain link fence.
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« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2017, 04:42:18 pm »

All three suck. But B sucks the least, so that's the winner. I have spoken.
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« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2017, 07:45:17 pm »


So this new flag will attract tourists at a rate higher than the costs of replacing all the flags?

Will they be replacing the shield "flag" on all the city vehicles as well?
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« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2017, 07:48:42 pm »

I understand this guy is on the committee.........

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« Reply #11 on: April 26, 2017, 07:54:56 pm »

I would actually take Sheldon's pick
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« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2017, 08:30:52 pm »

They are all smile....
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« Reply #13 on: April 26, 2017, 09:08:21 pm »

They are all smile....

I was expecting far worse, so pleasantly surprised.
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« Reply #14 on: April 27, 2017, 07:54:29 am »

What about taking B, flipping the dreamcatcher and tweaking it to make it look like the downtown skyline?

http://imgur.com/a/n2wQo

Crude mockup. I'm seeing a lot of issues with using the dreamcatcher on comments/Facebook.
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