In early 2014, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key ... with points deducted for looking like a corporate logo. Curious about what other flags were considered? These four flags made it to the ...

The flag designs are uninspired logos & I'm embarrassed to think 1 ... and move on,” commentator Karl Puschmann wrote in the New Zealand Herald, calling the final four a “dreary selection.” ...

Two managers at a flag manufacturing company stand next ... It is featured on many things, from tattoo designs to Air New Zealand’s logo. The silver fern is the koru unfurled.

While many cities have embarked upon crowdsourced logo contests and other ways to rebrand themselves, a new design for New Zealand’s presents a big challenge. Not only does the flag have to ...

“We got an email that was like, ‘Hey, have you heard your company logo is being used for the New Zealand flag?’ ” said Beth Roach. “And I was like, ‘This is spam. Delete.’ ...

The four shortlisted New Zealand flag designs were Koru by Andrew Fyfe ... Last year, Qatar invited members of the public to suggest ideas for a logo and identity for its new National Museum.

New Zealand has voted to keep its flag – complete ... more like a 1990 Commonwealth Games logo than a flag for the 21st century. I was disappointed that such a sweeping designed competition ...

“Against Crowdsourcing Logo Design,” in response to the Tokyo Olympics scheme, complaining of its “disrespect” for the trade. And during the flag bake-off, one of New Zealand’s most ...

A blend of political parties' logos, a Weet-Bix packet or a corporate fern - the final flag designs are causing plenty of discussion and unfavourable comparisons. The two flags by architectural ...

Only his flag will make New Zealand great and this has got to be ... It is to cast an "informal vote" rejecting all of Mr Key's logos by leaving him with this message on the ballot paper ...

Top left: New Zealand’s current flag. Top right: Logo of the All Blacks. Bottom left: The winning flag design by Kyle Lockwood. Bottom right: Second place design by Kyle Lockwood. Source ...

A notable feature of the NZ flag debate, now 18 months old, is how few of the 10,000-odd attempts to symbolise the nation actually rise above the dreary tameness of the corporate logo. Most ...