This is 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars.

Here's a trick. If you want to design a good flag, a kick-ass flag like Chicago's or D.C.

Start by drawing a one by one and a half inch rectangle on a piece of paper.

Your design has to work within that tiny rectangle.

Here's one.

A three by five foot flag on a pole a hundred feet away looks about the same size as a

one by one and a half inch rectangle seen about 15 inches from your eye.

So instead of starting with a big canvas or a wide cinema display,

try drawing your flag on a rectangle as one by one and a half inches. You'll be surprised at how

compelling and simple the design can be when you hold yourself to that

limitation. That my friends is Ted K. Ted Kay I live here in Portland

Oregon and I'm involved in the study of flags. When I went to his house in

Portland he flew the San Francisco flag out front in honor of my visit.

That's the kind of guy Ted Kaye is.

I'm involved with the Portland Flag Association.

We are a loosely organized group of people interested in flags,

and we are the largest subnational flag organization in the country

with the largest membership around 25 dues paying members.

The most frequent meeting schedule and the greatest amount of publishing.

Unlike a lot of his fellow vexilologists, that's a person who studies flags,

Ted is especially interested in flag design.

Many other vexillologists are more focused on history, protocol, and usage.

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