{"id":31730,"date":"2015-12-28T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/?p=31730"},"modified":"2024-04-10T04:06:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T11:06:16","slug":"bad-or-rad-new-zealands-new-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/bad-or-rad-new-zealands-new-flag","title":{"rendered":"Bad or Rad: New Zealand&#039;s New Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months back, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/new-zealand-is-designing-a-new-flag-and-here-are-the-options\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Zealand held a contest<\/a> to select the design of it&#8217;s new flag. The country voted and has officially selected this silver fern design by  Melbourne-based architect Kyle Lockwood:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/12\/10005045\/new-zealand-new.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"486\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31732\"><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s what the old one looked like:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/12\/10005052\/new-zealand-new.png.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"398\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31733\"><br \/>\nThe Guardian released a video about Kyle Lockwood&#8217;s process and the decisions made:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.theguardian.com\/embed\/video\/world\/video\/2015\/dec\/11\/new-zealand-alternative-flag-silver-fern-video\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nWhat do you think? Is this a bad decision or a rad one?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/kevinwhipps.com\">Kevin Whipps<\/a> is a writer and editor based in Phoenix, Arizona. When he&#8217;s not working on one of the many writing projects in his queue, he&#8217;s designing stickers with his wife at <a href=\"http:\/\/whippsstickerco.com\">Whipps Sticker Co.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months back, New Zealand held a contest to select the design of it&#8217;s new flag. 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