Breves Bandeiras

Flags can gather people, stir up infatuations, and promote ideas. By default, flags represent solid convictions. This project was ignited by the question: what would we like to flaunt in a flag today?

We soon realized we wanted our flags flaring vulnerabilities rather than certainties. We decided to create dysfunctional and subversive objects, anti-utopia signs that would praise ephemeral states rather than eternal truths. Instead of reaffirming identities, we wanted to pose enigmas; instead of promoting conformity, these flags would promote dissent; instead of prompting action, we wanted to invite contemplation. This was an exercise in extreme formal restrictions, using color, shapes, and symbols to translate abstract moods and sensations. Eventually, this is an investigation of how graphic design translates moral and political principles into the objects that represent us.