Meet The World - Flags with a message.


	Meet The World - Flags with a message.

thinkingblue

5-6-2008 8:32 AM

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flags, humor

thinkingblue says:

This is so interesting... A Brazilian Artist, Icaro Doria, created a series of flag pictures with a graph of the flag colors exemplifying sarcastic truths.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/40a1d853-132b-4d89-b54b-19850715f8ba/B0A5B2D0-7192-4224-BD7B-E9EA59793751/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.davidairey.com/flags-of-contemplation/" href="http://www.davidairey.com/flags-of-contemplation/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.davidairey.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.davidairey.com/flags-of-contemplation/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.davidairey.com/img/AF4E94BC-348E-4129-8158-FF4A6A2BCC66" alt="Angola flag" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.davidairey.com/flags-of-contemplation/">Here’s a superb graphic interpretation that really got me thinking. The text is 
a little difficult to read so click on each flag to open a larger version in a 
new window / tab.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.davidairey.com/flags-of-contemplation/"><P>It’s by Brazilian Icaro Doria, and the series is called “Meet the World”. It’s a few years old so you might’ve seen it already but definitely worth a feature in my opinion. I first saw the project on <A title="Visit the Brazilian Artists website" href="http://www.brazilianartists.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BrazilianArtists.net</A>. The first flag (above) is Angolan, and the others are shown below.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.davidairey.com/flags-of-contemplation/"><P>The stats aren’t entirely accurate, but they’re certainly reflective of today’s injustices.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.davidairey.com/flags-of-contemplation/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.davidairey.com/img/5D63BC1E-4AB7-4FC1-B372-A3B266627A51" alt="Brazil flag" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.davidairey.com/flags-of-contemplation/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.davidairey.com/img/F41D9D51-4443-47C2-9781-524865A6ABBB" alt="Burkina flag" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.davidairey.com/flags-of-contemplation/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.davidairey.com/img/AEE85700-BF71-4F73-8008-5A1DAAB3AC7B" alt="China flag" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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