A new Flag for Orlando
Defining our identity for generations to come
The Old Flag
Our old flag doesn’t follow Vexillological standards and it ends up being too busy and complicated to be easily remembered or drawn.
We can and we will do better!

Vexillology
- Keep it simple: The flag should be so simple that a child can draw it from memory.
- Use meaningful symbolism: The flag’s images, colors, or patterns should relate to what it symbolizes.
- Use 2-3 basic colors: Limit the number of colors on the flag to three, which contrast well and come from the standard color set.
- No lettering or seals: Never use writing of any kind or an organization’s seal.
- Be distinctive or be related: Avoid duplicating other flags, but use similarities to show connections.
THE IDEA
I wanted to reflect on the values that the flag should carry, the things that define us as a city and our potential. So here’s what I came up with.
Our Blessed Land
Throughout the year we are full of sunny days and clear skies. Great weather is a defining characteristic of our city.
It’s part of the reason we have the best theme parks and we’re a key tourist destination.
Progress
We’ve been blessed with great industries (tourism, aerospatial, tech, health and construction) that have defined our city.
We have the largest (or 2nd largest, depending on who you ask) university in the US, UCF. We are a hub of knowledge in both science and arts.
Diversity
We show the rest of America how diversity and integration creates strength.
We are a united Orlando that embraces diversity and brotherhood.
Potential
There should be something in our flag that represents our infinite potential as a city, as citizens, as humans that work and live together in a peaceful, prosper community.
Union
It shows the rest of America how diversity and integration creates strength.
We are a united Orlando that embraces diversity and brotherhood.
The City
Something that’s easy to draw, easy to understand.
Something that really says, this is Orlando.
COLORS & SYMBOLS
Color & Symbol selection to represent our city
BLUE
But even more, blue represents our lakes, our clear skies and our sports teams (Orlando Magic, especially).
GOLD
It’s the color of UCF, our great University
It also represents our tourism, aerospatial, health, construction and tech industries and the innovation hub we’re becoming.
WHITE
It is, at the same time, a reminder that united we overcome the hardest times and the bright future that lies ahead.
RINGS
They also look like an infinity sign.
A symbol of our potential.
TWO O's
Something that wraps up our entire city from beginning to end:
OrlandO – OO
THE FLAG
Meet my proposal

The flag is a blue field representing our lakes, our clear skies and our sports teams. Inside there are 2 rings: The Gold Ring represents our growth, wealth, progress, prosperity, knowledge and our sunny days: It wraps UCF (the largest university in the US), our industries (tourism, aerospatial, health, construction) and the tech innovation hub we’re becoming. Orlando is equal to growth. The White Ring represents our union and integration, it’s all the rainbow colors merged together symbolizing a united Orlando that embraces diversity and brotherhood. It is, at the same time, a reminder that united we overcome the hardest times and the bright future that lies ahead. The rings are interlaced as are our values and they make an infinity sign, a symbol of our potential. The rings also are 2 “O”s, embracing OrlandO from beginning to end. All these symbols together define our city beautiful.
ABOUT ME
The designer and insights

Jaime Creixems
UI Designer & Web Developer
I first visited Orlando when I was 5. I’ve been coming here almost every year until I moved in, in 2014.
I love this city as it was my own. I feel it as my own. After I moved here I really feel in love with it deeply. It’s values, the people, the land, the growth is something I’m fascinated by and really proud to be a part of.
I’d love to contribute this flag to Orlando. I think it represents it fully and it could be a symbol for generations to come.