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From Vecernji list, 28-JAN-2000 [my notes in
brackets]
Is the Croatian Coat of Arms really unconstitutional and should
it and the flag be changed - with the designer Brois Ljubicic and
historian prof. dr. Niksa Stancic
The flag - a visual code
The flag project of the designer Boris Ljubicic was made in July
1990. - The idea is based on synthesis of the historical
elements: the tricolour and the Croatian coat of arms. The
tricolour is very frequent flag, and therefore the coat of arms
is the basic differential element. The economic, political,
cultural and sports contest of the new state requires
recognisable, effective and differential visual characteristics.
The interchangeable squares already represent different contents
HRT [Croatian national TV house], tourism, Zagreb International
Fair and there is need to link it with the basic, ceremonial,
offical and unique identity of the state, and that is her flag.
Japan, Switzerland and US treat their flag as a visual code or a
symbol of grat corporation - explains Ljubicic.
We are not a monarchy, so we do not need coats of arms
If the Croatian coat of arms is unconstitutional is the question
recently incited by dr. Slaven Letica. After we wrote about that
we were contacted by a historian prof. dr. Niksa Stancic, member
of expert committee that in 1990 worked in the first phase of the
work on new coat of arms, and afterwards by well-known designer
Boris Ljubicic, who for some time thinks about integral Croatian
visual identity, so he has his own proposal for a new Croatian
flag! - Croatia have