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The North American Vexillological Association (NAVA) is a membership organization devoted to vexillology, the scientific and scholarly study of flags. It was founded in 1967 by American vexillologist Whitney Smith (1940–2016), and others. Its membership of 600+ comprises flag scholars, enthusiasts, designers, collectors, conservators, educators, merchants, manufacturers, historians, and hobbyists.
NAVA publishes Raven: A Journal of Vexillology, an annual peer-reviewed journal and Vexillum, a quarterly magazine (combining the previous Flag Research Quarterly and NAVA News). They cover vexillological topics and inter-disciplinary discussion as well as the Association's proceedings and other vexillological news.[1]
Its guidebook to flag design, "Good" Flag, "Bad" Flag, articulates the basic principles of vexillography and has influenced flag-design efforts across the U.S. and beyond. It has been translated into Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Slovenian, and Russian, and is available online.
The flag of NAVA was selected in 1967 through a flag design contest. The winning design, by Harry Manogg, consists of a white inverted chevron (V shape) between a blue and two red triangular sections. The colors reference the flags of the United States and Canada; the chevron represents the initial letter of the word "vexillology".