KENTVILLE, NS (Canada)
Failed designs
In the process of design to mix and match symbols, I overlooked appropriateness of inclusion on a few designs. In the designs shown here, there is an apple blossom, and an Acadian golden star, but no Mi’kmaq star of the first settlers of the land. While this was not intentional, with my mind along design trains of thought like being able to embed a star inside the apple blossom, or seeing the Acadian star being similar to the upside down pentagram, it was not appropriate in the sense of being disrespectful to leave out the First Nations representation but acknowledging the Acadians. You should acknowledge all either in unison or specifically, or none, but not some unless you have a damn good reason! Despite a lot of the historic text about Kentville only involving the Acadians and British settlers, that is ignorant and I shouldn’t be in the design process. I only include these here to show the discarded side of design only ever seen in full documentation, and never seen in presentation, for obvious reasons.
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Kentville is the most populous town in the Annapolis Valley with a population of about 6600 in 2021. It is mostly known in the present for its annual Apple Blossom Festival in May, and was once known in the early 1800s as The Devil’s Half Acre for its rowdy drinking and horse racing that makes for some delightfully visual flag design ideas! They still use the name at times so it’s not taboo for flag design! Only the iconic Main Street Station with its castle like roof line remains of Kentville’s architectural history, with no designated historic properties in town. Otherwise, the town owes to its existence in originally crossing the Cornwallis River to connect the rest of the Valley with the rest of the NS mainland. The Acadians were the first European settlers there before being expelled and replaced by the British.
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