Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has designed a light blue flag with a white footprint, to raise awareness about the importance of human rights.
Designed to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the pale blue flag has a footprint made up of white dots at its centre.
Ai Wewei designed the flag to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human RightsThe design was inspired by Ai's time spent visiting Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, who were forced to flee attacks in the Southeast Asian region of Burma. He noticed that nearly everyone was barefooted.
He sees the bare footprint as a symbol that relates to anyone who has ever been forced to flee. He took 100 muddy footprints of people young and old in various locations, and combined them in his design. Footprint is a symbol for displaced people
"It's about human identity," says Ai in a video released to accompany the launch. "Human rights is not a given property, but rather something we can only gain from our own defence and fight."
"Not many ideas can relate to this very broad, but also very special, topic," he explains. "As humans, as long as we can stand up or can make a move, we have our footprint."
The pale blue flag has a footprint made up of white dots at its centreThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a milestone document in the history of human rights, drafted by legal representatives from ar...