adjective | her•i•tage | / `her-ә-tij /

1. noting or relating to a product, place, etc., that evokes a nostalgic sense of tradition or history.

The colors and the shape are instantly recognizable - not to mention iconic - and serve as a subtle yet potent entry in our implicit and organic national design library. A critical contribution, as it were, to the amalgamation of our national visual identity that evokes a different time.  A more...understandable time.