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Last summer, New York's MoMA announced it had acquired Gilbert Baker's Rainbow Flag for its permanent design collection. Speaking to Brain Pickings' Maria Popova at the time, curator and AIGA Medalist Paola Antonelli explained why she felt the flag was such an important addition: "Flags are soaring

"Bright, simple, luminous, positive...

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Updated 8 days ago

FLAGS is an ongoing collection of banners, all sized at 100 by 70 centimeters.

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Bicentennial Poster

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This essay is part of Sosolimited's Spaces Series, a collection of writing from the Sosolimited team about spaces that inspire. I love flags because they're one of the only designed objects that should work in an infinite number of spaces.

Design Everything like it's a Flag -...

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During the debates preceding the Brexit referendum, a video of a hooded and allegedly British individual attempting to burn the EU flag went viral. Accusing the EU of taking away "our [British] nationality, our identity, our free speech, and our sovereignty," the man approaches the star-filled blue flag with a cigarette lighter.

From After Belonging Agency

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A guide at the Jasper Johns exhibition at The Broad museum in Los Angeles smiles. Then she urges: "Go look at that one." Brianna MacGillivray points at "Flags," from 1965. The painting is enigmatic, yet direct - much like the artist. He's painted two rectangles on a gray background.

The Flag Still Flies For Jasper Johns

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