Stars & Stripes

There are many reasons it’s great to get things from Steven Heller. The top reason is that he has great things. The second-top reason is that when we’re lucky, he’s written about an item, and it saves us a lot of work. He’s written about this particular item in Print. Here’s what he had to say on August 1, 2018:

Thanks to Henry Brimmer I recently was reintroduced to the 1987 book Stars & Stripes by Kit Hinrichs, his first book celebrating the flag he holds so dear. This first wave includes the work of 96 designers and illustrators with a brief forward by yours truly. [Above] are some graphic and text materials related to and from the book. It reminds us that despite its many flaws, the grand old flag still represents a grand old system, that is worth saving, so vote, vote, vote this November.

Loaded with work by Samuel N. Antupit, Milton Glaser, Seymour Chwast, Massimo Vignelli, Saul Bass, and Louise Fili.