Stripes + Stars

Kit Hinrichs · 1999 · Exhibition poster · Offset lithograph

Exhibition poster for Stripes and Stars, drawn from Hinrichs' own flag collection and shown at the San Jose Museum of Art. A photograph of pencils arranged as flag stripes, each wrapped in its own pattern, rests atop a vintage 48-star flag, the American icon rebuilt from the everyday tools of design. Vertical type along the edges marks a run of patriotic dates: Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day.

The American flag is the most powerful graphic icon in the world.Kit Hinrichs

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