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Title: Stars & Stripes: Ninety-Six Top Designers and Graphic Artists Offer Their Personal Interpretations of Old Glory by Kit Hinrichs, Delphine Hirasuna ISBN: 0-87701-436-1 Publisher: Chronicle Books Llc Pub. Date: 01 June, 1987 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $16.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)

Rating: 5
Summary: Lots of lovely stars and plenty of stripes.
Comment: As the cover says 'A celebration of the American flag....'. Ninety-six of the countries leading (graphic) designers see it their way. All are thoughtful interpretations of the flag, mostly in two-dimensional form. A couple of interesting exceptions are Chris Hill of Houston who decided to make it difficult for himself by using 2400 red, white and blue pencils, all sharpened and standing upright to form the flag. Bart Crosby of Chicago had the bright idea of using the back pocket from some jeans to represent the stars section with a series of red waves for the stripes, oh and in the pocket he put some candy bars

The ninety-six flags, all 7x4.75 inches, are presented one to a page in this well produced book, designed by Kit Hinrichs. I think he is one of the two top designers in the States over the last few decades (the other was Herb Lubalin) and he also collects anything with stars and stripes. The stunning book 'Long May She Wave' has over five hundred items from his collection, some of them going back to the Civil War.

Flag fans should also have a look at 'United We Stand' by Peter Kreitler, an intriquing book of over a hundred national magazines from July 1942 all of which have Old Glory fluttering on the their covers. This was an idea to stress American patriotism on the first July four after Pearl Harbor.

All three books are worth having and I think you will look at them over and over again.