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Current pride flag and new flag designs by Nina Mettler (middle) and Tom Koken (right).

The rainbow flag was designed in 1978 for a gay parade in San Francisco and over the last 30 years it has become the global symbol for gay pride. If the flag were designed in 2009, how would it look? Kurt Andersen of Studio 360 invited Worldstudio (as well as listeners) to come up with a 21st-century pride flag.

Studio 360 recorded the entire design process from a brainstorming session to interviewing people on the street to the final design presentation for their weekly radio show. Click below to listen to Kurt Andersen interview Mark Randall as they discuss the project and new flag designs, from modifications on the existing rainbow to DIY concepts.

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Mark Randall was on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer show yesterday at the Jerome L. Greene Performance Space with Kurt Andersen to give a preview of Worldstudio’s redesign of the gay pride flag. Listen to the segment called From Stonewall to Gay Marriage online. The flag redesign discussion starts about 17 minutes in.

The full results of the flag project will be aired nationwide this weekend on Studio360.

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We’re all for gay pride… but rainbows are so…1978. Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen is asking Worldstudio (as well as listeners) to redesign the gay flag for the 21st century. Tune in the weekend of June 27th to learn about our design process and hear us present the new flag concepts. Check local listings for airtimes. Listen to the show’s promo here.