Worldstudio » Kurt Andersen http://blog.worldstudioinc.com Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:02:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Reimagining the rainbow for PRI’s Studio 360 http://blog.worldstudioinc.com/reimagining-the-rainbow-for-pris-studio-360/ http://blog.worldstudioinc.com/reimagining-the-rainbow-for-pris-studio-360/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:17:51 +0000 admin http://blog.worldstudioinc.com/?p=635 left: current flag middle: flag by Nina Mettler right: flag by Tom Koken

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.

See a slideshow of Worldstudio’s flag concepts or download the full PDF presentation. Over 3,000 people voted online for their favorite new pride flag design. The white flag with gradient rainbow ring was the clear winner. Isaac Mizrahi chose the winning listener submission, an American flag with only six stars representing the states that currently allow gay marriage.

The flag redesign project was written about on The Daily Heller, Core77 and in Design Week magazine. While there has been some criticism about trying to replace a historic symbol of the gay community, almost all recognize the exercise as valuable and relevant to reflect on culture and the progress of the gay movement.

For more information on this project and Worldstudio, contact Andréa Pellegrino.


Mark and Kurt talk about the flag project at a live taping of WNYC's Brian Lehrer show.

]]> http://blog.worldstudioinc.com/reimagining-the-rainbow-for-pris-studio-360/feed/ 0 Mark Randall on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer show http://blog.worldstudioinc.com/mark-randall-on-wnycs-brian-lehrer-show/ http://blog.worldstudioinc.com/mark-randall-on-wnycs-brian-lehrer-show/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:04:43 +0000 admin http://blog.worldstudioinc.com/?p=625 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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Flickr: Moktoipas

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.

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