It's rare but not uncommon that states in America re-design their flags to update their image, but Maine has done just that. They have selected a new design out of more than 400 submissions.
The winning flag design came from Adam Lemire, an architect from Gardiner, a town of roughly 6,000 residents in Kennebec County. His minimalist design shows an eastern white pine and a blue North Star against an off-white background.
I really love the way older institutions can sometimes re-invent themselves with an artistically appropriate design. Maine had the wherewithal to re-imagine itself as a new and different place. Out the window goes an old, staid, and conventional design, in comes something modern, both clear and striking. Nice!
Now, if each generation could ditch their older ways of thinking and doing things by up-dating their ideas, it would be an even more perfect world.
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