MMF: Were you interested in vexillography before you designed the Rainbow Flag?īaker: Vexillography is a very big word! Vexillography is really the high science and art and understanding of flags and their history, the academic word for flag making and heraldry. We’re proud the MoMA collection now includes this powerful design milestone, and there’s no more perfect time to share this news than during global celebrations for Gay Pride Month. Just a few days ago, he met Michelle Millar Fisher in MoMA’s offices to record an interview for the MoMA Archives, part of which is transcribed here. Artist Gilbert Baker created the Rainbow Flag in 1978 in San Francisco. We’re thrilled to announce that MoMA has acquired the iconic Rainbow Flag into its design collection, where it joins similarly universal symbols such as the symbol, the Creative Commons logo, and the recycling symbol. The Rainbow Flag waving in the wind at San Francisco’s Castro District.
