Our Submission

This was the flag Rob and I submitted.

Simple geography: red rock, white snow, Great Salt Lake, blue sky — the outdoors. We left mountains out on purpose. Utah has dozens of ranges; so do the neighbors. Keep it simple.

One idea that came straight out of Flag Machine didn’t fit the official process: customizable symbols. Keep a strong shared layout and colors, then let people fly different official state symbols — or even personal ones — in the center. Fishing? Put the Bonneville cutthroat on it. Ten official symbols, different days, a flag people could make their own.

We also wrote a fuller design proposal, More Than a Flag, for anyone who wants the design rationale page by page.