1. Many designers subsequently used a red-white-and-blue color palette. For instance, in 1933 Charles T. Coiner (1898–1989), the art director of N.W. Ayer advertising agency, was asked to design a symbol for the National Recovery Administration (NRA), the federal agency created to stimulate industrial and economic recovery. (via Steven Heller on the Red, White, and Blue)

    Many designers subsequently used a red-white-and-blue color palette. For instance, in 1933 Charles T. Coiner (1898–1989), the art director of N.W. Ayer advertising agency, was asked to design a symbol for the National Recovery Administration (NRA), the federal agency created to stimulate industrial and economic recovery. (via Steven Heller on the Red, White, and Blue)