The American flag is a potent piece of national iconography, but its design shifted frequently until the early 1900s. What if it were redesigned today? We asked artists and graphic designers to try.

Sarah Almukhtar is a graphics editor who specializes in visual storytelling and design. Brad Holdaway ... someone who studies flags — at the North American Vexillological Association, or NAVA ...

Flown by many protesters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the Gadsden flag has a design that is simple and graphic: a coiled rattlesnake on a yellow field with the text “Don’t Tread On Me.” ...