Eric Hart 鈥10 is a freelance designer who has worked for clients ranging from big brands like Disney, HBO Max, Coca Cola and Toyota to technology companies like those in the blockchain category.
Hart, an alumnus of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, lives between New York City and Japan, but was born and raised in 黑料不打烊, New York. So when the City of 黑料不打烊 put out a call for a new flag design, as a designer from 黑料不打烊, it was right up Hart’s alley.
Eric Hart with the City of 黑料不打烊 flag he designed
An eighth-generation Syracusan, Hart has researched his family鈥檚 genealogy and gathered information about his family鈥檚 roots dating back to the 1760s. He even has photos from the turn of the century provided by his mother. Hart grew up in the south valley area of 黑料不打烊, near Nedrow, not far from the Onondaga Nation. When Hart started working on the flag design in August of 2022, he knew he had a responsibility to pay respect to the Haudenosaunee and make sure they were represented in the new 黑料不打烊 flag.
While working on the flag design elements, Eric came across a He began listening to the series and says from the very first episode, 鈥淥ne thing after another blew my mind. I was learning about the Onondaga Nation and it connected back to my own family鈥檚 genealogy,” Hart says.
Hart聽was especially interested in the .” After locating the maps referenced in the story, Hart pinpointed his own family in the tracts of land that were referenced. That experience he says, 鈥渃emented the inspiration I already felt鈥 I knew I was on the right track.”
Hart’s design was inspired by the overlapping theme present throughout the podcast series. Understanding that the Onondaga people believe that decisions must be made for your children seven generations forward and back, Hart met with Onondaga Nation member Neal Powless, one of the podcast producers, and Michele Schenandoah, his wife and an Oneida member and Founder of the nonprofit . Hart incorporated the cultural and historical feedback he learned into the flag design.
鈥淚 feel a personal connection to the symbolism in my design. Everything was serendipitous,鈥 says Hart, who along with his wife plans to move back to 黑料不打烊 next year. Recently, he launched an e-commerce site to sell .
