An 'Energy Star' is born

Fred Troller's 1974 logo for the Federal Energy Administration.

In 1972, under the auspicious guidance of Nancy Hanks, the Federal Design Improvement Program (FDIP) was born. This was a concerted effort by the Administration and the National Endowments for Arts to improve the communications and presentation of many of the American federal agencies of the time. This began with the Department of Labor and went on to p…