Cross Crazy

Posted by Diane Faye Zerr on October 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

Small Coffee Sack Basket I’m not sure why but I’m obsessing over cross related items. Swiss cross, red cross, love them! All items are available on Etsy. Cross Stitch Swiss Flag Red and White Cross Necklace Hippack – Creme First Aid Get Well Soon Greeting Card Red Cross Patches, First Aid Wristlets, 6-pack Red Cross Clip-On Pins, Red Cross Pins These two are from my shop Vintage Suburbia, so I couldn’t leave them out... Read More

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Swiss Love!

Posted by Diane Faye Zerr on July 28, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

Swiss Cover I was at my local BP up the street from the office in East Norriton and immediately jumped out of my car to snap some cell phone camera shots of these covers. What are they? Do they have meaning? I don’t care, I just love them!!! By the way, my cell phone camera is the biggest piece of crap … ever. It never ever takes a decent photo. Swiss Cover  Read More

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Friday Favorite | Swiss Design

Posted by Diane Faye Zerr on January 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

I don’t know how long I’ve been influenced by the Swiss style, but I am in love with it! Swiss Style, also known as the International Typographic Style is a graphic design style developed in the 1950s in Switzerland. The style promotes cleanliness, readability and objectivity. Attributes of the style are assymetric layouts, use of a grid, sans-serfi type faces like Helvetica or Akidenz Grotesk, and flush left, ragged right text. Earliers... Read More

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