Phil Patton and the Case of the Red Cross

Another speaker at today’s Cause/Effect, Phil Patton expounded upon his AIGA Voice article “Whose Cross to Bear?” about the ubiquity and meaning behind that little red cross. So iconic is the shape that furniture and fashion have embraced it, and the cross itself has become pretty much the universal symbol for just about everything: Blue Cross, the green cross, the New Mexico flag. And then of course, you have the crossover from Swiss flags to Swiss Army Knives.