Modernist Burton Kramer.

Floodlight kit / Package design, side view
via RIT Graphic Design Archive

[ © Burton Kramer ]

Various design work / via Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art
1. Geigy Chemical Corp., Corporate Magazine, 1960
2.  New Year Poster, 1967
3. Venturetek Annual Reports, 1970

[ © Burton Kramer ]

Floodlight kit / Package design, top view
via RIT Graphic Design Archive

[ © Burton Kramer ]

Logomarks / via Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art
1. Hallmark Hotels, 1970
2. Sudbury Science Centre, 1985
3. Bedford Consulting Group, 1978
4. Storwal Storage Units, 1982
5. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), 1974
6. Amblin Resources, 1988

[ © Burton Kramer ]

Various design work / via Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art & RIT Graphic Design Archive
1. Northwestern Ontario: A Policy for Development, 1979
2. New Year Greetings, Erwin Halpern Advertising, Zurich, Switzerland, 1962
3. Halpern NY Greeting, 1964-65

[ © Burton Kramer ]

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Logo trademark & branding, 1974-75
via The Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art

[ © Burton Kramer ]

Ontario Educational Communications Authority / Branding program, 1970-71
via The Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art

[ © Burton Kramer ]

Burton Kramer Identities / A Career Retrospective Book
Editor/Design by Greg Durrell >> Purchase online

Burton Kramer film trailer by Greg Durrell >> Watch on vimeo

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Choice 20th century work by legendary Canadian artist/designer Burton Kramer (1932–) is sure to please anyone with a penchant for bold Modernist design including International Typographic Style (aka Swiss Style). Above you see samples of various iconic graphics; additionally, Mr. Kramer is known for designing Montreal’s prominent Expo ’67 wayfinding system.

Kramer was born in New York City and studied graphic design at both the Institute of Design in Chicago (originally the New Bauhaus) and Yale University before enjoying a successful design career in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1965 he moved to Toronto and put his mark on the city serving as “a driving force behind that city’s reputation as a lively, modernist environment.” (RIT)

Kramer launched his own firm, Kramer Design, in 1967 which is still thriving today. He retired from graphic design in 1991 but actively continues as an artist.

Above is a sneak peek of the recently published career retrospective book Burton Kramer Identities edited by Greg Durrell and documentary film in the works also by Greg Durrell.

See/read more:
– RIT Graphic Design Archive
– The Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art
– The Canadian Design Resource

[ Respectively, all work & images © Burton Kramer ]
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