Thursday November 17, 2011
By Lee Dale •
Filed under: Burton KramerIdentitiesDesignCanadaHistory
Burton Kramer, Identities, chronicles an icon of Canadian design.
Designers in Canada owe a debt to Burton Kramer. As Roger Remington states in the introduction of Burton Kramer, Identities:
Kramer became known as a staunch advocate of fully integrated design at a time when such an approach was virtually unknown in Canada.
Bringing this Swiss design ethos to Canada in the mid-60s was quite a revelation and, with Expo 67, gave Kramer and designers such as Moshe Safdie an opportunity to shine as the world visited Montreal.
