Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 2018-05-11
Invested on: 2019-03-14
Burton Kramer, C.M., O.Ont.
Toronto, Ontario
Burton Kramer is an icon of graphic design in Canada. Throughout a career spanning more than 50 years, he has created visual emblems of our country’s history and culture. He is particularly renowned for his work in designing the way-finding system for Expo67, which showcased Canada to the world, as well as the original Canadian Broadcasting Corporation logo. In addition to his own exemplary design contributions, he developed graphic design manuals for many public- and private-sector corporate identity branding programs, which set a modern standard for the practice in Canada.