Friso Kramer

Friso Kramer is one of the Netherlands' foremost exponents of modernist design, which was guided by the principle of functionalism. “We believed strongly in the adage that good design is socially conscious design," he says. “I'm still convinced of that."

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Products

1954 - Revolt chair
1956 - Revolt drawing table
1957 - Revolt linkable chair, desk
1959 - Result chair, School set, Repose armchair
1960 - Revolve armchair
1963 - Co-founded Total Design agency with Wim Crouwel, Benno Wissing, Paul Schwartz and Dick Schwartz.
1965 - Wilkhahn sofa systems
1969 - Outdoor postbox for PTT
1970 - Street lighting and paper recycling bin for the city of The Hague
1971 - Art director and chief designer, Ahrend Group
1972 - Facet table and Facet desk system
1973 - Mehes
1976 - AKD series
1993 - Brinbank for the city of Deventer, the Netherlands

Awards

1957-1960 - Seven-time winner of the Gouden Kenteken, awarded by the Belgian Ministry of Economic Affairs for Benelux industrial products that meet high aesthetic and practical standards
1961 - BKI prize
1979 - Named Royal Designer for Industry, Royal Society of Arts in London
1983 - Piet Zwart prize
1985 - Honorary member, KIO
1990 - Kho Lian le prize
1991 - Daniel Roëll prize
1992 - Honorary member, Royal Academy of Arts, Den Haag
1994 - Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau