page_title: Philippe Cramer
hierarchical_section_title: Philippe Cramer
caption_attribution_description: English: Philippe Cramer in his studio with creations "Gong" miroir and "Drawing in space" side table.
context_page_description: Philippe Cramer is a Swiss and American artist and designer whose work focuses on small editions and one of a kind pieces of furniture, decorative objects and art.
  Expressed with minimal yet sensual shapes, his work often combines bold colors with natural materials. He is known for establishing long term professional relationships with artisans, often Swiss, with whom he matures his artistic vocabulary. Together they forge new work and revise past creations, refining them - sometimes over a long period of time - to find the proportions and color he is looking for.
  Refusing to be attached to a particular school of thought, Cramer decided from the very beginning of his career to work from his Genevan studio, which doubles as his showroom, at a distance from the known centers of the design and art world.
  Cramer's production is sometimes described in contrasting terms due to his interest in various artistic currents, materials and manufacturing techniques. Bold, whimsical, pure, minimal, baroque and sensuous are all terminologies that have been associated with his work.
context_section_description: Philippe Cramer (born May 8, 1970) is a Swiss and American artist and designer whose work focuses on small editions and one of a kind pieces of furniture, decorative objects and art.
  Expressed with minimal yet sensual shapes, his work often combines bold colors with natural materials. He is known for establishing long term professional relationships with artisans, often Swiss, with whom he matures his artistic vocabulary. Together they forge new work and revise past creations, refining them - sometimes over a long period of time - to find the proportions and color he is looking for.
  Refusing to be attached to a particular school of thought, Cramer decided from the very beginning of his career to work from his Genevan studio, which doubles as his showroom, at a distance from the known centers of the design and art world.
  Cramer's production is sometimes described in contrasting terms due to his interest in various artistic currents, materials and manufacturing techniques. Bold, whimsical, pure, minimal, baroque and sensuous are all terminologies that have been associated with his work. Although these descriptions might seem paradoxical, they are due to his high degree of creative freedom, allowing for a unique point of view.
caption: Cramer in 2020 (photo by Célestin Fournier)
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