Grapus

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Grapus was a collective of graphic artists working together between 1970 and 1991 that sought to combine excellence in design with a social conscience.

The work of the Grapus design collective belonged to the public square; it represented a dialog between governments and citizens, culture and politics, and in the final analysis, the message and the form. Its visual communication in the public square was bold and honest; it was aware of its presence and its impact, and at the same time, it was informed by the socio-cultural parameters of time in all its dimensions—past, present, and expected future—which provided a contest for experimentation and innovation. Throughout their history, Grapus remained communists and idealists and continued to be operated collectively: all work left the studio signed ‘Grapus," even when their studio numbers had grown to around 20, operating in three separate collectives. Provided by Wikipedia