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English translation: independent/avant-garde graphic artists

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French term or phrase:	graphistes critiques
English translation:	independent/avant-garde graphic artists
Entered by:	Sasha Barral

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11:14 Jun 30, 2009

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Art/Literary - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) / grapic design, typography

French term or phrase: graphistes critiques

Gijs Frieling, directeur de la galerie néerlandaise W139 dresse le portrait de Roel et Job Wouters, graphistes critiques.

Sasha Barral KudoZ activity Questions: 130 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 0 France
Local time: 04:48

independent/avant-garde graphic artists

Explanation:
Having looked at their work (eg. http://www.letman.com/), my guess is the "critiques" here is to distinguish them from commercial "graphistes", ie is meant to suggest their more independent or avant-garde nature.

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Melissa McMahon
Australia
Local time: 14:48

Grading comment

Merci
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

designer critics

Helen Shiner

independent/avant-garde graphic artists

Melissa McMahon

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17 mins confidence:

independent/avant-garde graphic artists

Melissa McMahon
Australia
Local time: 14:48
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Merci

50 mins confidence:

designer critics

Explanation:
I am tending towards leaving out the hyphen. I would drop the 'graphic' bit if at all possible. Hopefully it is obvious from the context.

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http://www.newschool.edu/pressroom/pressreleases/2001/012901...

Here with the hyphen:

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vcJgjpsvUtIC&pg=PP12&lpg=...

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I think it means, in your case, that the work of these guys is critiquing/critical in intent, but that is difficult to say in so few words. What is not clear is what they are critiquing. [How do you spell critiqueing?]

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 80