170 years
170 Years of the Printing Industry Association Movement
Work consisting of two volumes:
– “The 170 years of the Associative Movement of Graphic Industries” – the reconstruction of the graphic associative movement, from the nineteenth-century associations to the current APIGRAF, preserving its historical memory and allowing a greater and better recognition of its importance and value.
– “The Worlds of Graphic Industry and Digital Communication”, aims to highlight the relevance of industry in education, education, culture, society, the economy, as well as its technological evolution.
About this publication
The 170 Years of the Associative Movement of Graphics Industries is an edition of the APIGRAF, composed of two volumes and a packaging box. In the first volume, Cláudia Figueiredo, researcher at the IHC – Instituto de História Contemporânea da NOVA-FSCH, studies and maps the graphic associative movement, since its origin, in the Sociedade de Socorro dos Tipógrafos Portuenses and in the Lisbonense Typographic Association (both created in 1852), until the APIGRAF, “the heir to a legacy of 170 years of associative struggle for the interests of industry”, as the author says. In the second, we present a review of the history of the arts and graphic industries in Portugal, from its beginnings to the present, listing several areas of particular importance, in a study also by Claudia Figueiredo that witnesses the dynamism of the sector. This volume includes a photographic essay by Paulo Catrica, accompanied by a text of his own, as well as an article by Jaume Casals, a deep expert of this industry, entitled “Perspective to 10 years (2024-2033) of the future of the graphic industry”. And because the publication is not only intended for specialists, a useful glossary, with review by Miguel Sanches, another great expert of the graphic world and teacher in this area, it also accompanies this second volume.
This work has the bold and striking design of José Carlos Mendes and the excellent production, realized with the collaboration of: Photomechanics Molographic, S.A.; Group UV; M-2 – Graphic Arts, Lda.; Manuel Guedes & Guedes, Lda.; Mofitex Tags – Sousa & Fernandes, Lda.; Norprint – Casa do Livro.
We are therefore faced with a graphic work of excellence, with unique and innovative techniques, which very prestigious the graphic and transformative industry of Portuguese paper.
170 Years of the Associative Movement of Graphics Industries is a work with the High Sponsorship of the Presidency of the Republic.