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Solidarity ''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dicti ...

logo designed by

Jerzy Janiszewski Jerzy Janiszewski (born 11 March 1952 in Płock) is a Polish artist, best known for designing the Solidarity logo The Solidarity logo designed by Jerzy Janiszewski in 1980 is considered as an important example of Polish Poster School creations ...

in 1980 is considered as an important example of Polish Poster School creations. The logo was awarded the Grand Prix of the Biennale of Posters,

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most populo ...

1981. By this time it was already well known in Poland and became an internationally recognized icon. According to the artist, the letters were designed to represent united individuals. This characteristic font, colloquially known as ''

solidaryca Solidaryca is a typeface designed in 1980 by Jerzy Janiszewski, at that time a student at the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts. Originally it was used as a logo for the Solidarity, an anti-communist trade union in Poland. The characters were meant to r ...

'' ("Solidaric"), was implemented many times in posters and other pieces of art in different contexts. Notable examples include a film poster for '' Man of Iron'' by Andrzej WajdaJaniszewski'
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Tomasz Sarnecki Tomasz is a Polish given name, the equivalent of Thomas in English. Notable people with the given name include: *Tomasz Adamek (born 1976), Polish heavyweight boxer *Tomasz Arciszewski (1877–1955), Polish socialist politician and Prime Minist ...

designed for the first (semi-) free elections in Poland.

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Solidarity (Polish trade union) Polish art Logos Symbols introduced in 1980