Miroslav Grcev
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Skopje
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, Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
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) is a Macedonian
Macedonians (ethnic group)
The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...
architect
Architect
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, graphic designer
Graphic designer
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and caricaturist. He is known for having designed the current flag
Flag of the Republic of Macedonia
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of the Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
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and a popular proposal for a new coat of arms of the Republic of Macedonia.
He started interesting in graphic design
Graphic design
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in the mid 1970s when he worked on the design of LP records
LP album
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. In 1979, Grčev graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Skopje. Today, he is teaching as a professor of urban planning on the faculty.