The Paris 1968 unrest began with a series of student occupation protests against capitalism, consumerism, American imperialism and traditional institutions, values and order. It then spread to factories with strikes involving 11 million workers, more than 22% of the total population of France at the time, for two continuous weeks.

While their fellow students engaged in pitched battles with the police and millions of workers went on general strike, students at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1968 occupied the printing studios and converted them into the uprising's very own propaganda machine. Many of the resulting posters have become icons of political design. The posters display different styles but the individual designers were never credited – they were the work of the collective. What they had in common was an economy of expression: single colours printed on newssheet gifted by the striking newspapers, bold forms and provocative slogans.

I feel the posters printed during this protest is relevant for my project due to its nature of raising its voice against something and also the method by which it was produced. I used photo emulsion screen printing to print the publication posters for my fictional campaign. These posters were simple, spread the message and were usually made within a day - so it included only the details that were really required. I wished to do the same for my publication posters- the publication has the information that is required to be communicated but at the same time it opens up to a beautiful poster which is supposed to be an incentive for the receivers to keep it with them.

Black Lives Matter was formed in the US in 2013. This quilt was made to raise funds for a campaign for justice in anither fatal white - on - black shooting and to support progrssive black electoral candidates.