In may 1968, Philippe Vermès joined the student uprising in Paris that paralyzed France and nearly brought down the government. He was a painter. Other students threw cobblestones, organized strikes, and burned cars. Vermès made posters. With a few co-revolutionaries, Vermès took over the École des Beaux-Arts’ printing workshop, set up a silk-screening rig, and, on rolls of newsprint donated by striking newspapers, produced thousands of iconic posters: witchlike de Gaulles, menacing cops, defiant workers. Read more.

Via our newest esteemed Imprint contributor, J.J. Sedelmaier, we received this fascinating short piece by Dallas-based Element X Creative who animated the 5-minute long sponsor reel for the recent Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) Southwest Awards show.