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...Designers Eileen Pittler, 24, and George Brewer, 27, invented a "sticky fingers" peace sign for a Pittsburgh radio station. It was made of vinyl and could be stuck on everything from car windows to people. Then, Eileen Pittler remembers, "I woke up one morning to find my Paul Newman poster had fallen down for the hundredth time." Together, Eileen and George designed a flat vinyl-like, baroque frame that sticks to a wall, can be adjusted to fit pictures of various sizes. From there, the designers went on to produce other kinds of stick-on mock furniture...
...Cover: From a poster by Ismail Shammout for the Palestine Liberation Organization...
...next disturbance did not come until August 7. Again, a mysterious message summoned Cambridge freaks to a "block party" on the Common. This time it was a brightly colored poster on the boards in front of Cambridge Trust purporting to be from a group of women who "dig NLF women." Studded with quotations from Bobby Seale and HueyNewton, it gave no particular reason for the planned action, but warned darkly that some people in the Square were attempting to prey on street culture. It asked the freaks to bring rocks, sticks, and bottles to "run in the streets...
...eliminate some of the objectionable aspects of mixers, we're holding the dance outdoors and providing free films and poster-painting materials in nearby buildings in hope that conversations and friendships will rise above the 'Where are you from?' level," Ware said...
Fonseca readied a return salvo. He gathered together some friends in Mexico City and produced a poster of his own, advertising a fictional "Darkie" beer. The poster, captioned "Washington Swung with Darkies," shows the first President's portrait on a dollar bill. "George Washington, the old United States secessionist," said the text, "had an excessive fondness for black slaves, according to legend. He used to sneak out of his home silently at night and head for the slave quarters, where he would abuse them. For us, a Darkie is not a person but a beer which we make...