Keep Calm and Carry On
So the legend goes… in the spring of 1939 with an almost inevitable war with Germany on their hands the British Government’s Ministry of Information commissioned a whack of propoganda posters to let the British people know that King George VI was looking after them and everything was just hunky dorey. When war broke out these posters would be distributed across the country.
This poster was never officially issued and was really only discovered 50 years later when a copy turned up in a used book store. The uber simple layout with King George’s crown and the slogan: “Keep Calm and Carry On” are a beautiful example of classic graphic design… to communicate a kind of eerily uplifting message.
When I learned about the poster and the history I thought to myself, “I really need to track one down.”
“Brilliant idea, Steve.”
“Thanks man, let’s get on the interweb and find one.”
Fortunately a gentleman in Britian is selling silk-screened reproductions at 10 GBP each. Aces.
Thee Oh Sees, Black Lips, The Sheepdogs, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Frankie Miller, The Rolling Stones, Kiss, Hayden, Al Casey, Thin Lizzy, Sloan, Takeshi Terauchi, The Kinks, The Ventures, The Black Keys 
What, you’re not going for the tote bag?
http://www.keepcalmandcarryon.com/products/blue-tote-shopping-bag
hmm… good point. not very many people other than my scrapbooking club are going to see the poster on my wall. the tote bag would be a much better way to spread the message… and carry my scrapbooking materials.
Does Steve really have conversations with himself like that? Someone has been working from home a bit too long… my precious…