Keep Calm and Carry On: Words for Posterity

This famous poster, put out by the British government in 1939 to encourage the traditional stuff upper lip of the British people in the face of Nazi aggression, has had multiple second lives as the inspiration for many new designs.  Regular readers of this blog know we sometimes post versions in the sidebars.  And if you follow either of us on Pinterest -- or just about anybody else there -- you will see many versions.  Here are a few of our favorites.

























Many of the signs reflect a real philosophy of life -- or not!  There are many collages of the images too.






And lots of products carry a version of the logo.





And finally a few "farther-out" faves":