I sort of love the "KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON" posters that have become the darling of interior decorating bloggers and graphic design jokesters alike in the past few years. I even have one of the posters hanging in my apartment. Then I saw Merlin's version.
At first I LOLed, and then I was like "huh." How did we get here? How did this meme evolve from stoic World War II propaganda to hilarious Richard Dawkins jokes?
And thus, the phylogenetic tree of "KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON" posters was born:
High res here.
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Missed one:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=38041210
Keep calm and carry yarn.
Oh man! That one is awesome! I know I must have missed a lot more :(
Thanks for putting this together. I've seen these floating around here and there, but it's fun to see it all on one page!
Here's another... Stay Happy And Don't Die
http://www.mysoti.com/mysoti/designer/stuartwitts/product/671552/stuart…
Keep calm and rock on (mid-century style):
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=33959826
Nice! Keep 'em coming, I'll have to make a bigger tree!
well i recognize my type on print there! i'm part of a meme!
What stands out to me from this is that, as in evolutionary biology, sometimes the earlier well-evolved forms (in this case the original poster, which obviously had a lot of throught go into it) are often much more elegant and beautiful than later random mutations.
Nice round-up Christina. Thanks for putting it all together.
A flickr group of these and more Keep Calm variations:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/keepcalm/
How many of those, when printed on a t-shirt, would get you arrested at an airport?
Someone messed up:
http://thereisnorobotgod.blogspot.com/2009/11/god-fucking-damnit.html
Don't forget "Freak Out and Throw Stuff." it's on Etsy somewhere
Keep calm and cover your bum.
don't forget the newly minted conan o'brien one!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/claylarsen/4298622715/in/photostream/
Have added your info to my KCCO blog: http://ww2poster.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/the-evolution-of-an-internet-…
Another one missing: http://mjays.net/post/339780066/keep-calm-and-make-it-helvetica-ultrali…
i'm still going strong, since 2006. and, through feb. 14th, i'm making a $5 donation to the red cross haitian relief efforts for every purchase.
thanks for the fun!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yotam_hadar/3832384287/
I love this post.... Very funny and very close to home.. as I'm the one who made the 'keep calm and Ride on' print with the bike!
ps- I think there's another shop on Etsy that has about 50 different versions of Keep Calm..
I just got the crown tattooed on the inside of my wrist as a constant reminded to 'Keep Calm and Carry On'.
Love this! I just got this print recently.http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=40289195
my take on them http://www.behance.net/gallery/KEEP-CALM-VARIATIONS/573719
And yet another take: http://blog.ardes.com/2011/6/28/nigel-thornberry-advice