Posts Tagged: Inspiration

January 12, 2010

Keep Calm and Carry On

Great Britain’s Ministry of Information took the threat of a Nazi invasion very seriously during World War II. Yes, these leaders realized that such an invasion would be catastrophic to their nation’s economy and infrastructure, but they also thought that it might also be a potentially crippling blow to their people’s morale. So, they did what any good Ministry of Information would do; they created and commissioned two-and-a-half million copies of a motivational poster that would be distributed all over Great Britain in lieu of of a “last case scenario.” The blood red posters were uniformly decorated with the same motivational phrase in bold, white typology. The type simply said: “Keep Calm and Carry On.” The message was intended to calm the wrecked nerves of a people at war at home. Fortunately, the Ministry of Information never had to distribute the posters. In fact, not many knew of their existence and the posters soon vanished and were forgotten. Read more…