It's the 75th anniversary of a nice piece of design which was ruined by overuse. That "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster. New Statesman:
Here's the kicker: it wasn't used during WW2. The government thought it was too "mundane." There were two other posters in the series, which people forget about.
They're the Gummo and Zeppo of war posters.
SHANEISMS Stop doing that, Shane. - The Management. (Provided in case the idea breaks out into the mainstream and you have to explain it to someone.
ART Uh huh. Right. Yep. Art. Atlantic:
Well.
So we're back to collecting gladiator sweat, I guess. At another institution devoted to cultural relics, there's a problem:
They're films and audio files and old TV shows. It's difficult to get attention for these things. A commercial for dishwashing liquid may tell us something about the mores and styles of the mid-50s, but it lacks an ambiguous relationship with violence.
