Keep Calm: Mai 68 Posters

Limited edition printer proofs of Mai 68 posters are available at Keep Calm. This May marks the 40th anniversary of the 1968 Paris rebellions, which (in ridiculously brief summary) mark the turbulent shift from conservative to liberal values in French society. During the protests, students and faculty took over the École des Beaux-Arts and silkscreened hundreds of political posters. An exhibition of these posters is currently on in London, and a book cataloging 40 posters from the collection has been produced. Keep Calm is offering printer proofs of the book—each is a large format, hand-screened printed reproduction of an original Mai 68 poster. There are fewer of 10 proofs of each design, so get them while you can! Meanwhile, if your history is hazy, Wikipedia has more info on the events of May 1968 and how the rebellions both impacted and were influenced by other things happening around the globe.