The World's Fair Podcast

07/07/2015

I've created a video outlining the Expo 2015+100 Archive project and how you can help share Expo 2015 with the future.

LEAVE YOUR LEGACY. TELL YOUR STORY. Before you know it, Expo 2015 will be history. You will have participated in an event with a long and important legacy. E...

12/03/2014

Hosting a world's fair is like a city sending itself to college.

18/12/2013

Expo 2015 has unveiled it's mascots for the world's fair in Milan. They don't have names yet. They're asking for input from the public. Presumably, the characters will be more full developed with different personalities and will combine to make one big mega-mascot.

I'm not sure if these characters will really appeal to kids, however. For me, they recall the characters from Epcot's now-defunct Food Rocks attraction which never seemed very appealing. I mean, who wants to eat anthropomorphic food? But, then again, folks DID like the California Raisins.

Milan event organisers team up with Disney to place fresh produce centre stage at international exhibition

27/09/2013

Co-host John McGregor discusses hopes for a re-sited Osaka Expo 70 Australia Pavilion, at Osaka Expo 70 Park, with Pavilion Architect and former podcast Guest, James Maccormick MBE OAM.

Please like and share our page "Save the Osaka Expo 70 Australia Pavilion", here: https://m.facebook.com/home.php?refsrc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F&refid=8&_rdr #!/profile.php?id=210791155749575&__user=625957741

03/07/2013

The World's Fair Podcast's Urso Chappell writes about the new documentary "Where's the Fair?" on the BIE blog.

In my last entry, I talked about the state of expos in the United States. It’s a difficult topic to address to an American audience since there are a number of big issues here. These issues include: the lack of US participation in two recent foreign expositions, the lower quality of the presentation...

26/04/2013

16/04/2013

25th Anniversary excitement! The Lord Mayor the Rt Hon Cr Graham Quirk unveils Expo 88 art work Gestation, by USA artist Baile Oakes, at its new Queen St Mall location

28/02/2013

added this to Redbubble

29/01/2013

Is it too early to be talking about 2022? Well, it's closer than you think. Bids for Expo 2022 (or 2023) will likely start in the coming years.

I'm very happy to announce the creation of MinnesotaWorldsFair.com. It is now live.

Working with a team in Minnesota hoping to make the proposed bid a reality, I created the visual identity and web site for the effort. If successful, it will be the first world's fair in the United States in 38 years and the first one in North America in 36 years.

- Urso Chappell

13/01/2013

I've updated and increased the offerings in the ExpoMuseum.com Shop. I'd love to hear suggestions for ways to increase our offerings. Right now, it is mostly books and artwork. I plan to create some original art soon, in the form of posters commemorating past world's fairs.
- Urso Chappell

09/01/2013

With 2013 being the 25th anniversary of Expo '88, it seemed appropriate to update the 1988 Brisbane page on ExpoMuseum.

Expo Oz was the official mascot of Expo '88. The platypus mascot was designed by the Imagineering Division at the Walt Disney Company.

09/01/2013

Just in time for the 25th anniversary this year...

World Expo '88 Brisbane Advertisment

08/01/2013

Cathy Maloney will be in San Francisco speaking about gardens at world's fairs on 20 June 2013.

The event titled World's Fair Gardens: Shaping America's Landscapes starts on 06/20/2013! 12/31/1969

08/01/2013

A cool souvenir from the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair.

Stepping into my basement is like stepping into a museum. While the exhibits mostly consist of computer accessories of the 1990s and equipment to make really specific crafts, there are some treasures if you dig a bit deeper. We recently found this "Jigegram," which was sent to my grandfather from...

05/01/2013

Here's a short video shot in Paris during the general assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE). It shows Astana's Expo 2017 bid booth and its augmented reality presentation. Later that day, it would win the vote beating out Liége, Belgium for the right to host a world's fair in 2017.

Astana, Kazakhstan's bid presentation included this augmented reality demonstration showing the future world's fair site. This presentation was made in Paris...

22/11/2012

Astana wins the right to host Expo 2017... http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/2017/

18/11/2012

ExpoMuseum.com's Urso Chappell will be in Paris on Thursday when the BIE votes on who will host Expo 2017, Liége, Belgium or Astana, Kazakhstan. Stay tuned to ExpoMuseum.com's various outlets to see who wins!

Plans for a bid by Edmonton, Alberta were cancelled before the bid deadline due to budgeting problems. Newcastle, Australia's plan to bid Expo 2017 were shelved in favor of a 2022 bid.

16/11/2012

World's fairs inspire and can even change lives. This article certainly speaks to the power of just one exhibit from 73 years ago.

Norman Bel Geddes’s Futurama exhibit, dedicated to “building the world of tomorrow,” proved to be a step into Bob Hesdorfer’s future before he’d even arrived.