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• 15:16 RT @ianchin #expo2010 chinese e-magazine about Shanghai Expo www.expo2010.cn/zlzx/sbzz/emag/0908/book.htm sorry, in Chinese. #
• 16:10 Audio/video sync issues are resolved: bit.ly/a7kSQ #
• 16:12 @ThaBookie No, I haven't, but it looks interesting. Thanks for the suggestion. #
• 18:49 Google Map's satellite view of the #expo2010 site now shows early construction from months ago: tinyurl.com/m6vep9 #

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• 00:07 RT @eastedgejapan sheesh the ENTIRE Bund is under reconstruction! Imagine its going to be one heck of a show at Shanghai EXPO 2010 #
• 15:07 Bosnia-Herzogovina and Expo 2010: english.eastday.com/e/0828/u1a4613048.html #
• 15:08 @bayliebrown It's the Sunsphere, theme structure of the 1982 World's Fair: www.ExpoMuseum.com/1982/ #
• 16:00 RT @worldexpoblog: Shaanxi province to tell the story of Xian through the ages at #expo2010 tcp3.com/w9sj #
16:03 Wonderful video: Israel Pavilion at Expo 2010: tcp3.com/i1vn #expo2010 #
• 16:05 I'm constantly RT'ing @worldexpoblog here. They have a great blog: worldexpoblog.com/ #
• 21:57 Video of my Monday interview on A View for You where I talk about various world's fair topics including #expo2010 tinyurl.com/kuw3nv #

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Interview on A View for You, 25 August 2009

Monday, I was interviewed by Peter Camarda on A View for You. I talk about world's fairs in general, San Francisco's three world's fairs, Shanghai's plans for Expo 2010, and my winning Expo 2005 train wrap design.

Here's the interview in three parts.

Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 09:03 Correction from yesterday: the Estonia video was one of the proposals and not the final design chosen. #
• 11:30 Starting to plan a trip to Shanghai from 17 September to the 22 September. I can't wait to see the Expo 2010 site under construction. #
• 11:32 RT @sheigh NEWSREEL: NY World's Fair ... 'We're fighting for our freedom. We shall not be moved.' [MadMen] bit.ly/FtvMV #fb #
• 11:32 RT @game_download New game posted Download 1893: A World's Fair Mystery bit.ly/1wqUYk #
• 11:34 RT @FExpo88 ~ the innovative Oil Pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010 < a href="http://bit.ly/2l86gJ">bit.ly/2l86gJ #
• 11:35 RT @chinaelitefocus American music legend Quincy Jones had accepted invitation from composer Tan Dun to help write theme song for Expo 2010. #
• 14:25 As someone that works in marketing, I'm not sure that the "Oil Cube" is quite as compelling as the "Water Cube." tinyurl.com/oilcube #
• 14:42 Uganda and Expo 2010: allafrica.com/stories/200908270234.html #
• 14:46 @samuraikitten That's Zoe Dell Lantis Nutter. She's amazing! I heard her spe ak a few months ago. Here she is now: tinyurl.com/qo2a3a #
• 19:08 Watching a Science Channel program about the coolest science museums in the USA. 3 of the 5 are former world's fair buildings! #
• 19:16 @Wendell_Howe Actually, it depends on which events you consider a "real" world's fair. New York hosted a Crystal Palace in 1853. #

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• 11:47 RT @planet_book #30 R. Hardy, 5 stars: Eiffel's Tower: And the World's Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris... planetbook.org/15815 #
• 11:48 RT @GetDanceJobs Performing for World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China - Shanghai, China, US (tinyurl.com/koy7bc ) Get Dance Jobs #Dance #
• 13:48 Estonia always has great world's fair pavilions. Their Expo 2010 one looks to be no exception: tinyurl.com/expo2010estonia #

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Estonia at Expo 2010

As far as I can tell from an online translator, "varjatud linnad" means roughly "interurban undercurrent." That would certainly match the visuals and Expo 2010's theme.

Estonia always has great world's fair pavilions and this preview of their Expo 2010 pavilion looks to be no exception.

As a graphic designer, my favorite world's fair pavilion brochure of all time was the Estonia Pavilion's brochure at Expo 2000 in Hannover entitled "A Dozen Questions about Estonia." It was very colorful, clever, and tongue-in-cheek.

CORRECTION: I've since learned that this was only a proposal for the Estonia Pavilion and that another entry won. Still, if one of the losing entries is this interesting, we can only guess how compelling the final pavilion will be.

Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 00:07 RT @ExpertVillage History of Cotton Candy, The history of cotton candy begins at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. bit.ly/34shgU #
• 00:13 Video of the construction of the German Pavilion for the Chinese World's Fair whose name is a pun in English: tinyurl.com/mwg7gm #
• 09:03 Watch me being interviewed (via SF Public Access) tonight at 6:30 p.m. Pacific. Online viewing info at: expomuseum.com/blog/ #
• 11:03 RT @OMG_Dj_Judy Stopped in flushing meadow park with World's fair history! Gorgeous! twitpic.com/f8fe9 #
• 11:05 RT @DosFactotum bit.ly/FpfSx poland, korea, denmark ... Expo 2010's most promising pavilions (yes, there are still world's fairs!) #
• 16:11 Belgian waffles to return to Flushing Meadows, the 1964-'65 New York World's Fair legacy site? tinyurl.com/ku55ye #
• 19:41 Just appeared on San Francisco public access television talking about world's fairs. I hope to have video online soon. #

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Interview on San Francisco Public Access Television

Tonight, I will be interviewed on the topic of world's fairs by Peter Camarda on San Francisco Public Access Channel 2 (Comcast 76, Astound 30) at 6:30 p.m.

In addition to it being seen locally, it will be available for live viewing on their web site:
http://www.accessf.org/stream.php?stream=2

I understand there will a call-in portion of the show for people to ask questions.

Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 08:47 24 August 2009: Just 250 days until Expo 2010 opens on 01 May 2010 in Shanghai! #
• 08:48 @Aheram The next world's fair is next year in Shanghai. There have been 19 world's fairs in the last 50 years: www.ExpoMuseum.com/ #
• 08:49 RT @bmcnely Strangely hypnotic vintage photographs of people riding a roller-coaster at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair: bit.ly/1IT8Lc #
• 08:50 @falsemirror It isn't too late to go to a world's fair. The largest world's fair in history is next year in Shanghai, in fact. #
• 08:52 RT @AdamMinter: No joke: Guizhou's Expo 2010 Pavilion is being engineered to smell like Moutai. bit.ly/kTHHJ #
• 12:16 @NELLYWAITS Actually, you're one year off: Vermeer's Milkmaid was at the 1939-'40 New York World's Fair. #
• 12:27 One of my favorites at Expo 2008! RT @designyoutrust Zaragoza World Expo's Austrian Pavilion by Solid Architecture bit.ly/UbRxn #
• 12:29 RT @PunkAudery3333 NYSE Euronext Joins as Sponsor of the USA National Pavilion at 2010 Shanghai World Expo bit.ly/byhhe :-) #< /a>
• 12:31 RT @christinelu They've actually started construction on the US Pavilion for 2010 Shanghai World Expo. bit.ly/BAhr #expo2010 #
• 15:51 @ktalbotnyc Nikola Tesla was at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. I don't know about the 1939-'40 New York World's Fair. #
• 15:57 Eastday.com's description of Expo 2010's Auto Pavilion: english.eastday.com/e/0824/u1a4602628.html #

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• 01:13 RT @FExpo88 ~ more details on China Pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010 en.expo2010.cn/a/20090821/000007.htm #
• 01:29 Looking forward to more pavilion images at Expo 2010 UAE Pavilion website: www.uaepavilion.com/ #

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• 13:23 The Ledger (Lakeland, FL): "Consider Booking Now for Shanghai's Expo 2010": www.theledger.com/article/20090821/news/908215024 #

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• 08:54 @thdpr Thanks. That actually makes sense in context. #
• 11:18 @PacSci Elvis's It Happened at the World's Fair was filmed at the 1962 Century 21 Exposition. #
• 15:05 As a San Franciscan, I don't think the Expo 2010 organizers really mean "cable car" here: english.eastday.com/e/0821/u1a4597191.html #
• 15:09 @stormysk8 San Francisco has held three world's fairs: 1894, 1915, and 1939-'40. Perhaps 2020 next? www.2020WorldsFair.com/ #
• 15:15 New Expo 2010 commercial with lots of Haibao: bit.ly/jnA2U #
• 15:20 Al Gore on Milan and Expo 2015: bit.ly/qnjWk #

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From Twitter 08-20-2009

• 11:03:11: @thdpr What is that quote from? There was no world's fair in 1977.
  

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• 11:03 RT @JobFaust: Wednesday Edutainment Mid-Day Break - Century 21 Calling (Bell Labs film for the Seattle World's Fair): bit.ly/ihNkf #
• 11:04 @hunter7180 You don't necessarily have to go back in time. Biggest world's fair in history is next year in China. No Disney, though. #
• 11:07 RT @MarketMensch Hey Photo Buffs: Spokane's Clock Tower and World's Fair Symbol at Sunset - on a warm summer day. ow.ly/kwMU #
• 11:08 RT @WVUEFOX8NEWS One piece of the [1984 New Orleans] World's Fair back in place bit.ly/BxkGH #
• 11:10 I've always been a fan of the Hemisfair 68 logo: bit.ly/hsDas #
• 11:47 Edmonton Sun: "Expo [2017] bid hits the road": bit.ly/jsE6I #
• 12:10 RT @runabitaman Updated www.1984worldsfairmemories.com with the video footage from WVUE last night about the return of Neptune. #
• 14:26 Expo 2010's axis lighting system being tested. Very cool photos: english.eastday.com/picshow/show7/sunvalley/index.html #
• 14:37 Open question: What should be the mascot for Milan's Expo 2015? Re member: the theme is food. #

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From Twitter 08-18-2009

• 11:29:18: Two world's fairs in one ad! RT @SurrendrDorothy How Cool Is This? 1939 World's Fair Coca Cola Advertisment http://bit.ly/XZgoD
  
• 11:30:12: RT @opheliacat Students hunt for traces of 1893 World's Fair in Chicago's Jackson Park http://bit.ly/kowU0 (via @UChicago & @rosann7k69h)
  
• 11:31:35: Iceland always has great pavilions: RT @rvkgrapevine Iceland to sign Expo 2010 agreement with China! http://ow.ly/ksru
  
• 11:32:34: RT @worldexpo2010 British designer Thomas Heatherwick released images of updated design for the UK at Expo 2010. http://tinyurl.com/l4xe9j
  
• 13:35:18: UN Environment Program(me) on Expo 2010: http://bit.ly/UrZHV
  
• 13:37:17: RT @BonoNmugg16: the China Pavillion at Expo2010 does look pretty cool when all lit up like that http://bit.ly/ZAiDT #expo2010
  
• 13:38:04: RT @worldexpoblog Australian pavilion gets a roof http://bit.ly/3iueE8 #expo2010
  

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From Twitter 08-17-2009

• 11:46:32: Seattle Times on the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo: "UW exhibits recall when the first World's Fair came to town": http://bit.ly/4xvrEf
  
• 11:50:28: Jellies plastic shoes were introduced at the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville? Who knew? http://bit.ly/SjlJC
  
• 11:53:25: Knoxville's 1982 World's Fair legacy site has a new web site: http://www.worldsfairpark.org/
  
• 12:08:23: Seattle 1909: RT @HistoryMuseum: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition slideshow w/ items from our collection! http://is.gd/2lsul
  
• 13:28:11: Images of the Expo 2010 Czech Pavilion plans: http://bit.ly/Rg4z4
  
• 16:32:25: @SFPL_6thFloor Visited the 1939-'40 GGIE exhibit which runs until Sunday, the 23rd: http://bit.ly/35NtFl
  

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From Twitter 08-14-2009

• 16:11:38: San Antonio looking at redeveloping Hemisfair '68 site: http://tinyurl.com/mts8by
  
• 16:12:48: RT @blainestar Come to find out PBR won it's blue ribbon at Chicago's 1893 World's Fair. #fb
  
• 16:16:05: RT @woonder India Pav. (Expo 2010) mimics ancient Buddhist monument. Suddenly, the China Pav. doesn't look all that sad. http://bit.ly/nSTUY
  
• 16:18:13: RT @designfeed Some Cool Projects from the EXPO 2010, SHANGHAI http://bit.ly/CnQgU
  
• 16:23:19: New York Times: "Shanghai Is Sprucing Up Its Image" (for Expo 2010) http://bit.ly/VUv1I
  
• 16:27:28: "Somewhat anachronistic" is used in the NYT article about Expo 2010. I disagree: there's been 9 world's fairs since the last US one in '84.
  

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From Twitter 08-13-2009

• 10:56:31: RT @worldexpo2010 About 20,000 various performances from all over the world will be offered during the Expo 2010 within the Expo site.
  
• 13:21:48: Expo 2010 photography competition: http://english.eastday.com/e/0813/u1a4577099.html
  

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From Twitter 08-12-2009

• 10:11:00: 12 August 2009: 3 years until Closing Day at Expo 2012, Yeosu, South Korea: http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/2012/
  
• 10:17:18: RT @brettbobley Nice article in NY Daily News abt NEH Digital Humanities SUG creating virtual '64 World's Fair. http://is.gd/2cvgd
  
• 10:19:25: RT @afewwords Okay, I'm fixated on the '39 World's Fair! (Hey, it's research). I'm taking the tour: http://bit.ly/39worldsfair
  
• 10:20:02: @nikkihaven Which world's fair documentary are you watching? World's fairs still go on and we might have one in North America in 2017.
  
• 12:02:10: Korea Herald: "Yeosu poised to launch EXPO countdown": http://bit.ly/IdeOP
  
• 12:22:55: Winnipeg Free Press: "Edmonton, Calgary on familiar collision course over Expo": http://tinyurl.com/mt3zps
  

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From Twitter 08-11-2009

• 12:29:04: RT @worldexpo2010: Early Bird Hotel Deals for Shanghai Expo 2010: http://tinyurl.com/l6oghz Book now, pay when you check-in at the hotel.
  

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From Twitter 08-10-2009

• 17:24:54: Fast Company on Expo 2010 architecture (emphasizing the American perception that world's fairs are antiquated): http://tinyurl.com/nzwcbt
  
• 17:26:18: An 1889 Exposition Universelle landmark (that you might have heard of) is getting a new look: http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/828789
  

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From Twitter 08-09-2009

• 12:06:33: RT @citynoisedotorg World's Fair Pavilion and Unisphere: Posted in: Queens, NY by Seaniedawg. I must give credit.. http://bit.ly/aa3iF
  

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From Twitter 08-08-2009

• 12:24:00: @worldexpoblog dates for Visiting Shanghai aren't firm yet, but likely Mid-September. I'm hoping to network and see the construction site.
  
• 18:42:47: Spent several hours playing San Francisco (World's Fair) tour guide to John McGregor of Foundation Expo 88: http://www.foundationexpo88.org/
  

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From Twitter 08-07-2009

• 08:36:26: @velo_city (RE: World's Fair donuts. Yum.) Are they still open? Google Maps says the business closed and the phone number no longer works.
  
• 08:37:43: RT@gabyu The Belgian pavillion at Shanghai expo 2010 : "around a brain cell" http://bit.ly/e25ee
  
• 08:39:54: RT@elizahleigh Solar Soybean Walls Stand Front & Center At Expo 2010 http://bit.ly/1mrxkT
  
• 21:11:50: RT @afewwords I want to go to the 1939 New York World's Fair. It's like an Art Deco EPCOT.
  
• 21:12:33: RT @TechnoVoip Check this video out -- The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair Remembered http://bit.ly/10kzqx
  

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From Twitter 08-06-2009

• 13:44:04: Until and during Expo 2010, translation by phone of 9 languages in Shanghai (dial 960690): http://english.eastday.com/e/0806/u1a4560412.html
  
• 13:46:01: RT @SFPL_6thFloor Great 1939 World's Fair display at SF Public Library http://bit.ly/2hhnmz
  
• 16:33:39: RT @markpfeiffer http://twitpic.com/czphh - Vulcan, the tallest cast iron statue in the U.S. Made for 1904 World's Fair.
  
• 16:47:11: Wonderful newly posted home movie footage from the 1964-'65 New York World's Fair: http://bit.ly/mZXaE
  
• 16:59:50: I'm planning a trip to see the Expo 2010 site under construction and meet planners, etc. Any suggestions on places to stay? People to meet?
  
• 22:00:03: Michael Jackson visited Expo 88, Brisbane's World's Fair: http://www.foundationexpo88.org/
  

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From Twitter 08-05-2009

• 09:08:14: RT @effective_world As part of the 2010 Shanghai Expo, "Dream Cube", Shanghai Corporate Pavilion has launched a website: www.expo2010scp.com
  
• 09:12:31: RT @HitchhikinGhst New Hitchhiking Ghosts blog post: A Trip to the 1964 World's Fair http://ow.ly/iYq0
  
• 09:21:03: It's a year or so old, but the Expo 2010 preview video is still impressive: http://bit.ly/BqeyD
  
• 12:46:25: My favorite world's fair pavilion of all time: Holland at Expo 2000. Here's a video previewing their 2010 pavilion: http://tr.im/vCCk
  
• 13:08:47: Promotional video of the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans: http://bit.ly/eHRKM
  (WARNING: 1980's music and fashion!)
  
• 14:43:39: One of my pet peeves: Things calling themselves "world's fairs" that aren't world's fairs... like the World's Fair of Money going on now.
  
• 16:15:05: How sad that World's Fair Donuts in St. Louis is now closed. Its street address was even "1904!": http://tr.im/vEw7
  

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From Twitter 08-04-2009

• 10:09:44: 04 August 2009: 270 days to go before Expo 2010 opens. http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/2010/
  
• 10:10:57: @SerenaSim Yes. I'm hoping to be there for the whole 6 months of the Expo. I'll also be visiting beforehand, too: most likely in September.
  
• 10:14:46: Interviewed last night by China Daily USA. I emphasized the non-tangible legacy of world's fairs: inspiration, education, etc.
  
• 10:31:06: RT @worldexpo2010 Expo 2010 Posters released featuring carton characters of Jackie Chan, Lang Lang and Yao Ming http://tinyurl.com/m85523
  

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From Twitter 08-03-2009

• 15:58:50: Looking for guest and topic ideas people would like to hear for the World's Fair Podcast. Email Urso@ExpoMuseum.com
  
• 16:00:32: RT @HitchhikinGhst Back from a trip. Found an interesting piece of 1964 World's Fair history in a store. Excited to share on the blog!
  
• 16:02:20: RT @kwheeler New blog post: What We Can Learn from the 1939 World's Fair http://www.byteeoh.com/?p=386
  
• 16:02:54: RT @sfro Wow! Spain Pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010 is made of...wicker: http://bit.ly/3yoPR
  
• 16:05:42: Financial Times article: "Shanghai World Expo 2010, will they really come?" http://tr.im/vm91
  
• 16:11:12: Mexico's forest of kites http://bit.ly/sCkih (via @worldexpoblog) reminds me of Expo 2008's Cities of Water Pavilion: http://tr.im/vmbr
  

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From Twitter 07-31-2009

• 11:39:16: Article about a world's fair memorabilia collector: http://bit.ly/v9qZv
  
• 11:41:29: Trippy photo from the interior of the Expo 2010 China Pavilion: http://tr.im/uXny
  
• 11:47:45: RT @archdaily Luxembourg Pavillions for Shanghai Expo 2010 http://bit.ly/6sVrW
  
• 14:03:04: @davecobb It already ran, sadly, but they tend to repeat them.
  
• 14:50:40: RT @150CANADA: The Expo 67 opening ceremonies were broadcast live via satellite to a worldwide audience of over 700 million
  
• 14:51:14: RT @BobLayton Expo 67 in Mtl was hugely successful. It should be in Edm as Cgy already had the Olympics. Time for us to have an intnl event.
  
• 15:36:33: Crosscut writer Knute Berger's take on the Expo 2010 United States Pavilion: http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/19030/
  

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