The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 1

Our second episode of The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 1, is now available for download.

In this episode, John McGregor and I talk about some of our favo(u)rite pavilions:

- The Netherlands at Expo 2000,
- Japan at Expo 88,
- Canadian Pacific at Expo 86, and
- Morocco at Expo 92.

Download directly at WorldsFairPodcast.com or via iTunes.

Links to items discussed in the podcast:
- Photos of the Netherlands at Expo 2000
- Rainbow War on DVD

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.