tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post6572031233629751502..comments2024-03-27T10:17:14.784+00:00Comments on Eclectic Ephemera: A World's Fair look into the futureBruce Partington-Planshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-63417412549347942452010-12-31T15:35:47.612+00:002010-12-31T15:35:47.612+00:00Amy:
It's good to hear of these things still g...Amy:<br />It's good to hear of these things still getting a mention in today's popular culture in some way or other!Bruce Partington-Planshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-84665433813481568702010-12-31T15:34:02.256+00:002010-12-31T15:34:02.256+00:00Perdita:
That's a good site; I had forgotten t...Perdita:<br />That's a good site; I had forgotten that there was a World's Fair as late as the mid-Sixties.<br /><br />Baroness:<br />I know what you mean (although it can get awfully confusing talking about the future, in the past, looking to the future, in the present... erm, oh dear! ;-] ). A case of being <i>way</i> ahead of their time, almost unintentionally, perhaps?Bruce Partington-Planshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336280062885272950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-10027327821113762872010-12-30T22:06:29.315+00:002010-12-30T22:06:29.315+00:00I was watching trashy TV recently (One of the CSIs...I was watching trashy TV recently (One of the CSIs I think) when one of the World Fairs was part of the episode. I then spent the rest of the programme googling and reading up on the the World Fair. Interesting stuffAmy (Blighty Boutique)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10090002859203984695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-35227882296251436152010-12-30T21:42:35.399+00:002010-12-30T21:42:35.399+00:00very interesting, indeed. To extend this, I love ...very interesting, indeed. To extend this, I love when I see fashion designers looking back to 30s retrofuturism (often drawing from what was then surrealistic/modernistic/futuristic design) for fresh looks circa 2010/11. So, in a way, some of the designs or ideas about the future that weren't realized in the lifetimes of the original futurists may still yet be revived or created?BaronessVonVintagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329735134543431231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655974554267650893.post-19635554818646360582010-12-30T13:54:30.038+00:002010-12-30T13:54:30.038+00:00Have you used this site before?
http://www.worlds...Have you used this site before? <br />http://www.worldsfairphotos.com/nywf64/index.htm<br /><br />I discovered it recently, amazing photos of several Worlds Fairs. I love looking at the industry stands, the scope and scale is amazing considering they did not have the technologies and materials we take for granted when we think of advertising etc'.Perdita Tinselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01741015473009270250noreply@blogger.com