“Best Practices in International Exposition Designs” - Online Symposium
United States
Online
“Best Practices in International Exposition Designs,” is ISIE's second gathering of experts on international expositions. Day 1 Day explores lessons learned from past and future expositions and other topics such as wayfinding and the challenges of the digital. Day 2 begins with “Back to the Future,” where the minds behind some of Expo 2020’s iconic structures present their work followed by Things to Come” will offer a tantalizing forum for candidates for future expos.
The Institute for the Study of International Expositions announces its upcoming two-day online symposium on the design lessons of world expos to be held March 23 and 24, 2023
“Best Practices in International Exposition Designs,” is ISIE's second gathering of experts on international expositions. The two-day conference will take place on Thursday, March 23 and Friday, 24, 2023. The Thursday sessions begin at 10:30am EDT and the Friday ones kick off at 10am EDT.
Day one will be highlighted by an eclectic series of papers exploring lessons learned from past and future expositions, such as the lingering impact of the designs from the Chicago’s 1933-34 Century of Progress International Exposition, the food logistics that fed Shanghai’s Expo 2010’s 73 million hungry attendees, and the political dynamics shaping Minnesota’s 2027 expo bid.
The opening day will then close off with a special session called “Doing It Right.” In it, a panel of experts will reveal how the style of signage and wayfinding for Expo 2020 in Dubai was inspired by a centuries-old Bedouin weaving style, and the novel ways disabilities were addressed through the fair’s architecture and design policies. Another presenter will zero in on the way screens and monitors can be the death of good design — and how designers can liberate themselves from those bland glowing rectangles.
The second day begins with “Back to the Future,” where the minds behind some of Expo 2020’s iconic structures — e.g., the Spain, Austria, Poland, Vision, and Opportunity pavilions — dive into the secrets behind these marvels. “Things to Come” will offer a tantalizing forum for candidates for future expos such as Osaka, Malaga, Minneapolis, and Odesa in Ukraine to share their visions for how their master plans will set a new bar for experiential design.
To register for “Best Practices in International Exposition Designs” please go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/isie-international-expositions-best-design-practices-tickets-520676897617
About ISIE
ISIE is a new global interdisciplinary network of researchers interested in the design, promotion, reception, and consequence of the world’s fairs and expositions held since 1851. Though rooted in the history of architecture, science, diplomacy, art, and technology, our members hail from many disciplines and we welcome the participation of all those interested in exploring the many intersecting aspects of international expositions. Our first major event, the online symposium “International Expositions: Looking to the Past, Seeing the Future” held this past March, was attended by participants from more than 15 countries. (More details on ISIE and the 2022 symposium are available at https://www.isie-global.org) This event served as a pivotal launching pad for a series of new initiatives currently in the works, including evolving the ISIE website into a valuable networking and disseminating tool for those involved in researching and planning international expositions, an upcoming publication from the symposium, and the ongoing speaker series. For more information, please send any questions to info@isie-global.org.