Website of the french pavillon at the Shanghai World Expo

kimiik
 February 10, 2010, 01:55 PM posted in General Discussion
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changye
 February 10, 2010, 04:08 PM

Hi kimiik

What is the nickname of the French pavillion? I just found that the Japanese pavillion is called "紫蚕岛" (purple cocoon island) in Chinese. Honestly, I'm rather disappointed with the "nice" design of the cocoon-shaped pavillion.

http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1004/20090421/001ec949c2cd0b57c4c410.jpg

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kimiik

"Smile to Smile" the logo of the japanese pavilion at shanghai world expo 2010 is also quite original :

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/8512/japanese-pavilion-at-shanghai-expo-2010.html

"The Japanese organizer has also announced the logo for the Japanese Pavilion — Smile to Smile. The logo is composed of four abstract smiling faces to convey the message of a union of minds."

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kimiik
 February 10, 2010, 05:22 PM

Hi Changye,

The unofficial nickname of the French Pavillon is 网兜 (wǎngdōu - the string bag).

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kimiik
 February 11, 2010, 11:15 AM

"Smile to Smile" the logo of the japanese pavilion at shanghai world expo 2010 is also quite original :

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/8512/japanese-pavilion-at-shanghai-expo-2010.html

"The Japanese organizer has also announced the logo for the Japanese Pavilion — Smile to Smile. The logo is composed of four abstract smiling faces to convey the message of a union of minds."