Festival Star
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The Festival Star was the graphic symbol designed by
The logo (which Games called an emblem) uses the traditional red, white and blue colours of the
The logo adorned many official publications and souvenirs including beer mats, paper napkins, egg cups, brass pokers and plastic cocktail sticks. It was also used on village signs erected in every village in Bedfordshire by the county council.
Games also designed a London Transport poster for the exhibition, based on his logo, with the two-dimensional compass rose converted into a depiction of a three-dimensional structure with four points, resembling a signpost or weather vane, and Britannia's head replaced by the London Transport roundel.
The logo continues to see use today in advertisements concerning the South Bank area of London.[citation needed]
Three-dimensional street hanging
A large, 40 feet (12 m) three-dimensional Festival Star was also made and hung over Northumberland Street, London as a focal point for the celebrations.[1] The four-pointed star was made by Essex Aero from 763 square feet (70.9 m2) of lightweight magnesium sheeting, weighing in at only 1,790 pounds (810 kg).[2]
Further reading
- A Symbol for the Festival: Abram Games and the Festival of Britain, Naomi Games, Capital Transport, London, 2011, ISBN 1-85414-345-X
References
- ^ Colin Warnes; "The Essex Coupe", The Allard Register, 8 March 2018. (Retrieved 29 August 2020)
- ^ Aeroplane, 27 July 1951. Copy of advertisement
- http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/archive/exhibits/festival/list_objects.asp?ob=&ob_s=undefined&pr=&pr_s=undefined&de=industrial%20design&de_s=any&num=10&firstob=31&sortby=3
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110603085254/http://www.pallantbookshop.com/books/details/a_symbol_for_the_festival_abram_games_and_the_festival_of_britain
- http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/server.php?show=conObject.2598