Small difference!!!
If you look good you see the difference. One is more rare than the other. So allways eyes open !!
Jusg ask
Last week I got a mail regarding some expo stuff. A women wanted to know if her stuff she collected over the years , was realy expo stuff or just from that era. To thank me she send me a pin . A pin that made me verry happy. Thanks Ann
To start :her table... This is the real deal. It has all the good lables on it. And what is more , the one like this is rare! €500 if you find them in this condition
Her other stuff... Small atomium from the fair , big one not so sure.. The pin ! From the fair
This items are from later date, but still noce to have. The lighter an other photo is alsofrom later date.
Why I 'm so happy with that pin I tell you later..
Greets from Brugge
Winter time !! We all need a scarf
PA nice scarf dromnte expo 58. Found it on a group on facebook! Nice one ! Thanks Lizzy
And special thanks for the extra pin from the expo
From a follower from The Netherlands
Vintage life his and hers
As a vintage lover I'm always looking out for good magazines. My wife has hers for a while. Recently they changed the layout. And then finally the first 'his' issue.
What can you find in the mag? Next to good documented articles , you will find interresting ads. Some good internet sites are always nice!
Love story or not
Back in 1958 an English man in love came to the world fair in brussels and bought something for his girl home.. A nice charme fpr her bracelet, back in England his love found a new man and he never gave the charme. His grandson came a cross my blog, got in contact and mailed me the charme... Home sweet home in Belgium
out for a picnic
on the worldfair in 1958 you found some nice stuff for a picnic.
a nice picnic table disigned by Lucien De Roeck and a nice walking cain bij Torck
the table came in deferent colors, but this wore a product from after the fair. Only the ones with the ground plan are from the fair. Two different.. One with Martini clud on it and one without martini club on it. The Martini ones are the rare ones.
the walking cain/steat : white , red ,yellow , green;
, black
it had the expo58 star on te seat
one of the great
LUCIEN DE ROECK | ICONOFGRAPHICS |
Belgium, Dendermonde, 1915 - 2002 | |
 | De Roeck in his Studio in Elsene, on the background his 'lucky star', the Expo '58 logo. |
Lucien De Roeck (Dendermonde, 1915-2002) was barely 17 years old when he subscribed at the belgian institute 'La Cambre'. At La Cambre, where the emphasis was put on crafts, he learned the basic principles of typography, graphic design, poster design and branding. During the first year, pupils were allowed to use only black and white in their work. In the second year they could ad one colour, and it was only in the third year that they could work with all colours. Henry van de Velde, principal, and Joris Minne, typography teacher at his school, brought him the love for functional ideas in his design.
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His career started at school, where he drew commercial posters for the ferryboat Ostend-Dover and the city of Antwerp. In 1943 the mayor of Antwerp organised a designcompetition to promote his city in a poster. The unsatisfying results of the first round, forced him to ask his friend Henry van de Velde to organise the competition among his students. Lucien De Roeck drew the winning design, combining a vision of the Antwerp cathedral with a red ship and the typical antwerp hand (as part of the myth of Brabo).
As photography was not yet common in posterdesign, De Roeck lived through a golden period using his drawings. Even the letters on his posters were faithfully drawn by hand. | |
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Ten years after graduating, De Roeck takes over the typography-atelier at La Cambre and educates several young graphic designers during 40 years. Besides teaching at La Cambre, he also had classes at St. Lucas Antwerp and St. Ghislain.
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Expo '58 logo, 1954
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In 1954 Lucien De Roeck won another designcompetition, designing the logo and poster for the Worldfair in Brussels that would take place in 1958. The Expo-star, an elegant, asymmetric elongated star, still is a recognizable symbol. The five rays visualise the five continents, carrying out the humanistic message to the five corners of the world. On the right side a globe and the date were added. In the center of the star he placed an image of the Brussels city hall.
In 1958 this star was everywhere, covering official posters, streetcars, outfits of hostesses, poststamps and schoolbooks. | |
 | Lucien De Roeck making drawings in his sketchbook. |
De Roeck was a gifted drawer. Inseparable from his sketchbook, he drew everything around him, his family and friends, his pupils, the towns he visited, boats in the harbour,... For each of his grandchildren he had a book in which he kept al his drewn memories since their birth. It was his diary, in which he had to ad a new drawing every day. Today the shelves of his library tend to burst under the weight of nearly 500 books.
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Some post cards
What you find the most of the expo 58 are post cards. They come in all shapes and forms. Colour and black , small and big .
small ones in book form
small ones
And even long ones.
A nice gift
Visiting one of my favorite vintage shops in Bruges 'madam mim' , i got a nice gift. A lace piece from the world fair 1958.
You find Madam Mim in hoogstraat 29 in Bruges. Always a worth a visit.
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