Artifact Type: Enamel Lapel Pin
Title: Expo 86 Lapel Pin
Year: 1982 (from)
Designer: Ian MacLeod, Frank Mayrs
Studio: 1986 World Exposition
Client: 1986 World Exposition
Size: 14mm Xx 11mm
Condition: Mint
Collection: Canada Modern Archive
A small enamelled lapel pin used to promote the upcoming Expo 86 World Fair in Vancouver, worn by staff and volunteers, and also sold as a souvenir during the staging of the actual exposition between May 2 and October 13 1986.
The symbol was created in 1980 by designer and Graphic Coordinator Ian MacLeod, who worked with Creative Director of the Fair Frank Mayers. Originally the event was to be named ‘Transpo 86’ but later changed its name in 1981/82 to Expo 86.
