Urso Chappell was an American graphic designer, writer and world's fair historian born in 1967 in St Louis who died in December 2020.
He created ExpoMuseum.com in 1998 and the World's Fair Podcast in 2009. In 2004, he won the international competition to design the exterior of the Expo 2005 Linimo train. In 2010, he wrote a series of articles for China Daily about world's fairs in conjunction with Expo 2010. At Expo 2015, he created the Expo 2015+100 Archive project in conjunction with Expo 2015's social media effort. As a designer, he created many visual identities including that of ZipRealty. He supported United States membership in the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE).
References
- reporter, Charles Storch, Tribune staff (19 June 2007). "Whatever happened to the World's Fair?". chicagotribune.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "Urso Stephen Chappell's Memorial Website | Ever Loved". Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- Makinen, Julie (30 May 2010). "Shanghai Expo 2010 Turns Spotlight on Nations". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
- Chappell, Urso (9 January 2010). "The World's Fair Podcast: The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 0".
- "Selection of winners in the design contest for the EXPO 2005 AICHI, JAPAN Linimo car bodies : EXPO 2005 AICHI, JAPAN". www.expo2005.or.jp.
- "Expo 86 still shines after 24 years". www.chinadaily.com.cn.
- "Urso Creative". www.ursocreative.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2009.
- Michaels, Daniel (20 February 2009). "The U.S. Can't Host a World Expo, and Fans Say That's No Fair". Wall Street Journal – via www.wsj.com.