Festival Star
festival star graphic symbol designed abram game festival britain game one artist invited submit design art council council industrial design limited competition brief requested design reflecting summer gaiety good look logo game called emblem us traditional red white blue colour union flag main device incorporates profile britannias head crested helmet north point fourpointed compass rose game added row bunting flag first design concept asked make festive anticlockwise half compass point coloured clockwise half white east west point red white north south point including britannias head blue white figure blue red appear lower left sw right se quadrant quarter circle bunting connecting south compass point east west point six flag either side south point pattern four flag white red white blue repeated three time version used official publication place logo background quartered background colour black surrounded four additional compass point logo adorned many official publication souvenir including beer mat paper napkin egg cup brass poker plastic cocktail stick also used village sign erected every village bedfordshire county council game also designed london transport poster exhibition based logo twodimensional compass rose converted depiction threedimensional structure four point resembling signpost weather vane britannias head replaced london transport roundel logo continues see use today advertisement concerning south bank area london large foot threedimensional festival star also made hung northumberland street london focal point celebration fourpointed star made essex aero square foot lightweight magnesium sheeting weighing pound kg symbol festival abram game festival britain naomi game capital transport london isbn x httpwwwmuseumoflondonorgukarchiveexhibitsfestivallistobjectsaspobobsundefinedprprsundefineddeindustrialdesigndesanynumfirstobsortby httpswebarchiveorgwebhttpwwwpallantbookshopcombooksdetailsasymbolforthefestivalabramgamesandthefestivalofbritain httpwwwthcenturylondonorgukserverphpshowconobject