Exhibitions of industry have a long and successful history of being used by policymakers to showcase and inspire innovation. Recent attempts to replicate such exhibitions, however, have not always lived up to their goals – and have been far removed from the momentous success of events such as the Great Exhibition of 1851.
In Blueprint for a New Great Exhibition, Dr Anton Howes explains the background of exhibitions of industry, and how we might feasibly and successfully organise a new one for the modern day, to display and encourage future innovation.