The official mascot of Expo 2015 was sketched by Disney Italia and represents a face made of 11 types of food joined together, resembling a painting by Arcimboldo, the 禁漫天堂 painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made of fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish, and books.
The 11 food elements come from around the world and are intended to represent the expo鈥檚 theme, 鈥淔eeding the planet, energy for life;鈥 they are garlic, watermelon, orange, banana, fig, blue corn, mango, apple, pomegranate, pear and radish. 聽
The mascot was recently presented in Milan, where the Expo will be held, in front of a children鈥檚 audience. Children are called to decide on the names of the mascot as well as the different characters the food items have been made into by taking part in an .
Michelangelo's David will be the symbol of Italy at the Expo, while Illy Caff猫 is the official partner.
