That is because of real estate business. You can not sell a custom restaurant, you can a generic one.
Same goes for residential homes. People leave their houses neutral for the resale. It’s sad shit really
Not my neighborhood! Upon re-siding my house a few years ago, the last white house on the street and block is gone. Heck yeah.
We have blues, reds, greens, a pink or two, and very few beige/neutral colors. One of my neighbors even has a bright blue roof and trim to make up for the gray siding.
Granted, many of them are painted so it’s decently easy to recolor. But those paint jobs set the tone for the area for sure. Also helps that there’s no HOA.
If you mean interior, that’s maybe more true, but much easier to remedy.
Obligatory Fuck HOAs
You can thank The Memphis Groups designs for making a strong influence on the 80s/90s
Paper cup: the restaurant.
This photo looks exactly how nachos and cinnamon twists taste. I will not be taking questions.
Looks cheap and uncomfortable.
The 70s had their plastic craziness that lasted for decades, because it was expensive at the beginning. But no, things looking like they are made of plastic is very hard to do well and bad most of the time. Things looking like they are made of wood is normally much better.
That said, yes, your modern example is bland.
Agree. This is nostalgia bait. It was cheap and plastic and the teal and purple was everywhere you looked.
IMO, it’s less about the plastic and more about everything besides the plastic: the cool toned color palette with design shapes that stand out, the long benches and tables that chop out corners into various seats and small tables, etc.
Today, business architecture and interior design feels…bland isn’t quite the right word despite it being a good descriptor. McDonald’s today looks like the “modern” coffee shops at airports like 10 or 20 years ago. It’s that, like, “metropolitan” style with faux wood and stone with metal accents. Everything feels like an ouroboros of copying the homework of corporate minimalism that focuses on maximizing square footage and dollar extraction value while trying to look “professional” instead of a place meant for people. These places aren’t meant for you to walk inside and patronage, they’re just there to put the multi lane drive through on.