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.
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.