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With the modern interior design of Apple stores I feel the designers are actually so out of touch with the rest of the society and so firmly in their own bubble

With the modern interior design of Apple stores I feel the designers are actually so out of touch with the rest of the society and so firmly in their own bubble that they're accidentally designing something that looks extremely tacky without realizing. I believe they described it as being a "town square" so we have the trees and the benches but I'm going to propose they have accidentally designed something that looks more like a cheap mall food court without realizing it because they probably haven't even seen a mall food court since their childhood. Almost feels like it has the same logic behind how mall food courts were designed, make the unnatural feel natural, add trees, add a nod to the affordances of community with benches around the trees. Honestly couldn't believe how tacky it looked when I walked past the main Apple store in London.

tinus_hn 6y ago
Yeah couldn’t fathom why millions of people would choose to walk into that store and buy things.
- whywhywhywhy 6y ago
  Do they buy things? they just seem to be using it as an internet cafe when I go in.
  - sumedh 6y ago
    I think the stores are also used as a way to unconsciously create an impression in the person's mind that Apple is luxury brand.
  - jasonv 6y ago
    I see your other posts here, about tackiness. You've gotta be trolling.. Apple is well known to have some of the highest sales-per-sq-foot among retailers.
    - whywhywhywhy 6y ago
      Facebook is also very successful, isn't it a bit tacky too?
  - tinus_hn 6y ago
    Why do you go to that place? It’s tacky!
coldtea 6y ago
>With the modern interior design of Apple stores I feel the designers are actually so out of touch with the rest of the society and so firmly in their own bubble that they're accidentally designing something that looks extremely tacky without realizing. Have you seen modernist / brutalist / modern / post modern architecture? From 1920 to today? There's nothing ugliest and more unlivable (in the pretenses of "high brow" BS concepts) than 99% of it. In comparison, the Apple stores are a breath of fresh air. Tacky? Hardly... >Honestly couldn't believe how tacky it looked when I walked past the main Apple store in London. You keep using that word, tacky. I don't think it means what you think it means... This is the "unbelievable tacky" place, because it has trees inside? https://cnet3.cbsistatic.com/img/LDehHb_uk995yFKthCDfgOhboH8=/940x528/2016/10/13/05d89c8f-cf0b-46a5-90cd-2e877e757df8/apple-store-regent-street-london-6.jpg https://cnet3.cbsistatic.com/img/LDehHb_uk995yFKthCDfgOhboH8...
- whywhywhywhy 6y ago
  >I don't think it means what you think it means... Hit a nerve I guess if you're gonna resort to that. >This is the "unbelievable tacky" place, because it has trees inside? Yes the overall design, the style of seating, the choice of trees, the choice of wood, the actual design of the furniture, looks like a mall food court https://www.across-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CH-ogrody_1200x600.jpg https://www.across-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/C...
  - coldtea 6y ago
    >Hit a nerve I guess if you're gonna resort to that. I resort to that all the time, so don't bet much money on it "hitting a nerve". Just bothered me enough to want to comment - which also happens all the time, even for minor pedantic corrections. >Yes the overall design, the style of seating, the choice of trees, the choice of wood, the actual design of the furniture, looks like a mall food court Well, that's a very pretty mall food court if I ever saw one. Great for the AS to look like a high end version of that (with superior exterior architecture to boot). If that's "unbelievably tacky" I'll have to re-use the Princess Bride line... Because the ones I've actually seen in the wild in dozens of malls I've been look like this: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c3/b1/fb/c3b1fbc6c0bfa52eb3cbc7c42ecf1d85.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c3/b1/fb/c3b1fbc6c0bfa52eb3cb...
ryanlol 6y ago
> Honestly couldn't believe how tacky it looked when I walked past the main Apple store in London Such a nice store, super convenient location and fast service.

tinus_hn 6y ago

Yeah couldn’t fathom why millions of people would choose to walk into that store and buy things.

whywhywhywhy 6y ago
Do they buy things? they just seem to be using it as an internet cafe when I go in.
- sumedh 6y ago
  I think the stores are also used as a way to unconsciously create an impression in the person's mind that Apple is luxury brand.
- jasonv 6y ago
  I see your other posts here, about tackiness. You've gotta be trolling.. Apple is well known to have some of the highest sales-per-sq-foot among retailers.
  - whywhywhywhy 6y ago
    Facebook is also very successful, isn't it a bit tacky too?
- tinus_hn 6y ago
  Why do you go to that place? It’s tacky!

coldtea 6y ago

>With the modern interior design of Apple stores I feel the designers are actually so out of touch with the rest of the society and so firmly in their own bubble that they're accidentally designing something that looks extremely tacky without realizing. Have you seen modernist / brutalist / modern / post modern architecture? From 1920 to today? There's nothing ugliest and more unlivable (in the pretenses of "high brow" BS concepts) than 99% of it. In comparison, the Apple stores are a breath of fresh air. Tacky? Hardly... >Honestly couldn't believe how tacky it looked when I walked past the main Apple store in London. You keep using that word, tacky. I don't think it means what you think it means... This is the "unbelievable tacky" place, because it has trees inside? https://cnet3.cbsistatic.com/img/LDehHb_uk995yFKthCDfgOhboH8=/940x528/2016/10/13/05d89c8f-cf0b-46a5-90cd-2e877e757df8/apple-store-regent-street-london-6.jpg https://cnet3.cbsistatic.com/img/LDehHb_uk995yFKthCDfgOhboH8...

whywhywhywhy 6y ago
>I don't think it means what you think it means... Hit a nerve I guess if you're gonna resort to that. >This is the "unbelievable tacky" place, because it has trees inside? Yes the overall design, the style of seating, the choice of trees, the choice of wood, the actual design of the furniture, looks like a mall food court https://www.across-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CH-ogrody_1200x600.jpg https://www.across-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/C...
- coldtea 6y ago
  >Hit a nerve I guess if you're gonna resort to that. I resort to that all the time, so don't bet much money on it "hitting a nerve". Just bothered me enough to want to comment - which also happens all the time, even for minor pedantic corrections. >Yes the overall design, the style of seating, the choice of trees, the choice of wood, the actual design of the furniture, looks like a mall food court Well, that's a very pretty mall food court if I ever saw one. Great for the AS to look like a high end version of that (with superior exterior architecture to boot). If that's "unbelievably tacky" I'll have to re-use the Princess Bride line... Because the ones I've actually seen in the wild in dozens of malls I've been look like this: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c3/b1/fb/c3b1fbc6c0bfa52eb3cbc7c42ecf1d85.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c3/b1/fb/c3b1fbc6c0bfa52eb3cb...

ryanlol 6y ago

> Honestly couldn't believe how tacky it looked when I walked past the main Apple store in London Such a nice store, super convenient location and fast service.