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Eh, the current furniture trend is all about precisely cut woods. The Hindenburg furniture looks like something you would see in a diner or fast food restaurant
by bobthepanda 2y ago
Eh, the current furniture trend is all about precisely cut woods. The Hindenburg furniture looks like something you would see in a diner or fast food restaurants.
It’s worth noting that everything, including the furniture, was designed to be lightweight and not flammable, so it isn’t necessarily representative of what was in vogue then either.
- porphyra 2y agoOn the other hand, the heavy use of aluminum parts resembles modern airplane interiors to some extent. Truly a great material, lightweight and strong.
- bobthepanda 2y agoAirlines take great care to hide the metal in their cabins, particularly the lie flat seats of first and business.
- WalterBright 2y agoThere was an aluminum piano on board, too.
- schiffern 2y agoThey didn't say it looks like expensive modern furniture. They said it doesn't look quaint or dated. The fact that such design been made accessible and democratized isn't a disqualifier. If anything it makes it even more "of our time."
- bobthepanda 2y agoIt’s dated, just not its original dates. Diners have been dying for a long time and fast food chains are busy ripping out their dining rooms for more drive thru lanes in 2024.
- SoftTalker 2y agoEspecially post-COVID but even before then, the vast majority of their sales were coming from drive-thru. The people who came inside were retirees who would order from the dollar menu and get a free cup of coffee and sit there for an hour.
- ghaff 2y agoI HATE drive-through. And mostly have no interest in going to places like Starbucks unless maybe if I'm traveling.
- M95D 2y agoAnd then they'll add them back while people wait for their cars to recharge.