I spotted these on my way through Dublin airport, and was torn
between abject horror and abject ‘huh?’. Around here the decor in
McDonald’s is heavy on the beige plastic, bolted down chairs and despair.
When
I spotted these Arne Jacobson-style chairs, I looked around for an
Italian Cafe or posh sandwich shop, but there was no getting round it,
they were the McDonald’s seating area.
Now, McDonald’s = The Bad Guys, and seeing good design (or even
knockoffs of good design) in the hands of the enemy was a bit
disconcerting, kind of like seeing Paris Hilton wearing a vintage In
Utero T-shirt. What does everybody else think? Am I a pompous
jerk for feeling proprietorial about good design? Is this a fabby new development? Is this a one off or are the
fast food joints where you live chock full of MCM pieces?
