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McDonald's - 47 West 57th Street, NYC, NY (1989)

"A fast-food restaurant that makes the customer want to linger is something of a rarity. The McDonald's on 57th Street in New York City, designed by Charles Morris Mount, is almost unrecognizable as a member of the chain that usually boasts golden arches. Eschewing the corporate colors of yellow, red and orange, Mount chose a high-tech, electric blue and fuchsia color palette. Glass bricks, blue tiles and a reflective ceiling give the space a luminous, underwater quality.

Another departure from the fast-food restaurant formula was the installation of a carpet in the seating area, which Mount felt would soften the environment and cut down on noise. The heavily-trafficked main serving area was tiled in a distinctive blue pattern. Easy maintenance of the tiled area, which must be mopped frequently, was ensured by the installation of a slate ribbon between the carpeted and tiled area. The ribbon protects the carpet and also visually defines the curving border between the two floor treatments. The cost per square foot for this project was reportedly no more than a standard McDonald's." (front of house budget listed in 1989 dollars at $450,000)

Designed by Charles Morris Mount, Jennifer Wellmann, and the team of Silver & Ziskind/Mount

Grocery store selections from the book, Market, Supermarket, and Hypermarket Design / 2 (1992) by Martin Pegler

Randall's - Houston, TX - designed by Heights Venture Architects and Brown, Bunyan, Moon & More

2. Simple Simon - Hawthorne, NY - designed by Architectonics

3. King Kullen - N. Babylon, NY - designed by Programmed Products Corp.

4. Giant - Colonnade at Union Mill - Centreville, VA - designed by the Giant in-store design team

5. Randall's (same location)

6. Genuardi Super Market - Towamencin Shop Village - Lansdale, PA - designed by Programmed Products Corp., in-house staff, John MacPhee/Jett Schrun

7. Reay's Foothill Market - Phoenix, AZ - designed by Nancy Wade of King Design Inc.

8. Foodtown Market - Clarkston, MI - designed by Design Fabrication Inc.

9. Safeway - Woodinville, WA - designed by Dykeman Architects

10. Quick Stop - Maywood, NJ - designed by Architectonics

11. Fiesta Mart - Houston, TX - designed by Hermes Reed Hindman

12. King Kullen - Bellmore, NY - designed by Arnold Ward Studios, Ltd.

13. Blalock Fiesta Market - Houston, TX - designed by Marc Boucher of Hermes Reed Hindman, Arch., Ken English, Interior Decor Graphics

14. Alfalfa's Market - Cherry Creek, CO - designed by Communication Arts, Inc.

Sony Theatres at Lincoln Square - NYC, NY (opened Nov. 1994)

Designed by Gensler and Gallegos Lighting Design

Great example of the Decoplex style, and various homages to the elaborately-themed 'movie palaces' of the early 20th century

MouseGear store at EPCOT (1999)

Designed by Walt Disney Imagineering

Perfect example of the 1980s-90s ‘Factory Pomo’ style

Hub Club nightclub - Boston, MA (1989)

Designed by Tim Techler & Cary Tamarkin of the Tamarkin Techler Group

Out to Lunch! food court - Charlotte, NC (1985)

Designed by Hixson Design

Some elements of the playful, colorful, PoMo-fied shopping-vernacular Festival Marketplace design style

'Coco' coffee shop - 1182, Miyanogi-cho, Chiba City, Chiba, Japan (opened March 3rd, 1987)

Designed by Etsuo Sakurai

Galaxy Café - food service facility in the Boston Museum of Science - Boston, MA (1990's)

Maybe a bit of Googie influence in the sculptural element

Designed by Prellwitz / Chilinski Associates, Inc.

Wolfgang Puck Cafe - 1323 Montana Ave, Santa Monica, CA (1994)

Designed by Barbara Lazaroff

"This cafe is a branch of the 11-restaurant chain created in order to offer more affordable prices in an informal setting. This (90-seat) cafe was the fourth to be built and is located on Montana Avenue, where many other unique and professional restaurants can be found. Especially the mosaic tiled facade stands out in the area. Mr. Puck's wife and business partner, Barbara Lazaroff, designed the interior in a colorful and casual manner, which brings back childhood memories to the customers. The premises are filled with art objects and images, like building blocks, collages of broken tiles, various shaped mirrors reminiscent of Antoni Gaudi's architectural works and bright loud colors found in painters' palettes."

Christmas displays at the South Bay Galleria - Redondo Beach, CA (late 1980s)

Designed by The Becker Group of Baltimore, MD

Selections from the book, Commercial Building Facades by Sueyoshi Murakami (Shotenkenchiku-sha/Books Nippan) (1993)

'Labyrinth Build' - Nishi-nakasu, Fukuoka - by Ryu Design Project

City Resort Hotel JASMAC PLAZA - Sapporo, Hokkaido - by Mitsuru Kaneko

Maruto the 17th Bldg. - Gion, Kyoto - by Hiroyuki Wakabayashi

Ichi-Yon-Ichi Building - Sendai, Miyagi - by Dam Dan Corp.

YBP Restaurant Court PREZZO - Godo-cho, Tokyo - by YBP Project Design Room

Theater & Hall BUNKAMURA - Shibuya, Tokyo - by Jean Michel Wilmotte

NOIRER MUR SEIKI Bldg. - Amagasaki, Hyogo - by Kenji Miyake

AMERICAN DREAM Nishi Mizuhodai Bldg. - Fujimi, Saitama - by Toshio Miyauchi

AMERICAN DREAM Nishi Mizuhodai Bldg. - Fujimi, Saitama - by Toshio Miyauchi

Cafe & Beauty Parlor AIM'S - Tsuruga-shima-machi, Saitama - by Isao Hosoya & Studio 4

Car Showroom LINUS - Fujiwaradai, Kyoto - by Dentsu Inc.

MY WAY Osawa Bldg. - Shimoshakujii, Tokyo - by Yukio Naitoh

WING Urawa - Urawa, Saitama - by Naohiko Higashi

Notojima Glass Art Museum - Notojima, Ishikawa - by Kiko Mozuna

Commercial Building 'JOULE-A' - Azabu-Ju-Ban, Tokyo - by Edward Suzuki

Gurnee Mills Mall, including the 'Dine-O-Rama' food court (1991)

Designed by Communications Arts Inc.

The 'Dine-O-Rama' food court is a great example of the 'Googie Kitsch Revival' style popular in the 1980s & 90s

Selections from the book, 'Showroom & Exhibition Display by Meisei Publications' (1993)

Nissan booth at the 28th Annual Tokyo Motor Show - designed by Nippo, Inc. Shoko Bijutsu Co., Ltd. (1989)

2. Itoki Osaka New Office Gallery - designed by Nikken Sekkei Architects

3. Tokyo Gas Pavilion - Yokohama Exotic Showcase '89 - designed by Design Art Center Co., Ltd. (1989)

4. National Panasonic Pavilion - Yokohama Exotic Showcase '89 - designed by Yokohama Branch, Kajima Corp. (1989)

5. Sony Booth at the '89 Business Show - designed by Design Art Center Co., Ltd.

6. The 45th Anniversary of Iwasaki Electric Corporation - designed by Murayama Inc.

7. Theme Zone - 24th Kyoto Scope (for the Kyoto Textile Converters) - designed by Fujiya Co., Ltd. (1989)

8. Theme Zone - 24th Kyoto Scope (for the Kyoto Textile Converters) - designed by Fujiya Co., Ltd. (1989)

9. Nissan Aprite Zama - designed by Yokohama Branch, Kajima Corp. & the ILYA Corp.

10. America-Ya showroom - designed by Tokyo Senbi Co., Ltd.

11. Toyota Auto Salon Amlux Tokyo - designed by Nikken Sekkei Ltd. Dentsu Inc. & Takenaka Corporation

Franklin Mills shopping mall - Philadelphia, PA (opened May 11th, 1989)

Architect: Cambridge Seven Architects

Branding and Graphic Design: Milton Glaser