maroon Archives | Ouno Design https://ounodesign.com/tag/maroon/ Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:01:35 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 “The murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.” https://ounodesign.com/2011/04/17/restaurant-design/ https://ounodesign.com/2011/04/17/restaurant-design/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:01:35 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=11691 Above: db Bistro, now closed. Overrefined corporate decor, dreary and visually bleak. New York in the 80s?

“The murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.” ~ Peter de Vries, 1977

Vancouver is overrun with restaurants blighted not just with notably bad art but also with a type of generic commercial decor that makes you want to throw cutlery.

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Seen in the lobby of the Hotel Monaco, Washington, DC. We gathered here for a drink, and I couldn’t get past this United Nations of design in the corner. Sorry about the photo, which exhibits that unique iPhone lack of any photographic excellence whatsoever.

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