Here's a close-up of the monitors and signs. These and the clocks and the grids above the gate desks all hung from those round poles. The monitors were beautiful, perfect for boarding announcements and images. And everything shown on them was designed for 16x9, unlike other, stupider places (America?) where 16x9 monitors are installed to be all cool, and then everything on them is stretched 4x3. But I digress.
After seeing a well-designed airport like this, deplaning at LAX made me feel like I was getting off in a dump. LAX is ugly. Ugly! UGLY! I wish this country weren't so God-damned concerned about the bottom line and would spend some cash on beauty for a change.
Oh, wait, but there is the Denver airport... That's nice...
Date: Dec. 13, 2006
Munich Airport Design Series I.I
Here's a close-up of the monitors and signs. These and the clocks and the grids above the gate desks all hung from those round poles. The monitors were beautiful, perfect for boarding announcements and images. And everything shown on them was designed for 16x9, unlike other, stupider places (America?) where 16x9 monitors are installed to be all cool, and then everything on them is stretched 4x3. But I digress.
After seeing a well-designed airport like this, deplaning at LAX made me feel like I was getting off in a dump. LAX is ugly. Ugly! UGLY! I wish this country weren't so God-damned concerned about the bottom line and would spend some cash on beauty for a change.
Oh, wait, but there is the Denver airport... That's nice...
