[Neon Pig]

Apple store circa 2012, recreated by B&M Bargains sticky back plastic kitchen unit renovation kit.

Using identical wood tones as wall, desk and floor elements is a very odd choice

That seems somewhat harsh. I don’t agree, but differences in opinions are obviously a good thing.

Besides, Apple has always utilised excellent design aesthetics, their leading position as the biggest or second biggest company in world should evidence that. I’m not sure what B&M stores they have near you, but they must be fancy.

Actually, I get what you’re saying, but using same materials across a design is sensible and widely used. Whether it’s the same stone on the floor as the walls as the work surfaces. Using multiple tones of wood on that space would not have worked. Another material such as glass perhaps.

Ultimately, some people (and this isn’t directed at any one person), have moaned incessantly about the blandness of the glass box and that a newsroom style set would be much better, we’ll now there is one and I’m sure those same people complain that it looks like an office. What exactly do people expect a newsroom to look like? A NASA. I trip room? It is an office where people work.

I happen to think it looks pretty good, they’re constrained by the premises I’m sure but it’s a fresh look from recent years. Nothing wrong with retro, especially as some keep glaring back to 2005 and the vivid set they used then.

Presentation is better, I’m sure it will work more smoothly in time as they get used to it as well. Plus with the impending main set as well I’m sure it’ll all come together.