《商业内幕》(BusinessInsider)网站上介绍了麦当劳“金拱门”造型的来源。
刚开始,两个拱门的形状并不是现在的“M”型。在麦当劳店的设计越来越出名后,连锁店设计了新的logo,想要让它看起来像麦当劳店的微缩造型,包括一个倾斜的屋顶和两个拱门连起来,形成一个“M”。
Originally, the two arches were not meant to form an “M,” as they do today in the chain’s logo. However, as the building design became famous, the chain created a logo intended to be a minimalist view of a McDonald’s location, with a slanted roof and two arches lining up to form an M.
麦当劳经典的拱门形象出现在1952年,当时麦当劳兄弟请建筑师对第一个麦当劳店进行设计。
The now iconic logo had its start in 1952, when the McDonald’s brothers were interviewing architects to design the first McDonald’s location.
当时,麦当劳兄弟想要在餐厅门口设计两个半圆形状的拱门,一边一个,最早的三位设计师对此表示怀疑。
The first three architects were sceptical of the brother’s plan to construct a restaurant with two arches, shaped like semicircles, on each side.
后来,麦当劳兄弟找到了设计师斯坦利·克拉克·梅思顿(Stanley Clark Meston),他设计的麦当劳餐厅在周围的建筑中脱颖而出,吸引了饥肠辘辘的司机们的注意,他们会把车停在门口买个汉堡。他的设计就是两个金色的拱门,一边一个!
Then, they found Meston designed the McDonald’s location to stand out amongst the surrounding buildings, grabbing the attention of hungry drivers who could be convinced to pull over and buy a quick burger. Two golden arches, one on each side of the building, did just that.
改名这件事情静悄悄的,但是现在“闹大了”,麦当劳的官方微博也出来承认了。这是不是意味着以后去麦当劳要改成去“金拱门”了?对此官微也进行了解释,改名的只是证件层面,不用担心“麦当劳”这个如此具有识别度的标志从此消失。