Long piece on the internet-driven sameness of cafe and restaurant design. I'd add that I appreciate how easy this makes it to find good coffee when traveling just by reading the signals.
The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same
The long read: From the generic hipster cafe to the ‘Instagram wall’, the internet has pushed us towards a kind of global ubiquity – and this phenomenon is only going to intensify
theguardian.com