26 - McDonald's

This week we discuss how McDonald’s could be considered the Dieter Rams of food. The Founder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX2uz2XYkbo&t=94s Speedy Service System http://projectmanagementhistory.com/Speedee_Service_System.html White Castle Locations https://www.whitecastle.com/locations Harold and Kumar go to White Castle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwP5E15VzRM Tampopo (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_KctoG0bAE Genghis Khan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khan Steak Tartare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak_tartare Myth of Mongol horse meat tenderized under horse’s saddle http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/06/dining/the-raw-truth-dont-blame-the-mongols-or-their-horses.html?_r=0 Hamburger History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_hamburger Ray Kroc https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/01/ray-kroc-mcdonalds-america/514538/ Modern McDonald’s problems https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2003-03-02/mcdonalds-hamburger-hell History of refrigeration https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/cb910689-2ace-4f48-9d5d-4e9f044d5586/title-keeping-ice-frozen-before-refrigeration-how-we-got-to-now-cold/#.WOqloFPyvMU McDonald’s to switch to fresh meat http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/03/31/mcdonalds-to-switch-from-frozen-to-fresh-meat/ McDonald’s Pizza history http://mentalfloss.com/article/65467/short-strange-life-mcdonalds-pizza Japanese Kaizen System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizen Guano wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chincha_Islands_War Typical Booth Prices for 13 Art Fairs http://blogs.artinfo.com/artintheair/2012/10/01/the-art-fair-cheat-sheet-typical-booth-prices-for-13-art-fairs-from-basel-to-dallas/ Amazon S3 https://aws.amazon.com/s3/ The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Thomas L Friedman “No two countries with a McDonald’s will go to war together” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/sep/06/russia.mcdonalds Average time people are willing to wait online https://www.nngroup.com/articles/response-times-3-important-limits/ Damien First Spot Paintings http://www.damienhirst.com/texts1/series/spots On Kawara https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/on-kawara-silence Andy Warhol Eats a Hamburger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejr9KBQzQPM Arts and Crafts movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_movement Jeremy Bell’s failed customizable electronics startup https://medium.com/inside-wattage/well-we-failed-77e795e16ecf How many restaurants are there in Toronto https://www.quora.com/How-many-restaurants-are-there-in-Toronto McDonald’s Hacks http://hackthemenu.com/mcdonalds/secret-menu/ McDonald’s organic burger http://www.eater.com/2015/9/25/9397081/mcdonalds-newest-burger-will-be-organic McDonald’s aims for zero waste http://recyclenation.com/2011/04/mcdonalds-recycling-programs-zero-waste McDonald’s pink slime scandal https://www.cnet.com/news/pink-slime-in-burgers-mcdonalds-hires-former-mythbuster-to-find-out/ LEE Kitchen by Susur Lee at Toronto Pearson Airport http://www.macleans.ca/society/some-foie-gras-before-you-fly/ Clayton Christensen tells the Milkshake innovation story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f84LymEs67Y Bozo the Clown as Ronald McDonald https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Uh6uKkAY4 10 principles of good design by Dieter Rams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxtkVgh6kKo