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Apple CEO Tim Cook Discusses Apple's Revamped Carnegie Library Store in Washington, D.C.
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What 15 year old would buy an a phone large enough to allow internal soldering? Has it ever occurred to you that Apple's 99% satisfaction scores mean you might be an outlier?
What an outstanding project! Hat-tip to Apple and TC for taking it on.
As an aside, I love seeing the regular sad getting frothed up with a major case of the shakes whenever Apple and/or Tim Cook does something positive.
I suppose the tiny moans are about finding and exercising a wee bit of power that was otherwise lacking in their day.
As an aside, I love seeing the regular sad getting frothed up with a major case of the shakes whenever Apple and/or Tim Cook does something positive.
I suppose the tiny moans are about finding and exercising a wee bit of power that was otherwise lacking in their day.
LOL “communities...” Do you know where the TRUE communities were once at for Apple products? Authorized LOCAL dealers. Local shoppers valued those places because they typically had more knowledgeable staff than the college kids they hire for the Apple Stores. I hate going into the Apple Store for any kind of service because 7/10 times, the person “helping” doesn’t really know what they are talking about. Sad that Apple has been making it tougher over the last 10 years for those authorized dealers and service shops to survive with stricter rules and cost hikes. I used to work for one that had to shut it’s doors 3 years ago largely because of that. Our customers absolutely despised going into the Apple Store for largely that reason, plus the the crowds.
You can make your stores look great and spend a lot of money, but it doesn’t help when you hire people that don’t know about the products they’re selling/supporting. Spend more on hiring knowledgeable, passionate, and reliable staff.
You can make your stores look great and spend a lot of money, but it doesn’t help when you hire people that don’t know about the products they’re selling/supporting. Spend more on hiring knowledgeable, passionate, and reliable staff.
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There are many people, young and old, that repairs iPhones every day using hot air stations and a microscope. Helping customers save data trapped inside those devices, that Apple representatives told them were lost forever. Even outright lying to them saying there is no way to make the phone work again.
So, what do you mean by "allow internal soldering"?
I was 8 or 9 when I started soldering my own stuff back in the '70s, no difference to today other than having to use a bit more equipment due to SMD and smaller components.
4chan, I'd guess has existed for the loony-toones brigade, who like talking to themselves. Lol.
Sorry but 700k a year rent is only 60k/mth. And that'll increase after the initial contract term. You could, at a guess, expect someone to pay 3x that otherwise, for such a prestigious site.
Hence 30m upfront probably just breaks down to something like a 20-year average at 2m/yr (165k/mth) – i.e. the same or a slight saving over time.
Apple is set to open a new retail store at the revamped Carnegie Library in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, May 11, and ahead of the grand opening, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Apple retail leader Deirdre O'Brien did an interview with The Washington Post to discuss the new flagship location.
Work on the Carnegie Library Apple Store kicked off two years ago, and Apple has spent an estimated $30 million on the project. $7 million of that went towards facade restoration, $300,000 went to restoring the stair wells, and $2 million was spent on landscaping and site work. Apple is also paying $700,000 per year for the next 10 years to lease the space.
According to Cook, restoring Carnegie Library to its original design standards became the "most historic, ambitious restoration by far, in the world." Apple believes projects like this help showcase "Today at Apple" services and classes, though the company's aim is to get customers to further associate Apple with creativity.Like other remodeled Apple Stores, Carnegie Library will use the town square design with dedicated sections for the Genius Grove, Today at Apple sessions, and shopping for retail products. Buying something, says Cook is "probably one of the least done things" in an Apple retail location.
People come in to look at new products, and get help with the products that they already own. Apple sees its retail locations as communities rather than standard stores.The Carnegie Library store will open at 10:00 a.m. local time on May 11, and Apple has six weeks of programs from local artists planned in celebration of the launch.
Apple will be sharing the space with the Historical Society of Washington D.C., which plans to open up a D.C. History Center.
Article Link: Apple CEO Tim Cook Discusses Apple's Revamped Carnegie Library Store in Washington, D.C.
Whoever designed this should be shot out of a canon into space for their amateurish lacking in culture. I hope this disappears soon.
The building: Looks very good. Well done!!
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Such a fancy venue for a subscription service company.
They’ve got so much money they no longer know they should build reliable MacBooks.
Seems like you don’t understand the reason Apple even has stores.
Hint: Read the article, Tim will explain it to you.
btw, Apple wanting to grow their services revenue doesn’t mean they’re a subscription service company, I don’t know why you always say that.
Apple just had its best services quarter ever; subscription revenue was in the neighborhood of $5-10 billion, while hardware sales were upwards of $50 billion. Doesn’t sound like a subscription services company to me, does it to you?
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That makes sense!
I believe the most historic ambitious restoration was rebuilding the Frauenkirche in Dresden.
"You think about where the company started from and Steve and the team at the time were very focused on providing people tools that allowed them to do incredible things." Just Give us Pro tools then. macPro???
When I saw your post I thought MacRumors had started using Captchas - Select all images with an Apple store front
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Which is kind of ironic given that was always how Apple used to be perceived (almost uniquely) - hardware and software that was favoured by creative pros, but then the big dollar lure of mass market consumer items and services took hold and they threw that all away.
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Perhaps this is the first sign of the beginning of the end... of the sterile gray Helvetica aesthetic? It’s not 2009 anymore...Yeah, not exactly something that came out of Reed College‘s calligraphy course...
Behold the signs, um, glyphs of the new!!!
This reminds me, after a long career in design, my father went back and took some more college courses to see what was new since he retired. The most notable “innovation” was this (to me) crazy use of mixed fonts, and everything he did after that featured half a dozen typefaces, varying all properties per element for as many reasons. It looked insane, like all his professional pieces were ransom letters, and I was sure he misunderstood the intention, but I was wrong. It’s being taught. Brave new world...
I read the graphics as visual joke. It's a library building so I guess it used to contain thousands of typefaces (albeit printed on the books) from different ages and periods. I also read something of a progression, a timeline, from Gothic through letterpress through to the 1970's and then to a more digital age etc etc
To the modernists I say - while less is more, often less is a bore...
To the modernists I say - while less is more, often less is a bore...
First, a big hooray for your father and the college offerings. Not all people nor institutions understand that professional courses for grown ups are a thing and sometimes you still have annoying discussions to make clear that professional education should be available und common throughout your life, and not just in the form if an overpriced 3-day seminar or video.
Of course, the "I use every font and color" has to come around once art and design have settled on too many rules again, much to Lisa Simpson’s excitement. Whether the above example on the white bg is a good and caring example... I’m tempted to quote your "ransom letter" here.
It looks like Satchel from Get Fuzzy designed this. Only thing missing is the backwards K, which may or may not have been caught in editing.
and then THAT will be beat by the most historic, ambitious restoration by far, in the world: the new Mac Pro.
And you should be slapped on your wrist for using "it's" instead of "its." But meanwhile, why does it seem like EVERY Apple Store is called a Flagship?
“Democratise the creative community”
Nice words, which become hot hair when the same company sells overpriced, extremely prone to fails and incredibly expensive to repair devices, de facto scamming the creatives that are part of the aforementioned community.
Every time Cook opens his mouth I can smell old and foul miles away
Nice words, which become hot hair when the same company sells overpriced, extremely prone to fails and incredibly expensive to repair devices, de facto scamming the creatives that are part of the aforementioned community.
Every time Cook opens his mouth I can smell old and foul miles away
It's a store. It has historical connections. A business opening that store uses hyperbole in its advertising about opening the store.
And part 2 of that. Tim Cook speaks at the opening. Repeats some of that hyperbole. A lot of people who seem to do nothing more than bash Cook post dismissive and angry posts on MacRumors about how worthless Tim Cook is.
So, in both cases, nothing new here.
And part 2 of that. Tim Cook speaks at the opening. Repeats some of that hyperbole. A lot of people who seem to do nothing more than bash Cook post dismissive and angry posts on MacRumors about how worthless Tim Cook is.
So, in both cases, nothing new here.