Dishes and the futurama restaurant

When Disney World was being designed in the mid-1970s the plan included a section called Futureland.  The public was invited to submit designs.

I submitted a styrofoam model with descriptions.  My model was a restaurant of the future. Its uniqueness consisted of four elements.

One was a glass wall overlooking a Japanese garden. This was not new in Japan, but nearly nonexistent outside of Japan.

The second was the presence of hand made and aesthetically beautiful dining tables and chairs. Again, this was influenced by the hippie design elements found in the 1973 book Handmade Houses.

The third element was hand made dishes, glasses and silverware.  Handmade dishware was something I've only recently seen in the sushiya described in the previous blog.

The fourth element was necessary to protect the third element. It was a sign on the wall in the entrance that established the restaurant rules.  In addition to requests for courtesy, no smoking and civil discourse was the expectation that there would be no theft. If anyone was suspected of theft they would never be permitted to return.

I admit, the Disney people didn't find my view of the future similar to their Buck Rogers view.