Full marks for design! McDonald’s “fries pop-up store” amazes everyone

McDonald’s <50 m² Shenzhen fries pop-up by the Happy Harbor lake mixes cyberpunk steel frames, red-yellow branding and LED fries that glow during waterside fireworks. The piece also spotlights McDonald’s HQ Workplace—nine floors, USD 250 m by Gensler/IA/O+A—with arched lobbies, brass, planted timber walls, fast-food-styled staff kitchens and geometric lit stairs as design pedigree behind the flash.