McDonalds has announced it will open its largest ever store for the London 2012 Olympics. Its 3,000m2 spread over two floors with 1,500 seats. It is planned to employ 470 staff and serve 50,000 Big Macs, 100,000 portions of fries and 30,000 milkshakes during the Games.
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Most people believe they are making independent decisions. In reality, they are responding to systems they cannot see. From algorithms to economic structures to social norms, the real driver of behaviour is rarely the individual—it’s the environment shaping what feels possible, reasonable, or true.
Most environments are designed to stimulate. The most effective ones do the opposite. Calm doesn’t slow decisions—it improves them.
Some environments push behaviour. Others remove the need to push at all. The difference lies in how friction is designed—or eliminated.
Aldi doesn’t just sell groceries differently—it changes how people think, choose, and move. This is what happens when you design for constraint instead of abundance.