The vintage beauty of Soviet control rooms (2018)

	The vintage beauty of Soviet control rooms (2018)(designyoutrust.com)
	208 points by mvdtnz 1 day ago \| 66 comments
	tl;dr: A photo collection showcasing Soviet-era control rooms, featuring the analog aesthetic of large buttons, dials, and switchboards that predated modern computer interfaces. Includes an image of Chernobyl's Reactor 4 control room by Cary Markerink.
	HN Discussion: ↓This aesthetic isn't uniquely Soviet; pre-computer control rooms everywhere looked similar ↑These control rooms were actually superior to modern software observability in key ways •Sharing related content about control room design details like seafoam green color and lighting ↑Old machinery embodies beauty and inspiration that modern AI-driven design ignores ↓These control rooms aren't vintage—many are still operational in Russia today