Triangle design on bulkhead walls is missing a bunch of triangles
 

OK, I've been meaning to ask this for years but keep forgetting.

What the heck is the design on the bulkhead walls supposed to be? It appears to be a completely random assortment of various colored triangles. There is no design or logic that I can see to it, and the few stragglers that are not connected to the rest of the design really annoy me (sorry, I guess I'm OCD or something!). To me, it looks like there was a real design on the walls at one time but that, over the years, some of the triangles fell off and left the current half-baked design--except that it's been the same design since the 734s were new, so that can't be the issue!

I did notice that on the 738 ETOPS we took OGG-SEA, the bulkhead was a much cleaner (though semi-hospital-sterile) laminate design rather than the random-triangle cloth design. (Interestingly, the ETOPS 738 we took to OGG had the older one--were all the ETOPS '38s new, or did they ETOPS-certify some of the older ones?)

Just something that's always bugged me...

...or people pull them off. I think its supposed to be abstract/corporate art.

Triangular lips!

They've been staring at me for a long time - never puckered up to 'em yet - but maybe sometime soon ....... :D

random foot massagers...

I had a tipsy lady next to me in bulkhead once from SFO-SEA who got into a long discussion about the pattern. It really seems to attract the attention of the inebriated (no offense jackal). It made for a loooong flight for me.

Wonder if the FA will give me one as a souvenir?

The carpeted walls are just a design (I personally don't know where it originated) but it's all carpet cut at different lengths to create the raised designs.

There's nothing 'attached' or 'removable'.

On a side note... Valveman, considering all of the bare feet that have been on the walls courtesy of the bulkhead row passengers, well... *I* certainly wouldn't recommend your idea... :eek: EEEW!

lol

Related bulkhead question. Has anyone else noticed that AlaskaAir spells "Flotation" and Horizon spells "Floatation"--as in your seat may be used as a flotation device. These little plaques are mounted to the carpeted bulkhead.
And, when they(who ever that is) put cartoon stickers on the insides of the overhead bin door, they placed them at 1-C stating that you should not be hog and to store one piece of luggage below your feet--certainly not what they announce and safety check when you are in the bulkhead looking at that wonderfully designed carpeted wall with triangles. I will admitt to counting the number of complete triangles--sometimes I've seen all the movies on the digeplayer.
Just a couple little quirky things that let you know Alaska Airlines is still human.

Must be those wacky Canadians.

Don't be spreading rumours about my people, eh?! ;)

Fly one of those last MD80 flights this weekend and help yourself to a triangle.

A friend of mine was on the design team of the outside vendor that was tasked with coming up with the new interiors, china, cutlery, etc back then. I told him I thought an Northwest Indian basketweave motif would be cool as my parents had a collection of baskets. When they came out with the new look he claimed to not remember where they got the idea. After all these years I finally get a little credit! LOL

You don't see the basketweave motif being used on newer service items but the FC silverware, older plates, bulkheads and seats still have that theme. We're not ordering the woven bulkhead carpeting anymore....I heard it was $5000 per piece for the FC divider and walls in front of row 1. Twenty grand but they looked beautiful and was sad to see them not on the new a/c!

The new look I've been seeing lately on tray liners and napkins is in the style of the Kwakiutl tribe of British Columbia with a stylized bird...possibly a raven.
Looks very classy IMHO.

Hope you didn't take my OP as an insult, HiFlyerAS! The design itself isn't bad--it sort of does look like a basketweave motif (and that thought did occur to me). What bothers me is the straggling triangles out at the edges that are not connected to the rest of the design. It makes it look like some have fallen off...which makes the plane feel old and poorly-maintained, even though I know it's not!

It's true that some of them can be looking a little tattered. There's gold thread in them that always seem to work it's way out first. Maybe maintenance should carry one of those sweater fuzz shavers! ;-)

.... I see. Point .... er 'Triangle' well taken! :D

I remember when the AS aircraft showed up with that new interior sometime in the early 90s. The MD-80s still have the same bulkhead patterns and the coach seat upholstery with the intricate geometric designs. I always liked it.

The 737 fleet now all feature the leather seats, which are OK, except I don't like how the coach seats alternate between two-tone grey and two-tone blue. The grey upholstery shows dirt and scuff marks like crazy---bad decision, AS! Patterned seats/carpeting however show much less dirt.