Have you noticed how ugly the seats of public transport are?

Surely yes. Surely, you've ever entered a bus, a subway, a train ... you've seen the ugly design of the seats. But, why are they so ugly?

Here we have the 4 main excuses:

1: Seating fabrics must pass many tests. They must pass tests of resistance for years, they must be able to clean the stains, they must be fire retardant and not absorb the smoke. This greatly limits the design.

2: Creating a good design is very expensive, and since it is public, you do not have much budget. To make a good design you will need many people and 2 years of work.

3: The fabrics of the buses must last many years, about 15 years on average. In this time the fashions change a lot, for this reason they cannot be done for a fashion.

4: Finally, they say that people do not pay attention to this either, that it is something very basic and that nobody really stops to look it.

http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160804-why-are-trains-seats-so-hideous