Door Handle Design
Human-centered & Product Design, SCAD, 2012
What is door handle?
Basic Function
• Door knobs can be difficult for the young and elderly to operate.
Extra functions
• Add extra dailyfunctions onto door handles.
Privacy
• NOT necessary in interior space.
Forms
Issues
• People prefer to push than pull a door, but sometimes there are NO obvious signifier.
• This door handle is in the shape of a “J”, thereby allowing a person to open a door with their closed fist or
wrist.
Concepts
Sketches
Final Foam Models
• Focus on hands fitting.
• The light on the inside makes people find the handle in dark easily.
• The light on the outside one shows the status of lock. RED: locked; GREEN: unlocked
• The handle can be rotated in any angle according to your own custom.
• Additionally, it can be rotated to hide the pulling-hole when locked.
