Gunes

Door Handle for Atılım University

In today's world where products designed with technology are preferred, it is inevitable to associate technology with built-in products. Now, technology-friendly products create a warmer and welcoming feeling compared to the past. By this door handle design, besides providing a hightech identity to the doors as a part of a built environment, the door is locked by simply turning the illuminated circle without using a key with an ergonomic lock system. The light provided by the apparatus, it is understood whether the door is locked. The color of the light gives the design an aesthetic appearance.

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Unique Properties

This door handle design offers a blend of ergonomic, innovative, aesthetic and high-tech design approaches. Unlike traditional door locking systems, it is a fixture with an ergonomic locking system supported by colored light without using keys. To open or lock the door, it is enough just to grasp the illuminated circle by hand and turn it to the right or left. The design is formed by circular lines that refer to this turning action and are distributed from a single center.

Tags

Door handle, Technology, Ergonomics, Innovative design, Built environment, Furniture accessory

Production Technology

Die casting aluminum for door handle body with brushed texture and can be dyed to any color according to personal preferences. In this way it offers different user experiences and allows personalization. Thus, it can become a part of interior environment with the shaping of the user where she lives in. This design uses the universally accepted red led light color to indicate the locked state and green led light color to indicate the unlocked state.

Design Challenge

The big challenge of the design was to design a door handle as a built-in fixture with a high-tech visual properties that reflects the innovative design approach used in daily products such as telephone, music listening devices. In addition, it is critical to design a door handle system that locked without using a key by just turning a circular piece that informing the user with colored light.

Project Duration

The idea of designing the project started in December 2019 in Ankara, Turkey.

Operation Flow

This door handle design allows user an ergonomic use of a lock door system. The door the door is locked by simply turning the illuminated circle without using a key. By the light provided with the apparatus, it is understood whether the door is locked or not. This design uses the universally accepted red led light color to indicate the locked state and green led light color to indicate the unlocked state.

Research

Today, compared to past, technology-friendly products perceived warmer and more welcoming feeling. This door handle provides a high-tech, innovative and aesthetic visual approach to a built-in. Without using a key, the door is locked by a simple turning movement of an illuminated circle and color of the light give clue whether the door is locked. Red led light color used to indicate the locked state and green led light color to indicate the unlocked state in line with the universal acceptance.

Inspiration

Nowadays, the technological equipment of almost every product we use frequently in our daily lives increases. The inspiration was come out with the idea that not only portable devices designed with technological approach but also the possibility of designing a built in element fixture of the environment we live in can have an innovative and user-friendly effect.Designing a door handle to give a new identity to the use of the doors and make it a part of built environment is the basic inspiration

Project Overview

Gunes Door Handle has been a Iron winner in the Furniture Accessories, Hardware and Materials Design award category in the year 2019 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.

Image Credits

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Iron Recognition

Elif Günes was recognized with the coveted Iron A' Design Award in 2020, a testament to excellence of their work Gunes Door Handle.

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