‘denver’ door handle by daniel libeskind
today, at made expo 2010 in milan, the prominent italian manufacturer olivari presented a new door handle designed by architect daniel libeskind. libeskind is used to creating big budget projects such as the art museum in denver with large-scale walls and doors. these are his design signatures, meant to evoke surprise in the people who visit his buildings. so, his fans might be truly surprised that the architect is looking to remake objects on a tinier scale, including light fixtures, bathtubs, and doorknobs, for a variety of european manufacturers. regarding olivari’s new door handle he says: ‘I believe people want a ‘wow’ experience in their lives, not just when they visit a museum.’
‘denver’ door handle
art museum – denver designed by daniel libeskind
architect daniel libeskind image courtesy of olivari
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more commentsI read that Libeskind’s design for the building leaked for three years and the galleries were so badly designed people hit their heads off tilted walls. So, I ask myself, why would you take the inspiration for the door handle from a building which is itself extremely badly designed?
Sorry Danny Boy, did you say “wow factor”??? This lame effort has absolutely ZERO “wow” factor.
Too severe and totally unappealing. It’s like a bad student work. There is no depth to the form or else there was no real idea behind it.
Libeskind has one gimmicky idea about wedge shaped forms. Unfortunately it is not a very good idea for tactile items like handles. But it is an even worse idea for buildings.
At RISD (Rhode Island School of Design), this would get a FAIL grade as a first year project. It’s just a quick knee-jerk reaction to the shape of the building. There was no attempt to do anything other than scale down the size to that of a doorknob. There was no refinement appropriate to the use or human touch.
This looks like it was designed and detailed in less than three minutes.