without handle

hands on door handles

without handle

by gian piero giovannini from italy

designer's own words:

without handle is a new lift & slide opening system. it's designed to improve doors opening and closing. the traditional lift & slide system forces user to do an unnatural movement. most of the times people are not able to open these kind of doors [it's difficult to understand in which direction the handle shall rotate to lift the door + a not firm handle, rotating in the direction of the sliding movement, is not suitable to move a heavy door].
without handle let you rotate the handle in the only right direction towards you, and not in the direction of the sliding movement, opening the door easier.

lift & slide

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lift, lower, lift again & slide

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without lift & slide system

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what’s different?

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without handle

lift.swf
door lifting

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