Natura ドアハンドル by Bulent Unal is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in 家具アクセサリー・金物・素材デザイン Competition Category.

鉄家具アクセサリー· 2021

Natura ドアハンドル

by Bulent Unal

Client: Atılım University

A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in 家具アクセサリー Category

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The Design

About Natura ドアハンドル

このデザインはドアハンドルです。天然石は人々を美しくする貴重な自然素材であるだけでなく、装飾品などの小物としての用途を超えて、空間に組み込まれた機能的要素として活用できると考えられています。本製品はゴムコーティングを施した金属素材で構成されています。ゴム素材には滑り止めのためのテクスチャ加工が施されています。全体寸法は幅180mm×55mm、床面から中心部までの高さ1100mmです。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鉄賞

Natura ドアハンドルは、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Natura ドアハンドルは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Natura ドアハンドルは、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Although the door handle is not seen as a very important part of the space, it is actually a part of an important surface that provides the transition between spaces and serves as a showcase. It can be an important decision of the design to give the interior an identity by showing its own identity as valuable. At this point, giving the door handle a value like a jewel by making special decisions for its material is the most unique feature of this design.
Dimensions & Packaging: Total width 180mm x 55mm x Height from floor to center 1100mm. It is planned to offer door handles in different colors and natural stones in different options, individually packaged. The user will create her own design by choosing the natural stone she wants and prefers to place it in the space on the door handle
Tags: Door handle, Ergonomics, Natural and Innovative design, Built environment, Furniture accessory, Nature, Natural Stone
Production Technology: Door handle of the product consists of rubber coated metal material. There is a texture on the rubber material to prevent slipping. There is also a circular opening in the door handle. To settle in the circular space, natural stone will be used, which will give a more valuable identity on the door handle. In this way, the door handle will both integrate with nature and offers different user experiences and allows personalization. Thus, it can become a part of interior environment.
Design Challenge: The most important challenge of the design is making the door handle one of the most striking pieces in the space like a jewel by using special natural stones.
Research: Today, bringing nature and design together is an important approach. Especially doing this in unexpected parts makes an even more valuable contribution to the design. With this design the door handle which is in the background of the space and product design, associates with nature and making it one of the most remarkable parts of the space with the use of natural stone. This approach gives the door handle a jewel identity.
Inspiration: Natural stone is not only a valuable piece of nature that beautifies people. At the same time, it is thought that it can be made a built-in part of the space, apart from being used with trinkets such as ornaments. Making the door handle, which is the most visible and communicating part of the surfaces that is the transition showcase function of the spaces, more valuable like a jewel with the use of natural stone and indirectly adding meaning to the space creates inspiration.
Project Duration: The idea of designing the project Natura created in December 2020.
Operation Flow: It present and elementary function of a handle. The overall dimension is adapted to the human motion sequences and ergonomic.
Team Members: Bülent Ünal
Image Credits: Image #1: 3D Visualization Bulent Unal, 2020.
Image #2: 3D Visualization Bulent Unal, 2020.
Image #3: 3D Visualization Bulent Unal, 2020.
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Image #5: 3D Visualization Bulent Unal, 2020.