Gunes 도어 핸들 by Elif Gunes is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 철상 in 가구 액세서리, 하드웨어 및 소재 디자인 Competition Category.

철가구 액세서리· 2020

Gunes 도어 핸들

by Elif Gunes

Client: Atılım University

A' Design Award 철상 Winner in 가구 액세서리 Category

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The Design

About Gunes 도어 핸들

Gunes는 실내용 도어를 위해 디자인된 도어 핸들이다. 이 핸들은 열쇠 없이 문을 잠글 수 있다. 사용자가 빛나는 원형 부분을 잡고 오른쪽 또는 왼쪽으로 돌리면 된다. 빨간색 불빛은 잠김 상태를, 초록색 불빛은 열림 상태를 나타낸다. 본체는 브러시드 질감으로 마감한 다이캐스트 알루미늄으로 제작되었으며, 인테리어에 어울리도록 색상을 적용할 수 있다. 하나의 중심에서 퍼져 나가는 원형의 선들은 돌리는 동작을 상징한다. 전체 폭은 180mm이며, 빛나는 원의 지름은 60mm이다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 철상

Gunes 도어 핸들, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 철상 수상작으로, 잘 디자인된 창작물에 기대되는 전문적·산업적 요건을 충족하는 좋은 디자인에 수여되는 권위 있는 인정입니다. 철상 수상작은 창작자의 뛰어난 기술, 높은 전문성, 전문가다운 이해, 창의적 역량을 보여 줍니다. Gunes 도어 핸들, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 창작물로서 실용적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 철상 수상 디자인은 업계 모범 사례를 통합하며 노하우와 재능으로 연결된 유능한 기술적 특성을 갖추고 있습니다. Gunes 도어 핸들, 이 작품은 철저함으로 존중받으며 삶의 질을 개선하여 세상을 더 나은 곳으로 만들도록 디자인되었습니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

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.
Dimensions & Packaging: Total width 180mm * 55mm * Height from floor to center 110mm. The diameter of the circle in the lock system is 60mm. The radius of the semicircle that forms the base of the fixture is 15 cm. For the colored lights that make up the lock system, there is a battery socket right inside the full circle.
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.
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 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.
Team Members: Elif Gunes