Robby Cantarutti · CLIENT: Fimet Maniglie
Punto is a door handle designed for everyday doors. The form of Punto comes from research into historical handles and their shapes. The proportions follow a constant ratio of one to two, and this relation links all the geometries of the handle. Punto measures 150 by 60 by 50 millimetres. The handle is made by die casting in aluminium or in brass. Aluminium versions are powder coated, while brass versions are polished or chromed. The simplified shape helps the user read at once how the door is opened.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- the form of the handle in addition to being inspired by the "type" of the handle highlights a very important formal relationship, the geometries and the relationship between the parties are always like ½. the result is unique is almost a mathematical function where with this resulting form the elements that generate it can only be used. report 1/2 has given a good inspiration
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 150 60 50 mm
- Tags
- simplification of the handle of a door
- Production Technology
- the handle is made in die-cast aluminum or brass molding, in the case of aluminum it is powder coated and enl brass case is cleaned / polished or chrome
- Design Challenge
- a good result of the project is when the reading by the user is clear, for example a handle must read itself as an object that opens the door and it must be clear how it works. the simplification elaborated on this topic has in my opinion had a very good result
- Project Duration
- the project had a duration of a year and the research is developed on the formal history research of the handmade object
- Operation Flow
- elementary function of a handle
- Research
- my design language is based on the search for the essential and in this case the objective has been centered
- Inspiration
- the punto handle comes from a very apprfonded research on historical handles and their shapes.
many handles have been analyzed which have had a big formal significance within the development of this item and after attentive sedimentation and overlapping of such shapes i have been able to take the shape of the point.
this handle seems always existed in his being and it is just this the goal i was looking for: obtaining a classic form not starting from the classic but from development and a game o - Image Credits
- orazio pugliese
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