orbital

orbital by martha iordani from greece

designer's own words:

the handle door uses commonly marketed mechanical parts. the vertical part of the lever that mounts on the mechanism is a flat base with two round sides. each side has the same center but different radius. the inner side with the large radius draws a cycle with the same radius as the rose plate. by turning the handle it moves on the orbit of the rosette. it has a gentle touch and a gentle move.
the thickness of the rosette is designed to be 10mm but if the mounting plate is thinner then the rose plate could be manufactured 7mm thick.

front view

orbital_left.jpg left side view

orbital_right.jpg right side view

orbital_plans.jpg plan and elevation

orbital_plans_side.jpg left side elevation