spiral door handle by yichi zhang from china
designer's own words:
the spiral door handle is made of a long slim and flat shape. it forms two ridges in the front part and a downward oblique wide surface in the back part. you can put your thumb in the valley between the two ridges, and grip one of the ridges which is in the right by your thumb and fore finger, then you can wrap the back part of the door handle with the other four fingers except your thumb.
the shape of the door handle is swept by a flat ellipse along two rails which forms the outline of the shape. this door handle is designed according to ergonomics and shaped rational by digital computer technology.
the mateiral chosen for this door handle is matt stainless steel or satin brass.
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