vrata by benjamin rancic from slovenia
designer's own words:
VRATA = Very Responsive Answer To Arrival (a.k.a. door)
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An average person usually encounters several doors each day. However not all stay in our memory. This is why we developed the VRATA door - due to it's simple yet effective electro-mechanical mechanism, it lets the user know he's THERE. Whether THERE is a law firm office, a night club or a domestic toilet door is irrelevant. The point is, the VRATA door responds to it's own motion. And makes the user aware of them.
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The whole concept is quite simple: the motion of the door is captured via the hinges, multiplied by a simple mechanism and then turned into electric energy via a common electric generator. The electricity is then used to light up LED diodes concealed in the door itself, which, through optic fibres, light up the whole door.
Both the mechanism and the generator are concealed in the door frame.
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The greatest asset of the VRATA door is it's self-containment - it doesn't need any external power supply, it doesn't need battery replacements and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to make them work. Just push. They'll respond.
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