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The book makes you question the sanity of a world that even gets the design of doors wrong.
by arkitaip 4y ago
The book makes you question the sanity of a world that even gets the design of doors wrong.
- NKosmatos 4y agoA "Norman door" is a poorly designed door that confuses or fails to give you an idea whether to push, pull or slide. https://99percentinvisible.org/article/norman-doors-dont-know-whether-push-pull-blame-design/ https://99percentinvisible.org/article/norman-doors-dont-kno...
- nibbleshifter 4y agoA couple of years ago at a very nice wine bar in Berlin I accidentally pulled a sliding door completely off its tracks due to it being impossible to work out how it was meant to open - it had a handle that I assumed you pulled on. Luckily, I wasn't the first (or probably last) person to make that error.
- shard 4y agoDoes that concept have a name now? That reminds me of this Japanese comedy sketch about doors: https://youtu.be/nq-2USGVoEE https://youtu.be/nq-2USGVoEE
- the_af 4y agoThe name of the concept is based on the name of the author of "The Design of Everyday Things", Don Norman. This kind of door is what spurred him to write the book, or so it's argued!