Comically Conical – Door Knob Concepts
I was looong wondering if there’s a good way to let one notice if the door is to push or pull only with the shape of a normal (round/tulip shaped) doorknob. Thinking of a good knob design for pushing is not so difficult but in most cases the shape is also good for pulling and vice versa.
So I thought differently; it might work if I can find a shape that makes it HARD to push/pull. Then a user instinctively notice which way the door should open. (Not sure if this has already been used.)
The above knob is for pulling. It a little hard to turn this knob and push.
Likewise the above knob makes it a little hard to turn and pull.
There are times when you have to push a pull-door and pull a push-door, such as when you release a door stopped with a door-stopper, so I made it “a little” hard to push/pull. Will these doorknobs help many people you think?
For manufacturers, please contact me for development.
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Sketches
Before going to a new item, I dug a few sketches from my Moleskine.
a bookshelf made of a single wooden board
a desk made of a single wooden board
Mitsubishi and two other Japanese firms invented this foliage plant-like solar cell module by using organic thin-film solar cells. I thought it would be nice if there’s something good to look at and environmentally friendly in your room like this.
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Desktop Clock
Sorry for the slow update. I have so many ideas scribbled in my Moleskine, but these days I just haven’t had enough time to have them rendered to introduce here. I’ll make a few posts about some future digital gadgets from next time.
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Future of Mobile Search: Virtual Shopping #1
I’m pretty sure companies like Ikea would quickly start to use this device this way if it became really available.
Also visit the later series of this gadget.
Part1:”Future of Internet Search: Mobile version”
Part2:”Future of Mobile Internet Search: Applications”
Part3:”Look at What You Don’t See Through Glass”
Part4:”Future of Mobile Search for Diet”
Part5:”Future of Mobile Search- Search Beyond Time”
Part6:”Future of Mobile Search- Power of Visualization”
Part8:”Speech Balloons for the Hearing-Impaired”
See also the iPhone version of this concept.
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Solar Battery + Room Lamp
Again I have absolutely no idea on how this would work, but it would be nice if there were a lamp which also works as a solar panel.
My idea is a half-spherical shape with two holes like these:
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Table Puzzle
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