functional objects
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functional objects
sculpture
video
all assets and photography are my productions unless otherwise credited
sincerely, ra
archive
shop
ABOUT + CONTACT
In the 1920s the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein designed a handle to accommodate the mullions in his sister’s home. To this day, a lever with an offset in the beginning of the handle grip – to avoid the hand getting caught between the hardware and the door frame – is the most common solution to narrow stile doors.
Accurate’s narrow stile door lever offered a function-first solution to the problem of insufficient hand space, with little mind to aesthetics.
The end product was noticeably a makeshift modification of an earlier design, at the expense of visual coherence. I resdesigned the lever so every part played a harmonious role. Offset to tip form an organic whole.
Photographs and machine drawings of the three final lever designs
The production of these levers faced a challenge from the curvature and limitation of CNC machining. Working alongside engineers and machinists, we found the most efficient way to drill them from a solid block of aluminium, leaving support material that would later be refined down from all angles.
currently in production