Re:Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've ever used?
by amarshall on Friday November 26, 2021 @10:38PM
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Perhaps ironically, the opposite door design (one where it’s not clear whether to push or pull) is thusly called a Norman Door [1]. The term is sometimes applied more generically beyond doors.
Re:Ask HN: What are the best-designed things you've ever used?
by ctack on Saturday November 27, 2021 @01:03AM
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I’m guessing the vox office featured door has that bar because a flat metal plate wouldn’t seem right applied to glass? Going without the plate the glass would get dirty.
[1]: https://99percentinvisible.org/article/norman-doors-dont-kno...