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Why doors?
Why doors?
We use doors everyday. They are great exampels of flawless (and sometimes flawed) design. The doors we forget interacting with have done their job the best -- integrating flawlessly into their environment. Similarly the doors we remember good examples of bad design, usually because they are confusing or irritating.
Design Constraints on a Door
- To seperate spaces
- To grant access
- To direct people
- Follow specified rules and regulations (ADA, fire emergency, etc.)
Following these design constraints designers can designs doors as they see fit. However, their poor design decisions affect hundred of people everyday. There are also characteristics we see in well designed doors:
Design Characteristics of Well Designed Doors
- Self Explanatory
- Easy to use
- Directs people with a purpose
These design characteristics also go beyond doors -- they're techniques that can be used designing anything with human interaction. When looking at doors around campus these are the characteristics I looked at to tell me why the door or entryway was designed poorly
Examples in the Real World
Poorly designed doors are talked about so much they have their own name: Norman Doors. Here are some examples of poorly designed doors (Norman Doors) I found online:
