For its collaboration with Italian hardware company Valli & Valli, SOM designed a simple, elegant door handle that provides a visual clue to the overall design. The shape of the handle is a single bold stroke that implies the motion required to operate it. The twisting shape morphs from a cylinder to an ellipse to comfortably accommodate the hand while announcing the function.

Project Facts

Completion Year: 2005

Project Awards

2007 • Chicago Athenaeum • International Industrial and Graphic Design Award: Good Design, Hardware
2007 • Interior Design • Best of Year: Designers' Choice, Hardware
2007 • Spark Awards • Product/Industrial Design Category: Silver Award