Finding your way to the door in the darkness of night can range from frustrating to downright dangerous, depending on the situation. The LEDoorHandle, designed by Kun-hee Kim, Kei Shimizu and Nguyen-vu Dang, helps solve that problem with an innovative light up door handle.
The team won a 2011 Spark Award for their light up handle that can be removed and used as a flashlight in an emergency situation.
To learn more, check out the product page at Yanko Design
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Interesting! Although I do think in an emergency, I'd like to find handles on doors, not spaces where someone else has taken the handle.
Good point. Someone takes the handle away and it makes a bit more complicated to enter the room later.
That is a cool design, very thoughtful, I can imagine putting them on the bedroom doors (for use in the event of an emergency) and the bathroom door (to help guests find their way in the dark!).
I could see some benefit to this in hallways and basements in homes. It would also be great in office buildings in cases of power outages. I want these. Now.
Ditto to ATARICHILD. It seems like they could vastly improve the design by:
- Leaving enough handle to keep the door functional after the light has been removed. Are there accessibility regulations on this in public buildings?
- Including a setting so that the light only comes on in an emergency (I see this as being a great way to guide people out of their rooms in a nighttime hotel emergency, but I'd hate to have a bright nightlight constantly on in my room).
Although, if remote controls tend to go missing in hotels, I imagine there would be a high cost involved in replacing these when they inevitably disappear from rooms.
Atarichild,
Hilarious, I think their award will be revoked now.
First one to the door lives!