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	<title>Johnny Holland &#187; ergonomics</title>
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		<title>Mac’s petit inventions: Push or Pull</title>
		<link>http://johnnyholland.org/2010/07/mac%e2%80%99s-petit-inventions-push-or-pull/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mac Funamizu</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[door knob]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doorknob concepts]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="220" height="160" src="http://johnnyholland.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/mac-knobs.jpg" class="attachment-index-categories wp-post-image" alt="mac-knobs" title="mac-knobs" /><p>Who has never pulled a push door? Or pushed a door that is supposed to be pulled to open? If it is a basic knob, it&#8217;s hard to know which way it opens.<span id="more-8104"></span>So how about changing the shape of a doorknob to add small constraints on the push/pull actions so that a user can easily notice how to open the door? (I said &#8220;small constraints&#8221; because there are times when you have to pull a push door and push a pull door, such as when the door is stopped with a door-stopper.) This would be my solution:</p>
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