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ICONVincent Van Duysen 2018M254BThe handle has an essential, neutral aesthetic and functions as a sort of 'passe-partout', with a touch of memory but at the same time contemporary and modern...

Gio PontiM106BIn his long and productive collaboration with Olivari, Ponti focused on two types of approach to the design of handles. One was more organic, where the lever is offered to the hand’s grip as a sinuously modelled element. The other was inspired by geometric clarity, according to which t..

Sapper’s design for the Laser door handle is emblematic of the industrial-design approach that was typical during the golden era of the Milanese maestri. The work was based on the progressive refinement of many models that were fine-tuned, balanced and shaped until a satisfactory result was obtained..

RAFFAELLAStudio Olivari 1975M128Discreet and elegant presence. It has become a classic, a cult in the panorama of handles. Designed by the Technical Office, it is used both in modern homes and in offices and work environments...

The handle on a door needs to be simple and elementary, easy to use and immediately comprehensible.For this project with Olivari, Dominique Perrault wanted to create shapes that were reduced to minimum terms: a line drawn in space...

How to design a handle for a firm of such stature? I started making sketches, but kept them to myself. In the beginning, they were strange ideas, and looking at them, I wondered if I really wanted to produce a handle like that. To tell the truth, no. Maybe the handle does not always have to play the..

LOTUSJavier Lopez 2014M238BAs a young designer, I introduced myself to the Olivari brothers by proposing a handle so minimal, it almost disappeared, the idea won them over immediately, and they enthusiastically lent their support to develop it...

LOTUSJavier Lopez 2014M238BAs a young designer, I introduced myself to the Olivari brothers by proposing a handle so minimal, it almost disappeared, the idea won them over immediately, and they enthusiastically lent their support to develop it...

My intention for the Lucy handle was to create a lightweight, basic handle with a groove running over the full length of the lever to give it personality and pure, graphic lines. Patricia Urquiola..

The door handle Lugano was born from a project for an entrepreneur friend’s house, for which I wanted to create a new model, with character and “custom-made”.Carlo Colombo..

Marbella was born from the research to integrate two curves - the upper, taut, the lower, wider and softer - with the aim of reconciling the aesthetic aspect with ergonomics. The effect is a gentle and pleasant balance...

MILANAntonio Citterio 2019M259BI like the 'supporting' handles. Milano is designed as a timeless handle, an evergreen.Antonio Citterio..

Antonio Citterio 2019M260BI like the 'supporting' handles. Milano is conceived as a timeless handle, an evergreen.Antonio Citterio..

Minerva is one of the first models to result from Olivari’s programmatic study of pure geometric forms. The rectangular section of the grip combines comfortable grasping with slim, linear elegance...

NINADaniel Libeskind 2012M234The Nina handle temporally follows the Denver project and, although not with the same force, it too plays on slight misalignments, oblique lines and unexpected cuts. It is a handle that I would define as "feminine", compared to Denver, which seems to me to have a "mascul..

NOVELLANicola Novelletto 1996Novella is a round rosette handle in nylon designed by Nicola Novelletto in collaboration with Roberto Volonterio, designer and founder of MAS Engineering..

OKAYMichael Anastassiades 2022M262BOkay plays on recurring geometric shapes throughout Michael Anastassiades' work. The tear point defines the level on which to place the palm while the curvature creates a softer manipulation, necessary during the operation of the object: a fusion of form and functi..

ONDANicola Novelletto 1998M175In the case of Onda, the research was purely ergonomic: an exploration of the movements that the hand makes, the pressures it exerts, the movements it carries out, its physicality. The balance between classicism and modernity should not be surprising since the human han..

OPENRem Koolhaas 2015M249BRem Koolhaas, invited to design an innovative handle, gave, with his OMA collaborators, a "conceptual" answer starting from the breakdown of the handle into its primary functional elements: the hub and the lever. For both, he chose to reduce the use of the material to the s..

PADDLEBarber Osgerby 2022M264BThe original Paddle prototype was developed starting from the observation that door handles are more often pushed down with the palm of the hand than with the grip. Based on this intuition, a form has evolved in which the upper contact area is increased...

PLANET BLuca Casini 2010The Planet was born at a time when the squared handle model had not yet appeared on the market as a protagonist. I was attracted by the idea of creating a linear and seemingly sharp-edged handle that in reality felt soft to the grip, with imperceptibly curved surfaces and an ..

The Planet was born at a time when the squared handle model had not yet appeared on the market as a protagonist. I was attracted by the idea of creating a linear and seemingly sharp-edged handle that in reality felt soft to the grip, with imperceptibly curved surfaces and an ideal proportion of volu..

“Nomina sunt consequentia rerum” names reveal the essence of things. In this case the name identifies already the intention of the project. PLUME is a simple, slim and essential handle, the archetype of the handle as ideal...

Bonetto was a self-taught designer with a love of jazz and playing the drums. He expressed his style in a countless number of objects, including machine tools, household appliances, alarm clocks, telephones, calculators, ski boots and surgical lasers. One of his particular fields of interest was the..