Problems stimulate creative thinking and eventually, there are solutions to those problems. But do they always work? Design changes and adapts according to the environment and nowadays life. I notice that design adjusts because of the health crisis that is happening now. In this regard, I read an article about an invention of handle hacks for hands-free door opening. 3D technology had been used by a Belgium inventor to create a 3D printed door opener that helps people open and close doors with their arm, without direct touching the handles. This invention has been provoked by the fast-spreading of Coronavirus and the fact that it can be spread easily through door handles. Thety device can be easily fixed to the original door handle.
The company that produces the handles realized that a lot of people can benefit from it so that they decided to make it available for free. And anyone who has access to a 3D printer can download the design and print it.
But is this idea going to work and reduce the spread of viruses? Let's imagine that people are using the handles. How can you be sure that they are using them the right way? What if someone accidentally touches the handle and spreads or gets infected? These questions remain unanswered until those problems get solved. New antibacterial innovative materials could even be invented to prevent contagion. Changes could be made to different designs. Especially, in the field of commercial design where a lot of people are involved, use facilities, use different types of transportation, interact with each other and make those places favorable for viruses and bacterial development. Reading that article really made me think of how some simple things with designs that were the same for years could be changed in the future in order to adapt to a specific situation. It also changed my outlook on how design could look and contributed to my design approaches in my future projects.
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