It's not you. Bad doors are everywhere.

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  • @frze5386
    @frze5386 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12066

    What about bathroom doors that need you to pull to get out after washing your hands?!

    • @bri5033
      @bri5033 5 ปีที่แล้ว +243

      Elbows exist...

    • @bri5033
      @bri5033 5 ปีที่แล้ว +424

      Also you could just grab a piece of toilet paper and use that to open the door

    • @carrrut
      @carrrut 5 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      I like the ones with the sanitary arm handle

    • @robertwoodpa6463
      @robertwoodpa6463 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yes really!

    • @prajwalrandive9446
      @prajwalrandive9446 5 ปีที่แล้ว +361

      Why won't u just make a push door

  • @Ronenlahat
    @Ronenlahat 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8381

    They called the wrongly designed door after the designer who called upon improving them?

    • @Vox
      @Vox  8 ปีที่แล้ว +1833

      It's an irony Don actually kind of enjoys

    • @FMFvideos
      @FMFvideos 8 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      +Ronenlahat Isn't ironic, don't you think?

    • @janeackerman387
      @janeackerman387 8 ปีที่แล้ว +343

      +Vox How a-door-able!

    • @edenelegiac
      @edenelegiac 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Loveis Rosp More like Love Is WRONG!

    • @dracocrusher
      @dracocrusher 8 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      +Ronenlahat
      Makes sense to me. If you discover something, they name the principle after you. So if you discover how something is wrong then they would name the principle after the guy who discovered it was wrong even though they're trying to spread the word on which way is right.

  • @devonopdendries7722
    @devonopdendries7722 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5212

    My biggest pet peeve with doors is when there's TWO doors together and one of them is locked. They often leave a stupid sign that says "Use other door" I see so many business that do this and it drives me crazy and it makes no sense why they do this. ..especially when it's not immediately obvious which door is locked.

    • @videoguy640
      @videoguy640 5 ปีที่แล้ว +281

      YES! What is the purpose of this? ARRRRGG. I have seen like 6 doors in a row, where only one is unlocked. C'mon!

    • @crystalwolcott4744
      @crystalwolcott4744 5 ปีที่แล้ว +408

      Exactly! Like why even build a double door if you're just going to be to last to unlock it. I Worked at a movie theater where I was the only person who would unlock both. There was no rule saying we had to leave one locked. Complete laziness.

    • @denaamisdaan
      @denaamisdaan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      Devon Opden Dries The cinema in my city does this. Reason was the wind. If you would open 1 side of the door the hard winds would sweep you out and the door would smash against the wall.

    • @DonTHEhandsome1
      @DonTHEhandsome1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Its double doors especially in the movie theater because incase of an emergency it allows safe exit for the amount of people of people in the room at a reasonable time.

    • @edwink1467
      @edwink1467 5 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      DonTHEhandsome1 But it’s pointless when one is locked.

  • @DavidMoore-dm3dj
    @DavidMoore-dm3dj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1201

    he seemed like such a nice guy, I was relieved to eventually understand he did not invent terrible doors

    • @gamerguy-dq5sf
      @gamerguy-dq5sf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      I also thought he was the one who designed bad doors.

    • @Slowcarfastbeans
      @Slowcarfastbeans ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought he did not design good doors and that people really are stupider than we imagined.

    • @Milesco
      @Milesco ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah, if I were Don Norman, I'm not sure I'd want a badly designed door to be called a "Norman door".

    • @thatscheckmate
      @thatscheckmate ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ikr

  • @TheMonyarm
    @TheMonyarm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5209

    You know what confuses me ? Doors that both push and pull, but have a sign on them that says push or pull.

    • @svenskaolivya2029
      @svenskaolivya2029 5 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      Probably broke or forced to turning to the other way because people did it wrong so many times

    • @DacStudiosEntertainment
      @DacStudiosEntertainment 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      TheMonyarm it dosent
      On one side you push
      On the other you pull

    • @eurielrabano5732
      @eurielrabano5732 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Or when only one of the two doors open

    • @edwink1467
      @edwink1467 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      DAC Studios No, I have encountered many doors that have a sign that says “push” or “pull,” but they in fact work in both directions.

    • @archiebellega956
      @archiebellega956 5 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Those are mostly to control the flow, so people who comes inside will take one side, and the one who comes out takes the other, assuming that everyone pushes them. However the door is still two way because sometimes they need to put inside/remove a big object, where you often couldn't pull the door, so the door should be pushable from both side to move the object.

  • @iivv_nn
    @iivv_nn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3446

    stop putting handles on push doors!
    And make bothroom doors push to exit so I don;t have to grab the handle to exit

    • @rileyleal
      @rileyleal 8 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      this, so many places don't seem to understand how much better than would be

    • @madviolentchicken
      @madviolentchicken 8 ปีที่แล้ว +251

      The issue with push doors exiting bathrooms is they tend to open onto corridors and the like. You don't want a door swinging suddenly into people's paths. They typically open into a room, out of a corridor. (Or that's my logic on it, I'm no designer)

    • @yami7339
      @yami7339 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ai van publix grocery store's bathrooms are like that

    • @ScienceVids007
      @ScienceVids007 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      You would still get germs on your hands because you're still touching something, plus since doors like that are push to open there's also a possibility of hitting someone in the face or you get the same thing done to you. 😂 js.

    • @AnonYmous-po7hg
      @AnonYmous-po7hg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Science Vids you can push it without ur hands buddy

  • @liv6954
    @liv6954 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11835

    when it looks like a push door
    *but its a slide door*

    • @じゅげむ-s6b
      @じゅげむ-s6b 5 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      like that episode of prison school?

    • @zuiwoshachang
      @zuiwoshachang 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Like this?
      th-cam.com/video/nq-2USGVoEE/w-d-xo.html

    • @Sariine436
      @Sariine436 5 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      @@じゅげむ-s6bI remember being late to school and the teacher usually leaves the door open in the begging of class and I tried to open the door but I couldn't tell if it was me or it was locked. Turns out it wasn't locked. it was a push door not a pull

    • @robbieedwardsayers3209
      @robbieedwardsayers3209 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      If it’s a suspended door
      One day I pushed a suspended slide door and it broke off and the room shuddered

    • @rowdy6274
      @rowdy6274 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@robbieedwardsayers3209 Did you have to pay? A few months ago I thought I got stuck in a Highway toilet because it was a sliding door, after a minute in panic I tried to pull with a lot of force (including legs) and it slided a little bit open. Felt really dumb

  • @vijaypartha
    @vijaypartha 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1537

    Dan Norman: Points out problems with design & bad doors.
    World: we'll name the bad doors "Norman doors"

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Better than Hitler Doors!

    • @Perririri
      @Perririri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Better than Hitler Doors!

    • @fitmotheyap
      @fitmotheyap 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@Perririri oh no
      Those doors.. they lead to a gassy place

    • @johnwalker1058
      @johnwalker1058 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      There is a common human experience where the person who points out the problem actually winds up getting associated with the very problem they pointed out, specifically for being the one to have gained a reputation for having pointed it out. Then, over time, the association may solidify further in such a way that the person who actually sought to address a problem, and perhaps even managed to come up with a solution to the problem, winds up getting blamed for said problem.
      This unfortunate phenomenon is fairly widespread in adult experience, yet is more obscure in its public awareness than its actual ubiquity might otherwise suggest. However, its instances in childhood interactions are more well known, often declared by utterance of the phrase: "he who smelt it, dealt it."

    • @wmichaelbooth
      @wmichaelbooth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@johnwalker1058 We call this the John Walker Phenomenon.

  • @thelonecabbage7834
    @thelonecabbage7834 8 ปีที่แล้ว +536

    All doors should be pushed on your way out of the building. This is for the simple reason that if there is some emergency, and people panic, they won't end up piled against the pull side of a door.

    • @KentHambrock
      @KentHambrock 7 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      That's in the fire code for a lot of places, but more often than not it only applies to the exterior facing doors and not the interior ones. Other than cost of changing out all the old doors (which could be resolved with a grandfather clause on buildings built before the rules are in place) I don't know why everywhere hasn't instituted this on all doors. >.

    • @jacobsteel1142
      @jacobsteel1142 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Emergency exits in england MUST be push doors. Its literally the law

    • @wschippr1
      @wschippr1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Mark Contini
      Bedroom/office doors should also always open in. You wouldn't want someone to be able to barricade you into a room lol.

    • @lucymariposa
      @lucymariposa 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Mark Contini also small shops should definitely open out so that people holding things don’t have to also pull open the door

    • @Ferraday
      @Ferraday 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Also then you don’t get your hands dirty when u get out of the bathroom

  • @ccggenius
    @ccggenius 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1429

    Interior doors open into the room you're accessing so randos in the hallway don't get a faceful of door. Exterior doors open out so the entire door frame keeps the door shut against the wind, as opposed to nothing/the handle.

    • @LucarioBoricua
      @LucarioBoricua 6 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      Exterior doors should open outwards to facilitate evacuation in the event of an emergency. Pulling requires a more calm and concerted effort, pushing is very close to automatic.

    • @CJT3X
      @CJT3X 6 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      Except in a house. I've never seen a house with a door that opens outwardly unless it's a screen door.

    • @evil001987
      @evil001987 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@CJT3X a door at a house should open outwards so that someone just can't kick it in.
      A properly built door will not open just because someone removes the hinges. It's comically simple to prevent that.

    • @evil001987
      @evil001987 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @J Paterson there really isn't any need to keep the hinges inside on a proper door. In fact it's harder to get through a door that open outwards.

    • @evil001987
      @evil001987 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      J Paterson
      1. You will need a power tool to cut them apart. Or open the door to lift them off. That is standard construction of any hinges on security doors.
      1.1. You don't have any power outlets outdoors.
      2. Even if you do cut the hinges off with a power tool you will not get through the door. This can sit inside the door, preventing it from being opened the wrong way: imgur.com/PxZLZGc

  • @shizustacean
    @shizustacean 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5673

    Me:*sees a door with no handle*
    Me:*thinks it's a push door*
    Me:*tries to push open door and fails*
    Someone:it's a sliding door sir

    • @bri5033
      @bri5033 5 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      I know this situation probably never happened, but wouldn't you see the parts at the top and bottom of the door where it's held in place? And wouldn't there be a little indent handle thing like this [] on the side to open the door with?

    • @bri5033
      @bri5033 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @chandan sinha
      Only automatic sliding doors do that

    • @mimosakokko6209
      @mimosakokko6209 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I just - 🤣🤣

    • @airosmithredila4725
      @airosmithredila4725 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Embarassing moments

    • @GludiusMaximus
      @GludiusMaximus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      r/Wooosh

  • @kingmickey666
    @kingmickey666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +328

    1:07 "a vice precident of advanced technology at Apple"
    2:18 * shows the design flaw in an apple laptop *

    • @AlabamaMan
      @AlabamaMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      That’s the reason they have Presidents Of Advanced Technology.

    • @kingmickey666
      @kingmickey666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@AlabamaMan but they still didn't do anything about it.

    • @nadadur
      @nadadur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      you do get feedback tho. like the error sound

    • @HM-hq4vf
      @HM-hq4vf 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AlabamaMan snowball?

    • @calvinjonesyoutube
      @calvinjonesyoutube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He left

  • @Whoathereitsben
    @Whoathereitsben 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1320

    Hodor died because of Norman Doors

    • @Boufu
      @Boufu 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      HODOR NOOOOOOO

    • @jahjoeka
      @jahjoeka 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ahh why!

    • @Xeverous
      @Xeverous 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Tweetumsmultiput doesn't fit your image

    • @hodor
      @hodor 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hodor?

    • @cobalt2361
      @cobalt2361 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hahahahaha I'm dead!

  • @livinginvancouverbc2247
    @livinginvancouverbc2247 8 ปีที่แล้ว +305

    I've been in the glass business for forty years, doing lots of doors. For 39 years I've tried to get customers to make the right decisions about their doors but they say "No, that's not what I want. I want it to look a certain way. I don't care if people have hard time. They'll eventually learn."
    I had a lady who owned a multi-million dollar house on a cliff overlooking the ocean. She actually said she wanted unsafe railings to save money and angrily assured me that "I'll tell people not to lean on them!".
    People are stupid.
    "I want to buy this!"
    "It won't do what you want it to do."
    "I don't care! Sell it to me!.... hey, this doesn't do what I want it to do!! You ripped me off!"

    • @rjkai9435
      @rjkai9435 8 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      "I have one left on display, however it may not function correctly and we won't give a refund"
      "I don't care I'll have it"
      "if it breaks you are not eligible to return it"
      "yea yea, I'm buying it"
      * 2 days later *
      "I purchased this item from you a few days ago and now it's broken. I WANT MY MONEY BACK"

    • @z-dinestudio4165
      @z-dinestudio4165 8 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      +LivingInVancouverBC Wow. I own a graphic design business and I never realised how widespread a problem this was across design fields. xD My favorite example was the client who asked me to make the "P" in his logo "rounder." I tried to explain to him that it was already in the shape of a half circle, and to make it any rounder it would have to split off from the stem. He said I just didn't understand his vision.

    • @Crick1952
      @Crick1952 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      "People are stupid"
      Summary of our species

    • @DysnomiaFilms
      @DysnomiaFilms 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Maybe they wanted it to be a full or 3 quarter circle?

    • @fearlesscrusader
      @fearlesscrusader 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Crick, my Great Grandpa Moore always used to say, "There are more dumb people in the world than there are smart ones."

  • @trekadouble757
    @trekadouble757 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6867

    Trust me, you'll be thankful for norman doors when the apocalypse occurs and zombies don't know how to open them.

    • @fora1924
      @fora1924 5 ปีที่แล้ว +424

      Until A horde of zombies is just pushing on your God damn glass doors

    • @Azrielfiend
      @Azrielfiend 5 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      @@fora1924 what if it's a slide door

    • @bri5033
      @bri5033 5 ปีที่แล้ว +247

      Zombies: **burst into my bedroom because the door doesn't have a lock and it also doesn't even close properly unless you close it and then push it a bit so the clicky thing goes fully in the hole in the doorframe so from the outside you can just push it and it opens and even my dog can get into my room**
      ...
      **puffs**

    • @Beraksekebon21
      @Beraksekebon21 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Good point lad

    • @hba2561
      @hba2561 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ya zombies will be from us

  • @henrikfrland3001
    @henrikfrland3001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +534

    Cleary a missed job opportunity for this guy: Don Norman "The Doorman"

    • @LBatter
      @LBatter 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      DOORMOUSE????!!?!?

    • @InspectahPatio
      @InspectahPatio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Doormannorman

    • @kimwhite6784
      @kimwhite6784 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dorman

    • @smarmar400
      @smarmar400 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If he were a dog, he could be Don Norman "The Doberman Doorman(dog)"

    • @cleo5090
      @cleo5090 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Don “the doorman” Norman

  • @JoeJoeTheCapybara
    @JoeJoeTheCapybara 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2836

    I'm not a fan of doors since I can't reach the handle #capybaraproblems

    • @BrickTamlandOfficial
      @BrickTamlandOfficial 8 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      +JoeJoe The Capybara how can you reach the keyboard?

    • @JoeJoeTheCapybara
      @JoeJoeTheCapybara 8 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      Chairs i.imgur.com/aw58SIZ.jpg?1

    • @BrickTamlandOfficial
      @BrickTamlandOfficial 8 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      oh i should have known.

    • @hockeydude2116
      @hockeydude2116 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Cringe

    • @xsanguine8
      @xsanguine8 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      +JoeJoe The Capybara Seems legit, picture proves it even.

  • @4ur3n
    @4ur3n 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1003

    Don Norman
    Don orman
    Do orman
    DOORMAN
    WTF!!??!?!?!?++1+1+?!?!

    • @norman157
      @norman157 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Read my name
      Now I am sad

    • @FauziKay
      @FauziKay 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      4ur3n illuminati confirmed

    • @asterwings
      @asterwings 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nice Try but cringey

    • @inviktus1983
      @inviktus1983 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hold the door

    • @prince_sach50
      @prince_sach50 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol

  • @klym8_
    @klym8_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1730

    Door: *becomes annoying*
    Norman: "Oh boy im gonna write a book about you, damn door!"

    • @JaffarTube
      @JaffarTube 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @y2kei
      @y2kei 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Interestingly,
      Don Norman
      Do..orman?

    • @whythehelldoineedahandle
      @whythehelldoineedahandle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@y2kei lol

    • @2bfrank657
      @2bfrank657 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The book isn't just about doors

    • @joemckenna7601
      @joemckenna7601 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      fool

  • @keithsimpson2685
    @keithsimpson2685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    I like what he says about discoverability. I hate modern touch interfaces, I miss being able to right click and see all possible actions. I'm not going to do unknown gestures/touches on a device that has important functions to discover how they work lol.

    • @535phobos
      @535phobos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Similar thing, Touch interfaces in cars. I have too look at the street, so if the only feedback is optical, its a bad design, because it takes the eye off the street. I am not allowed to use my phone while driving, but have to use a giant touchscreen when changing the AC? Give me nice clicking switches that I can feel, and hold on to even on a bumpy road.
      (Which brings me to touch screens as the only way to control modern space ships like Dragon. IMO thats just waiting for disaster...)
      (

    • @veramae4098
      @veramae4098 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Cell phones irritate me.
      Old phone: Pay At&T some money, they come out and give you a phone that you never have to replace or update the software and is almost unbreakable. Want to use it? Pick it up, dial, speak, finish, put it down.
      Cell phones: Well beyond the obvious nightly recharge, software update, mysterious actions it can do ... try counting sometime how many steps it takes you to make a call. Mine requires six !6! SIX steps.

    • @hm-mt3wj
      @hm-mt3wj ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@veramae4098 how many steps is it if I just need to tell my phone to dial a number?

    • @grilledflatbread4692
      @grilledflatbread4692 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Oh yes phone apps suffer from this problem and it is starting to spread to desktop web apps too.

    • @ohsocooll12342
      @ohsocooll12342 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@veramae4098You can still get a flip phone, however, you have to see that the smartphone is much more than a calling device, it’s a mini computer and many smartphones are more expensive than good laptops. It’s the same with modern cars vs those from the 80s, today’s cars are computers on wheels, rather than purely mechanical devices.

  • @grayswandir47
    @grayswandir47 8 ปีที่แล้ว +589

    I call such things "Designed by someone who doesn't have to use it." And that door is still a Norman door, they just added an instruction manual to it.

    • @Vox
      @Vox  8 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Oh for sure. And it may always be -- I think the door became one when a lock was installed. This kind of door was designed to swing both ways but the lock blocks one direction! Don believes this kind of mistake is often simply a failure of communication between different people in the process of creating a space, but nevertheless it's a great entry point into this process that applies far beyond just doors!

    • @nerysghemor5781
      @nerysghemor5781 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      +Vox I love this guy's explanation ("designed by someone who doesn't have to use it"). It's like the location of my parents' mailbox. Who the HECK thought it was a good idea to put the mailbox directly over a *storm drain*? I dropped my keys down that storm drain once fetching the mail, and it had to be fished out with a contraption made of coat hangers. Yes, I should've watched my keys...but really, the problem was just *bad design*.

    • @hamie58
      @hamie58 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +Nerys Ghemor I have a better one the driver side sun visor is unusable in my Mom's car because the rear view mirror is in the way.

    • @nerysghemor5781
      @nerysghemor5781 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      hamie58 Wow. Just wow. O_O

    • @sudilos1172
      @sudilos1172 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +hamie58 I've seen this!

  • @guillhermoso
    @guillhermoso 5 ปีที่แล้ว +685

    In the us, most doors that are the entry and exit point for a room that has a capacity of more than 20 are to be pushed on exit and pulled on entry due to fire code. There was an infamous fire in Chicago where a lot of people burned alive because the crowd mobbed the door which made it impossible to pull it open. Since then this rule has been the standard. I hardly ever get doors wrong no matter how poorly designed they are due to my knowledge of this, so hopefully spreading the word will help some others too.

    • @mexicandoggos3578
      @mexicandoggos3578 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I have the exact same name as u!!!

    • @marcoconuts
      @marcoconuts 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Iroquois theater fire right?

    • @ilya8914
      @ilya8914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      That’s not why they couldn’t get out, it was because the owners of the company wanted to lock the doors to keep workers from just leaving. At least that’s what I heard.

    • @crung
      @crung 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Ilya Bochkov That was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

    • @evandrovoltolini8384
      @evandrovoltolini8384 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Your comment reminded me of another complication with doors that us, portuguese language speakers have: push reads almost like "puxe", which means pull. And push is actually translated as "empurre", that can be associated more easilly with the word "pull". I studied English all my life, but I still get confused with this sometimes.

  • @Decetop
    @Decetop 7 ปีที่แล้ว +582

    The signal I've always understood is horizontal bar for push, vertical bar for pull.

    • @joshtiel2980
      @joshtiel2980 6 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Decetop as one who installs doors, you are absolutely right. Exception is those large all glass doors in vox’s media office. My trick is I look at the top of the door. In doing so, you will always know which way it opens.

    • @musaran2
      @musaran2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is there a rationale for that horizontal vs vertical choice ?

    • @hoyts-points
      @hoyts-points 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Bruno Mailly I'd guess because pulling with a vertical hand is more natural 🤜. Also we push with our hand up -✋- so it naturally curls around a horizontal bar.

    • @bryanbrosta9816
      @bryanbrosta9816 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      good ideology

    • @dylanharding5720
      @dylanharding5720 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Josh Tiel I've always seen a flat plate for a push.

  • @TheAirbornPenguin
    @TheAirbornPenguin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Most times you need to push doors that lead to the outside. So if there is an emergency, you can just run towards the exit without pulling doors open.

    • @peterfarell7696
      @peterfarell7696 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Also if you go shopping you will most likely enter with your hands free but exit with bags of groceries.

    • @sheesheney
      @sheesheney 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yes. And it's a really terrible decision to use the opposite design. There's this incident back in the Philippines called "Ozone disco fire". People in the club panicked when they heard there was a fire. They were all screaming and running over each other. And the fact that you have to pull the door inwards to go outside didn't help with all the commotion.

    • @BoyProdigyX
      @BoyProdigyX ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@sheesheney I thought of this exact scenario when I read that.

    • @airn4789
      @airn4789 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Except for the millions of doors on and inside houses and apartments. At least in my country, they open inwards--likely for privacy.

  • @mrbarth
    @mrbarth 6 ปีที่แล้ว +437

    Our new museum's facility had people scratching their heads in how to enter our building. We couldn't understand it either since we had double doors, signs that said which door to push, no handles on one of the doors, etc. It wasn't until watching this video two weeks ago that it dawned on us to simply remove the handle from the outside "push" side and simply replace it with a brass plate. No one has difficulties now. Duh. Why not one of our designers noticed this over our first year in the new building is beyond comprehension.

    • @jime9243
      @jime9243 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Not only is that a good idea to address the use issue, it is also a common recommendation to lessen the risk of someone blocking the door from opening as they did at Virginia Tech. Architects don't like it because the door looks unbalanced.

    • @thehamburglar401
      @thehamburglar401 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lewis Bartholomew lol

    • @KitC916
      @KitC916 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      because they weren't designing for accessibility or human-centered design

    • @JohnnySins69XO
      @JohnnySins69XO 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don’t understand why your exterior doors are push, but ok... bad design on your architects part

    • @sinu0us
      @sinu0us 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JohnnySins69XO architects don't tend to design every single building btw... also, most things are done with cost consideration first, everything else after, but yeah, exterior doors should open outwards not inwards

  • @fluffygirl1356
    @fluffygirl1356 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2137

    I was banned from a supermarket once because I fell victim to their bad design.
    In Germany you have to return used bottles to the supermarket. So I went to this supermarket with a couple of bottles, and there was a sign that indicated where to return them. I walked there, and there was a door that said "fire safety door -- must not be held open". So I thought, "oh, I guess I have to open it then". So I opened it and there was the machine, that said "ready" and accepted my bottles. But then an employee of the supermarket stomped at me, really angrily, and banned me from the store, because I was not supposed to open that door. It was ridiculous, because there was no way to know that, so I asked to talk to the owner to clear things up, but he agreed that I should be banned from the store, and he was like, "what should we do? add a sign to the door?" As if that would be something that was unthinkable.
    Wow, it still aggravates me today.

    • @ThePigeonBrain
      @ThePigeonBrain 6 ปีที่แล้ว +680

      I'm not sure I understand the story. If it says on the door that it's a fire exit and must not be opened, why was it not obvious you shouldn't open it? I'm not saying you're wrong, just that I don't get it.

    • @UnchainedMelodie92
      @UnchainedMelodie92 6 ปีที่แล้ว +405

      @@ThePigeonBrain Lol when I read the original comment, I got very confused. They themselves said that the door said "it must not be held open", so how does that prompt them to think that they _should_ open it? I don't think it was the store's fault, I think it was theirs.

    • @carbine090909
      @carbine090909 6 ปีที่แล้ว +688

      I see where you're coming from. The solution isn't to add another sign, but to remove the one that's already there.
      1) You see a sign that says "Return your bottles here!" and a door between you and "here." You reasonably assume you need to pass through that door to get to "here."
      2) Then you see it's a fire safety door, and you reasonably assume that you _shouldn't_ go through the door.
      3) But then you see a sign that says the door "must not be *held open,"* and you reasonably assume that it must mean not to *prop open* the door, since the sign is directing you through the door (1) to get to "here."
      4) So you go through the fire safety door *as a result of* the sign telling you *not to* hold it open.

    • @haiducchu
      @haiducchu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +324

      Guys, fire safety doors can be opened, they must not be held open 24/7 because if there's a fire, smoke will come through.
      There are fire safety doors that is equipped with alarm that should not be opened, and is made very obvious with red and yellow.
      Agree with OP, and I think the store employees are a little dumb.

    • @TheRevxPk
      @TheRevxPk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      @@UnchainedMelodie92 That is one of the things Norman talks about in his book. Engineers design thinks logically, but human beings are not logical (most of the time). He is a psychologist and he understands human behavior. He came up with the idea of Human-centered design (HCD) based on this principle.

  • @derricksteen403
    @derricksteen403 5 ปีที่แล้ว +477

    That books is amazing by the way, I recommend anyone read it, but be warned it will ruin you. I read it in college for a class and I now hate everything I can't look at and instantly learn how to use.

    • @Shadow-Shell
      @Shadow-Shell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sounds interesting

    • @iamdodgepodge
      @iamdodgepodge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Same. Very little patience for poorly designed processes, too.

    • @chrish4439
      @chrish4439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "Oh no everything in the world isn't super easy for me and holds my hand boooo hoooo"

    • @kemcolian2001
      @kemcolian2001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@chrish4439 bad design is bad. we shouldnt have to waste time on useless things like trying to figure out how to open a door

    • @alexkasey3321
      @alexkasey3321 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chrish4439 you’re obnoxious

  • @hysterikole1
    @hysterikole1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I work as a bike messenger in Berlin, so I go through different doors several dozen, sometimes over a hundred times a day (my record is 125 deliveries in one day). When I train other messengers, I tell them that attention to detail will save them a lot of time (and therefore, make them more money)...one of my favourite tips, (because most riders are rather dismissive of it at first), is 'door hinges. Upon approach, look for door hinges'. An uninterrupted flow will save you anywhere from 2 to 6 seconds. Multiply that by 100? Thats 1 to 3 deliveries worth of time, just from this one tip... money in your pocket...its not 100percent foolproof, but works most of the time

  • @RedstoneLessonsAndYa
    @RedstoneLessonsAndYa 8 ปีที่แล้ว +497

    Who else flew to san diago because they were irritated at a door in their office?

    • @DeanVMachine
      @DeanVMachine 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ᐊᒻᒪᒐᕈᖅᓂᒃ *Me*

    • @IOwnThisHandle
      @IOwnThisHandle 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I guess you never flew to an English class, as it is spelt san diego with an "E" and not an "A" like you've done. Maybe while you're flying to an English class, you can get the app "spell checker" which will help you with English.

    • @j.e.6901
      @j.e.6901 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Bob You're a idiot. I can send you a link that shows its spelling. www.google.com/search?q=San+diego&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiNvf-I0JnYAhWlYt8KHYIFA_sQvwUIJigA&biw=1745&bih=885

    • @jamminoutrexan5474
      @jamminoutrexan5474 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Bob *Spanish class

    • @wagwan584
      @wagwan584 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No English class has ever taught me the spelling of San Diego.

  • @haru-zc3hb
    @haru-zc3hb 7 ปีที่แล้ว +583

    why do some toilet stall doors open inward like how am i supposed to leave if im literay stuck between the half open door and a toilet

    • @haru-zc3hb
      @haru-zc3hb 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      literally*

    • @mirhasanoddname
      @mirhasanoddname 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I feel you

    • @penguin902
      @penguin902 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Yeah it sucks but I guess it's to maximize space in the bathroom. Imagine a bunch of stalls with opened outward doors. It's taking up space in the likely already small restroom.

    • @noob.168
      @noob.168 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      to make it hard for rape victims. :/

    • @TechTinkerWorks
      @TechTinkerWorks 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      toilet stall with door opening inside requires deeper toilet stall by standard.
      also people are walking in front of the doors to reach other stalls so if there is multiple stall next to each other there is a good chance you will hit someone with the opening door when exiting. When you have one or two stall and you are approaching from the front it is OK to open outside. Also ADA toilet stalls to open outside.
      These are just generic architecture design stuff.

  • @aidanclarke5476
    @aidanclarke5476 8 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    I love you Vox.

    • @Vox
      @Vox  8 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      +Aidan Clarke we love u back

    • @mihirbalvally7277
      @mihirbalvally7277 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Vox Awww

    • @Formerlyi
      @Formerlyi 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Aidan Clarke HAHA LONG BOY

    • @Speculate_Me
      @Speculate_Me 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Aidan Clarke gnome child approves

    • @Green232323232
      @Green232323232 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love you Don Norman.

  • @BelaCurcio
    @BelaCurcio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +333

    How about the terrible design decision to put the TH-cam comments where they are now on mobile. There’s no way they’re keeping this right???

    • @ggb123_17
      @ggb123_17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      I know! I hate that sometimes the top comment can give a spoiler to the video since the top comment is at the top now

    • @hotlinesanzensekai7084
      @hotlinesanzensekai7084 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      You get used to it. To be honest, I like it that way. And in my old accounts it didn't change.

    • @wilyriley_
      @wilyriley_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i'm probably the only person ever that didn't notice the change

    • @lovelykitty42
      @lovelykitty42 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I have an iPad which is technically mobile. The comments have been in the same place so idk

    • @emilyblack7342
      @emilyblack7342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Can they stop switching back and forth? Every time I get used to the new version it swaps back.

  • @smartereveryday
    @smartereveryday 8 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    Such a good video.

    • @DavidPumpernickel
      @DavidPumpernickel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +SmarterEveryDay howdy

    • @hevi0
      @hevi0 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Didnt expect to see you here

    • @aakashm9962
      @aakashm9962 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Damn!
      I didn't expect this. You're one of my favourite TH-cam channels.

  • @snuskenmaxi
    @snuskenmaxi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +891

    I wonder how many hours I have wasted on bad doors.

  • @Honeybreee
    @Honeybreee 7 ปีที่แล้ว +561

    Why not make a door that doesn't make you forget why you entered the god damn room

    • @fearlesscrusader
      @fearlesscrusader 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Liam, why should God damn the room? Has it committed too many sins?

    • @AHHHHHHHHHHHHl
      @AHHHHHHHHHHHHl 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Yes, the door should go to Hell

    • @zemyla
      @zemyla 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The only way to do that is to not have doors or doorways. The doorway serves as an "event boundary" for the brain, a signal that it should file away whatever it was doing because it's about to do something different.
      news.nd.edu/news/walking-through-doorways-causes-forgetting-new-research-shows/

    • @dannyp2970
      @dannyp2970 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And make some goddamn Killing Floors.

    • @sarahg2653
      @sarahg2653 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      There's a scientific phenomenon that explains why this happens to us. I forget what its called, I just think of it as the doorway effect...because yeah, that's easy to remember, even if I pass through a door.

  • @GoddamnAxl
    @GoddamnAxl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    The fact that just now three people consecutively pushed a "pull" door in front of me while I watch this video is hilarious

  • @SarahConnor618
    @SarahConnor618 8 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    All doors should open horizontal automatically, so it's in nobody's way. If you ever played Zelda you know those are the best doors.

    • @PongoXBongo
      @PongoXBongo 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, pocket doors FTW! ;)

    • @drippy2507
      @drippy2507 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      YESS

    • @YlowX7
      @YlowX7 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      But you need to find small keys for some doors!

    • @recless8667
      @recless8667 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Until you try to put one into a load bearing wall. Go ahead, do some research on what that install takes/costs; pocket doors are not the best solution to all problems.

    • @PongoXBongo
      @PongoXBongo 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rory Christel Then plain old automatic sliding doors (ala hospitals and supermarkets). They can slide just outside the wall as well. Either way eliminating the swinging in or out.

  • @nox4000
    @nox4000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Welcome to Finland, here all doors open towards the building exit. So if you enter a building and go deeper in it, you always pull the door, and vice versa. I'm not sure if there is some kind of regulations behind this, most likely.

    • @Leijona321
      @Leijona321 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I think thats EU regulation that finland uses. Not sure though

    • @albiegato
      @albiegato 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wait, so when you open a door from a room into a corridor, there's a chance you could hit a person passing by?

    • @noparkingnomercy3248
      @noparkingnomercy3248 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      One reason for that is in case of an emergency people exiting the building will be able to exit faster.

    • @andykr2253
      @andykr2253 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      SnBergamo you realize germans sue more than Americans? But keep on being ignorant!

    • @tanc94
      @tanc94 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      no way, in every hotel I had been in my life in EU I push the door to enter my room

  • @Min.sae204
    @Min.sae204 8 ปีที่แล้ว +725

    No, it's a pretty basic rule: in commercial/public buildings they are PUSH to get OUT because it's a fire hazard to have to pull open a door when people are crowding against it; in residential buildings you PULL to get OUT because you greet people in. These are industry standards and seriously design 101.

    • @chknrsandTBBTROX73
      @chknrsandTBBTROX73 8 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Then why does the door in the Vox building a pull?

    • @IanMcGarrett
      @IanMcGarrett 8 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      I think the reason doors open into a residence is so the hinge mechanism isn't exposed to the exterior.

    • @mike4ty4
      @mike4ty4 8 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Right, but you should not INDICATE that with a SIGN, but rather with the geometry of the door handle. In particular, the PUSH side, whatever side that is, should ALWAYS be a flat plate and the PULL side, whatever side that is, should ALWAYS be a handle.

    • @recless8667
      @recless8667 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Because it's a hallway and you can't block the hallway with a door. That's honestly the number one reason interior doors open in a certain direction.

    • @mike4ty4
      @mike4ty4 7 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Nothing wrong with the doors opening in a certain direction -- the problem is not that, the problem is the door doesn't INDICATE direction correctly. It should be intuitive from the handles -- if it looks like you should push on it, then you should push on it, if it looks like you should pull on it, you should pull on it. There shouldn't need to be extra signage you need to read. It's annoying in everyday use, it's horrible in an emergency when a split second judgment is required and so anything extra you need to pay attention to is a liability.

  • @avatarcharlie
    @avatarcharlie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    "You must go to San Diego"
    Back when we could go anywhere

    • @wamemasilo7546
      @wamemasilo7546 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh the good old times 😭😭

  • @blindbrick
    @blindbrick 6 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    That reminds me of a discussion I had with a carpenter. He was replacing old plexiglas push plates with stainless ones. The paint above the push plate was worn out from people pushing there. He told me "You guys don't know how to open a door". I told him he did not installed the plates on the correct height. Next day they were all 20cm higher.

    • @muhammadfathonihanif5500
      @muhammadfathonihanif5500 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You're a good guy!

    • @toastedcloud2612
      @toastedcloud2612 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      and then everyone clapped

    • @JohnnySins69XO
      @JohnnySins69XO 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Clap clap clap

    • @alb9022
      @alb9022 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Clap clap clap

    • @lucimaralves490
      @lucimaralves490 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@toastedcloud2612 NOTHING EVER HAPPENS. WHEN I WAS BORN SEX DIDNT EXIS BECAUSE NOBODY WENT OUTSIDE. PEOPLE FIXING THEIR MISTAKES NEVER HAPPEN. EVERYTHING IS A LIE.

  • @-henny-4042
    @-henny-4042 6 ปีที่แล้ว +356

    Bruh I thought it said "Its not you. Bad odors are everywhere."

    • @JamesTheFoxeArt
      @JamesTheFoxeArt 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fmono • 38 years ago • Updated you almost got me with the username

  • @mikestoneadfjgs
    @mikestoneadfjgs 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1084

    After years of research I have developed an algorithm everyone can use to avoid this problem.
    1. Approach door.
    2. Push - If something happens go to step 4, if nothing happens go to step 3.
    3. Pull - if nothing happens, the door is locked.
    4. Open door.
    5. Walk through.

    • @KenmoreChalfant
      @KenmoreChalfant 8 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      The idea is to design it so you don't have to use trial and error... but rather have it be obvious.

    • @mikestoneadfjgs
      @mikestoneadfjgs 8 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      ***** Yes I know. But I have never, ever, in my entire life, encountered a door that I could not figure out how to use within 1 second... push or pull. It is hard to believe that people actually have trouble with doors... doors.

    • @Shuffle314159
      @Shuffle314159 8 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      +Geronimo Cornplanter Yes but we want the things we design to be more perfect; mediocrity is a bad design philosophy.

    • @yanzx01
      @yanzx01 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      what if you were carrying something heavy/important, or was in a rush? shitty doors would then just become shitty inconveniences.

    • @goodman8601
      @goodman8601 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I just sit here and laugh you guys first world problems. You guys should come and visit my village in Zimbabwe. Guess how many doors my "house" aka HUT has? NONE!. You guys have it all and you worry about are freakin' doors!!

  • @mattcalderon138
    @mattcalderon138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +304

    This video: About doors.
    7 million people: *Interesting..*

    • @Terrown
      @Terrown 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      A door is a everyday thing, yet there are so many flawed doors - ofc that's interesting. We are exploring our own inventions.

    • @mattcalderon138
      @mattcalderon138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Terrown its just a joke...

    • @paolovalzelli
      @paolovalzelli 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I thought the same when I saw the video was about doors
      People are strange...

    • @gsf2056
      @gsf2056 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mattcalderon138 You used the template wrong because it is actually interesting

    • @ahyafikri4746
      @ahyafikri4746 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gsf2056 yes

  • @shringika8799
    @shringika8799 5 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    One time I ran into a glass door, smack my face and broke my glasses. IN THE MALL. Ohh the embarrassment

    • @AressLibre
      @AressLibre 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Same happened for me at an airport once when I was a kid. I was lucky enough not to be wearing glasses though.

    • @shaundixon3645
      @shaundixon3645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not first won’t be last

    • @sirv8233
      @sirv8233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh man, this reminds me of a time I smashed into a glass door when I was still a kid wearing braces. One of my front teeth braces got pulled off my teeth and ripped the inside of my mouth. That was at school and man it was embarrassing

    • @utubegurl4076
      @utubegurl4076 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Screen door at a family reunion

  • @LiudasLT
    @LiudasLT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    while studying i had a course of Work Health and Safety, and they taught us that every doors in any public places or work places should open outwards in case of fire or any emergency, so people dont block opening if bigger crowd gathered.
    Now i always fail to open doors at firs time cause this rule stuck in my head but noone using it.

    • @craighansen1632
      @craighansen1632 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Doors that open outward, particularly opaque doors, have to be recessed inward, so people walking by the door don't get slammed in the face. (Or alternatively, have barriers on the outside so people can't just walk by the door.)
      Outward-opening doors, such as fire doors that open to an alleyway, are subject to being blocked by someone parking a car in front of the door, to deadly affect.

    • @helenaspljushka9571
      @helenaspljushka9571 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That could lead to a disaster in the regions with heavy snowfalls. My classmate had to climb out the window to go to school once.

  • @lenaperlic4069
    @lenaperlic4069 6 ปีที่แล้ว +394

    Other people:When I grow up I'm gonna be [insert basic job]
    Me:When I grow up I'm gonna design a better door!

    • @bogdanbO
      @bogdanbO 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      to reinvent(or refine) such a universal piece of design is a pretty high benchmark to set your self .

    • @thehamburglar401
      @thehamburglar401 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Other people: wtf.

    • @monobloc
      @monobloc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      thanks. please do it for us.

    • @ghostedpixels
      @ghostedpixels 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me: when I grow up I'm gonna be a door

    • @zsurvivalist7996
      @zsurvivalist7996 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's already been designed though

  • @cmtippens9209
    @cmtippens9209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Glass doors with the vertical handles on both sides are a case of aesthetics over functionality. The designer wants the door to look symmetrical from both sides looking through the glass.
    Never mind that people can get injured or may be carrying something...it LOOKS good, so that's the most important thing. 🙄🤨

    • @Yawyna124
      @Yawyna124 ปีที่แล้ว

      Moreso they don't want a metal plate along the full length of both sides. Any attempt to make a push plate off of the columns will look more like a handle than the pull side. They can't have a plate on only one side because you will be able to see the back of the plate from the other side and all the grossness that entails, since, y'know, you can't clean it without disassembling the door.

  • @Melissa0774
    @Melissa0774 7 ปีที่แล้ว +863

    I like the music in this video.

    • @splendidemendax2776
      @splendidemendax2776 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is what Melissa took away from this entire video......the "Music", you better be blind women otherwise your flawed design like many other in the world are an abomination......excuse my over the top exaggeration but this woman.......

    • @tony--pajamas
      @tony--pajamas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Melissa0774 reminds me of the sims

    • @JeffreyHynds
      @JeffreyHynds 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      she's allowed to comment what she wants. you don't have to be a asshat.

    • @birkirorriarason4815
      @birkirorriarason4815 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes

    • @courierwarrior3089
      @courierwarrior3089 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I didn't realize a music track could be so divisive. I share the same sentiment as the other user who said it sounds like The Sims music. Many fond memories listening to build/buy mode music while designing my properties.

  • @MatthewChan
    @MatthewChan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +874

    TH-cam's Norman Door is the space bar to pause the video, rather than move the page down

    • @TheChangingWays
      @TheChangingWays 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      That is not TH-cam specific. It is a browser thing... space bar moves the page down on all sites. But, yeah, TH-cam could have chosen another key for pausing the video.

    • @nikolai1790
      @nikolai1790 8 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      there is an it's the keyboard key for k. Simply press k as long as you're in your browser with the tab open in front of you, with having to click on the video to pause and then be able to hit space. K works 100% of the time and it's beautiful.

    • @morningglory7595
      @morningglory7595 8 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Actually, the space bar does pause the video, but only if the video control has the 'focus'. Normally, the browser page has the focus so it will process the spacebar keystroke first and doesn't let any child controls process the keystroke. However, if you press any of the video hot keys such as 'F', 'J'', 'K', or 'L', this will give focus to the video control. Now if you press the spacebar key it will pause/unpause the video.
      THAT is poor design.

    • @TheRedstoneTaco
      @TheRedstoneTaco 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ikr

    • @TheRedstoneTaco
      @TheRedstoneTaco 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      You. Are. A. Genuis.

  • @CrustyTheElf
    @CrustyTheElf 8 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    You're right becky, youre goddamn right

    • @alexciajellum3583
      @alexciajellum3583 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      like is her name actually Becky or was that shade??

    • @AgentOffice
      @AgentOffice 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sexy legs

  • @playerblox1574
    @playerblox1574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I remember that time when I was in elementary school stuck out the lobby for like 10 minutes waiting for teachers to help me because the door literally had handles that you are SUPPOSED to push... don't blame me blame the door..

  • @Rabijeel
    @Rabijeel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    As German, the shown Door had irritated me, too.
    Because, mostly in Germany all Doors are designed to (or even HAVE to be designed to in certain areas) open in the direction of escape - so, this door would "normally" open to the floorside as this is the route to escape in emergency.
    This has many reasons like preventing people getting trampled to death when a mass panic occurs and you just "run away" steered mostly by your instincts.
    But, mostly Doors like this open to both sides.

  • @tomsparey1305
    @tomsparey1305 7 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    Make it so the door can open either way. At my school a kid went to the hospital because the glass door smashed when he tried to open it. Since then they have started marketing doors that can swing either way.

    • @Studio2770
      @Studio2770 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      It's a safety concern. If someone's rushing out a door and it flings open into a walkway it could hurt someone. How the hell do you smash a glass door unless you're charging at it?

    • @corasundae
      @corasundae 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Captain Briggs. Sparey How did he make it to school without being able to figure out which way to open a door? Even with a bad door, after pushing or pulling the wrong way once, any normal person would get the idea.

    • @Mr.FastZombie
      @Mr.FastZombie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Rez LTT had a glass door just explode. It is believed that the automatic closing springs were pulling it shut too tight. So I imagine that glass door had a similar issue, but it was him pushing it the wrong way that put the pressure on it to break it.

    • @wschippr1
      @wschippr1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Captain Briggs. Sparey
      Doors cannot open into hallways/corridors, it's a serious safety issue. So, most doors cannot be dual-swing doors. Doors leading outside or emergency doors should always only open out as having a door that can open inward could cause an increase in congestion in the event a building had to be evacuated quickly.

    • @Heavysandvich24
      @Heavysandvich24 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you're right about the safety concern but not knowing your own strength and weather conditions can cause glass doors to shatter too

  • @danicatempleton6745
    @danicatempleton6745 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    In Newfoundland, Canada there was once a fire at a big dance; the K of C fire. Everybody at the fire rushed to the exit, but the doors opened inwards, and with the crowds of panicking people, there was no room to open the doors and everyone died. Ever since then, doors in Newfoundland were designed to open outwards for ease of escape during an emergency, and most Newfoundlanders have a sense that that's the direction to open a door.

  • @magnoliablossom4750
    @magnoliablossom4750 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    The Design of Everyday things is a legendary book 10/10 would definitely recommend

    • @akmalferdiansyah1137
      @akmalferdiansyah1137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Where I can buy it? I've been looking for it on my country book store but couldn't find one

    • @poooopoo
      @poooopoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      you'd probably have to buy it online

    • @LotusMM
      @LotusMM 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      UX bible but even that book could’ve been designed better and been a pamphlet

    • @baylinkdashyt
      @baylinkdashyt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@akmalferdiansyah1137 You *might* find it in a used bookstore, but I'd expect to have to buy it online, yes. You might find a copy under its first-edition -- and, I think, much better -- title: "The Psychology Of Everyday Things", or POET.

  • @icreatedanaccountforthis1852
    @icreatedanaccountforthis1852 6 ปีที่แล้ว +436

    Down with doors. Up with door beads. You just walk right through them.

  • @Zoltoks
    @Zoltoks 8 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    Thank goodness this video exist. There is this door at NIU in the computer science building. I FREAKING PULL THE DOOR EVERY SINGLE TIME WHEN ITS A PUSH DOOR!!!!!!!! Its because they made it wrong thank goodness I thought I was becoming an idiot.

    • @alex46215
      @alex46215 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      You are an idiot, does your brain lack a memory function?

    • @Zoltoks
      @Zoltoks 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      lol

    • @legendoflink5882
      @legendoflink5882 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alex Jones Do you like this dislike and report?

    • @alex46215
      @alex46215 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      huh?

    • @mickys8065
      @mickys8065 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Zoltoks at one of my schools there was this fire door with a plate on the outside and handle on the inside, you push on the inside to open it! it was funny to see my headmaster walk straight into it once though

  • @Laluna2345
    @Laluna2345 8 ปีที่แล้ว +895

    Why don't you just make em go both ways

    • @fuzzybunshellokitty3366
      @fuzzybunshellokitty3366 8 ปีที่แล้ว +224

      You would smack the person on the other side 😂

    • @ROYALEWITKESSO
      @ROYALEWITKESSO 8 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      because or else they wont see who is coming on the other side unless its a glass door

    • @legohead6
      @legohead6 8 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      because its a door to a hallway. Doors almost never open into hallways because it disrupts the flow in the hallway. It also has the potential to injure someone in the hall.
      Building designers spend a lot of time planning out doors. In homes its mostly about maximising usable space, and minimising obstruction when the door is open(because most interior home doors spend more time open then closed). In commercial buildings its about safety, security, and traffic flow.
      Logically it only makes sense that this door should only open into the room, but the poor discover-ability (using normans principles) is the biggest flaw. There is also a flaw with having simply a plate on a frame-less glass door in the middle of frame-less glass walls. A new user may have a difficult time finding the door(relative to one that has a clearly visible handle sticking out).

    • @Nereus00
      @Nereus00 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      but that's stupid becuase in case of fire everyone pushes and no one pulls to get out of rooms

    • @legohead6
      @legohead6 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Odds are it leads into an office where its unlikely there will be masses of people. Its way less dangerous then having doors flying open into the hallway while people are running down it.

  • @skyee1133
    @skyee1133 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    why did i read the title as "It's not you. Bad odors are everywhere" and worst thing is i smelled myself :|

  • @haiderabbas1832
    @haiderabbas1832 8 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    the man gets frustrated, writes a book.... just wow!!!!

    • @maxpainter33
      @maxpainter33 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Haider Abbas I wish I was that motivated..

  • @jonosadler
    @jonosadler 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I love the video - looks like the door at Vox though was designed as a double-swinging door - this is pretty common for frameless glass doors, as putting a push plate on one side looks really ugly from the other side. Then, probably post-installation, the access control (card swipe) guys have come along and installed a magnetic clamp locking device at the top of the doors (you can see this in the video), making them only able to open inwards. I see this happening all the time, typically due to cost - systems which support double-swinging doors are much more expensive and less reliable at locking compared to a magnetic clamp on a door that only swings one way.

    • @ChocolateShock
      @ChocolateShock 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's very likely the reason. It's unfortunate that it happens so often. If there could just be a bit more communication, many things in this world would be way better off :P

  • @lenaperlic4069
    @lenaperlic4069 6 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    U get irritated by doors..I get irritated be USB sticks....

    • @backinyourcommentsectionag3191
      @backinyourcommentsectionag3191 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I relate, I really do think the 'super-position' of USB's exists.

    • @mxpph
      @mxpph 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The logo facing up is the correct side. If it doesn't work it's because of the angle you're doing it. I don't know what people talk about when they say they have to flip it 100 times, I manage it every time

    • @zsurvivalist7996
      @zsurvivalist7996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Maiahi can confirm my keyboard USB is upside down....the key to match the overlapping bits internal and external.

    • @clickrick
      @clickrick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      USB sticks clearly have three ways that they can be presented to a USB socket:
      1. The first way that you try. This will fail.
      2. The other way up. This will also fail.
      3. The first way up again. This third way will work.

    • @videoguy640
      @videoguy640 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      tbf, they fixed this with USB-C, just gotta wait til its more mainstream

  • @boostaddict_
    @boostaddict_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    One way to get it right most of the time: According to a lot of building codes, doors will open to the outside if it's a public space. Stores, offices, etc, so in the event of an emergency the flow of people doesn't make keeping the door open difficult.

    • @Vyk70r
      @Vyk70r ปีที่แล้ว

      exactly...

  • @macroorchidism
    @macroorchidism 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    All public restroom doors should open outward. That way when you leave (after washing your hands) you can just push the door open with your arm or side, instead of grabbing the fecal-contaminated handle to pull open the door.

    • @Icureditwithmybrain
      @Icureditwithmybrain 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +macroorchidism I use a paper towel to open bathroom doors.

    • @Albanianator
      @Albanianator 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +macroorchidism That's reasonable, but usually bathrooms are in tight areas or corridors where the people outside walk about so you push the door onto oncoming people.

    • @Bobbesee
      @Bobbesee 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Albanianator Wrong and Wrong. I never want to touch a door when going to the bathroom. The best option is the setup that has no door, instead there is a privacy wall/hallway which you simply walk around/through.
      If the bathroom is in a tight corridor, then it is designed wrong.

    • @Albanianator
      @Albanianator 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bobbesee I've seen that set up, it's a good idea but waste of wall space lol. Architects only do that in large buildings where they have the space for it.

  • @wizardsuth
    @wizardsuth 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    When I was seven years old my parents installed a screen door with a push button. To open it from the outside, you had to push a button inward while pulling a handle outward. My hands were too small to do both at the same time, so I used the alternate interface, namely kicking the bottom panel of the door until someone else opened it.

  • @ericwang6826
    @ericwang6826 7 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    Doormammu, I've come to complain about your design.

    • @Shinyarc
      @Shinyarc 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      My name is Irrelevant a good one nonetheless

    • @kaleamoningka4671
      @kaleamoningka4671 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My name is Irrelevant yeah but the thing is he posted this last year making it young when he posted it

  • @grahamvandyke
    @grahamvandyke ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I went to design school for a few years, and I'll never forget during one of the lectures my professor gave about function and intuition he used this exact example of door design.

  • @dkmorbidus
    @dkmorbidus 8 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    he has balls growing behind his beard :D
    what a man

  • @cnightly3824
    @cnightly3824 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Aight here’s a story, I went to a medical center for a checkup, while waiting I watched this kid flip the push pull sign, I was actually exited to see the person fail when opening it, finally someone comes along and pushes the door that was supposed to be pull, and the door opens as always, they added a sign to a door that opens both ways.

  • @JavierOcampo
    @JavierOcampo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I knew the verge and vox are from the same company but I didn't know they worked in the exact same building!

    • @Vox
      @Vox  8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      +Javier Ocampo Yep - a majority of the team is in DC actually, but those of us that live in NYC do work in the same building! -joe

    • @kitchencone
      @kitchencone 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Ed Deaver I agree, Vox fix your door. Adding a sign does NOT fix it. In fact just about anything that needs a sign is already a design failure, and the sign is just a crappy band-aid of a fix.

    • @rhettromney4658
      @rhettromney4658 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +kitchencone but with their door if they pull they block the entire hallway which makes it seem obvious to the designer of the door.

    • @kitchencone
      @kitchencone 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well it would seem that the designer might have got it wrong, if people find that it's an annoying door. And apparently people don't care that they might be blocking the hallway, they just want to open the door, get through it, and be on their way.
      But the stupid door raises its ugly head and says no.
      Why can't the door have 2 way hinges and open both ways?

    • @conradebanks2224
      @conradebanks2224 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +kitchencone Exactly what I'm saying.

  • @Isontro
    @Isontro ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Every door going towards the exit should open towards the exit. It's for safety reasons. So people can run outside more easily in case of an emergency evacuation.

    • @tiawilliams5690
      @tiawilliams5690 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Except people usually expect interior doors to open in to a room. The conference room door is a problem because there's a pull handle on both sides. Simeone probably thought it looked nice. Exterior doors on commercial buildings are already required to open outward (or slide) for safety reasons.

    • @G0RSHK0V
      @G0RSHK0V ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But in case of entrance doors of private housing, they must open inside, so it's easier for the fire brigade to break in

  • @hilarymanuel
    @hilarymanuel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    The push sign could be way bigger or just remove the entire door.

    • @groszak1
      @groszak1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The closed door is useful to block light, wind and temperature.

    • @CodyWhy
      @CodyWhy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hilary Manuel Make a push sign really big, put it on hinges and use it as a door

  • @ruslanvolkonsky1664
    @ruslanvolkonsky1664 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    To be honest, I have never experienced "bad doors", or at least I never really put much thought about them. I must be blessed.

  • @k.teptumpunth425
    @k.teptumpunth425 5 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    My company door have a sign called "push"
    I pushing the doors until i realized
    *It was button for slide the door*

    • @k.teptumpunth425
      @k.teptumpunth425 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@e.sstudios1015 idk english that much im just a foreign worker

    • @e.sstudios1015
      @e.sstudios1015 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@k.teptumpunth425 Hmmmm okay, makes sense.

    • @ab_fxx9000
      @ab_fxx9000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Explosive Stuff Studios Here, have some common sense *removes glove from hand and slaps*

    • @deus5215
      @deus5215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Explosive Stuff Studios Dude. You sound like a boomer

    • @vithorpileco
      @vithorpileco 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@e.sstudios1015 So are you a worker of grammar police? Interesting.

  • @mindfulmomentswithColm
    @mindfulmomentswithColm ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love the enthusiasm for making doors facile, I share this passion. . I've been searching for how to open doors easily and this is the most interesting video I can find on the entire net, and another that shares something to help understand the forces and manuveor with more efficiency the heavy doors in my building. in fact we don't just pull a pull door, we pull and push. it is possible to only pull, then slip through. foot positioning is vital. and smile

  • @downbntout
    @downbntout 7 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Worst door of all: you pushed to go in, used the toilet, washed your hands, and now to go out YOU GRAB AND PULL THE HANDLE ALL THE UWASHED HANDS PULLED. Best door: you go in and out touching nothing.

    • @noah_lot2842
      @noah_lot2842 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Tolyngee Even when the knob is made of an antimicrobial alloy or metal (I've seen some that aren't), it's somewhat unlikely that nobody will touch the doorknob for more than half an hour; unless you have a really small group of people allowed to use that bathroom, there probably won't be enough time for it to kill all microbes.

    • @jubmelahtes
      @jubmelahtes 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      downbntout many places where i have been there are no doors after where the sinks are

    • @BlueRoseFaery
      @BlueRoseFaery 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's how the doors at my work are

    • @coreywong
      @coreywong 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The best solution is no doors, with two partitions with opening on opposite side, blocking bathroom visually

  • @NicksStrengthandPower
    @NicksStrengthandPower 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Anyone else pee on the side of the toilet at night so you don't make any noise?

    • @AmateurGT
      @AmateurGT 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I pee in the fucking center to show my dominance.

    • @davidcarmer4476
      @davidcarmer4476 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Nick's Strength and Power Yeah...but is this on topic?

  • @bored1980
    @bored1980 8 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    This is possibly the least pressing problem I've seen in 2016.
    Well done, Vox.

    • @rezonthe
      @rezonthe 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +bored1980 Sometimes you press, sometimes you're pulling.

    • @andyaustin3323
      @andyaustin3323 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +bored1980 Until there's an emergency in a smoke filled room with people smashing into each other blindly trying to open an unintuitive door the wrong way. As the flames consume you, you realize it's a "pull" door but the mass of humans smashing into you haven't figured this out. You yell "PULLLLL!" with your dying breath but sound of the roof collapsing above you is too loud.
      Think I'm exaggerating? Check out the Coconut Grove fire and see how dangerous badly designed doors can be. 492 burned alive because of a revolving door.

    • @Edited6
      @Edited6 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +bored1980 Hence "99% Invisible" an interesting insight into the design and origin of all the things we use and take for granted without really thinking about.

    • @doop00
      @doop00 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Andrew Austin The second you reach the door you either push or pull it this doesn't take longer than a second.

  • @CC-si3cr
    @CC-si3cr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love this! I needed to see this video. The most basic things in life should not come with an instruction manual. If Don Norman was still teaching I would take his class. He's genius!

  • @jackkabel7704
    @jackkabel7704 8 ปีที่แล้ว +331

    Why not make the door swing both ways?

    • @lominero5
      @lominero5 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      not always convenient

    • @purgruv
      @purgruv 8 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Like …bisexual?

    • @b2stcazyfan
      @b2stcazyfan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      in my country, most of the doors swing both ways.

    • @martinsnobr3575
      @martinsnobr3575 8 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      For example, door would just swing into street outside, or in some place where people are walking and they could get killed

    • @flipflierefluiter5665
      @flipflierefluiter5665 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

  • @dazedconfuzed6
    @dazedconfuzed6 8 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    What I hate most are bathroom doors that you have to pull on a dirty handle with clean hands to get out.

    • @00crashtest
      @00crashtest 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      use a paper towel

    • @kaishen8217
      @kaishen8217 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +jeff darnell Exactly! and sometimes I use my sleeve.

    • @cnsmooth
      @cnsmooth 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah like wtf

    • @dazedconfuzed6
      @dazedconfuzed6 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      00crashtest and where do you put the paper towel once you have exited the door? no the engineers should use their brains so we don't have to use a paper towel.

    • @cnsmooth
      @cnsmooth 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jeff Darnell I dont think he is saying this is what the ideal solution should be, I just think he is giving a practical way of getting around the problem

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak 5 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    I've broken many doors

    • @laxmichaudhary9581
      @laxmichaudhary9581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      You r everywhere

    • @blagoevski336
      @blagoevski336 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

    • @aadisahni
      @aadisahni 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      STOP BECOMING THE NEXT JUSTIN Y.

    • @waffelo4681
      @waffelo4681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@aadisahni he already have..

    • @hubble__deeep
      @hubble__deeep 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why. Do. I. See. You. E V E R Y W H E R E?

  • @annaplojharova1400
    @annaplojharova1400 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When combined with some languages, it gets "better": When the word for "pull" is e.g. like "TAHAT", imagine that directly painted on a glass door... (hint: Imagine how it looks from the opposite side and think what should you do wit the door from there...)

    • @stephanysilvestre6624
      @stephanysilvestre6624 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In portuguese, "pull" its puxe witch could be mistaken for "push", but literally means the opposite 🤣

  • @Trish-lamour
    @Trish-lamour 8 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Why would anyone dislike this video? It's one of my favourites!!

    • @onyeijefamily5391
      @onyeijefamily5391 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Patricia GM some people must like confusing doors

    • @sergiorr90
      @sergiorr90 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The video is pretty good, maybe some people got tired of unnecesary "saving the thrid world" bullshit 3:30

    • @Vitorruy1
      @Vitorruy1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zerg Abstracto its not bullshit its cool stuff

    • @DiscipleKnight1010
      @DiscipleKnight1010 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its order is a mess. Start with door, then start discuss everyday object design and introduce an old man, then go everywhere but addressing the problem the video started. Only the last 5 seconds is actually on point: "why those door suck"

  • @chairde
    @chairde 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Most fire codes and building codes determine if a door is push or pull for public buildings. That said the Norman guy is correct with design problems. I for one think that the new designers are much better. My old stove had many corners where grease and dirt could collect this new one is much better with surfaces that can be easily wiped clean.

  • @TheSnorlax7
    @TheSnorlax7 8 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    I hate that! If a door has a handle on it, that should imply pull!!

    • @williamtansill2700
      @williamtansill2700 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      YES!!!!!

    • @DesaClanHD
      @DesaClanHD 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Никола Кољо yes we American are stupid

    • @pii1251
      @pii1251 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Hallowed GuardiansHD Americans are pretty dumb. If you are trying to say that Никола Кољо is stupid because his English grammar is not the best, you are stupid because you think that everyone from every country can speak English perfectly, even if it isn't their first language.
      And if you just have bad grammar, and English is your first language then you are still stupid.

    • @DustyOrange
      @DustyOrange 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Wheretheredferndies But didn't you just generalize? And generalizaion can be a good thing, such as a human's ability to think subconciously about things like pushing or pulling a well designed door. Because of generalization, one can make a product for a group of people rather than an individual, such as movies, videos, games, etc.

    • @CairnOwO
      @CairnOwO 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Никола Кољо Not all doors are like that

  • @simon10000
    @simon10000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love that since 2016 this video has been attracting sensible comments and discussion. Congratulations Vox for bringing Don Norman's work to the world.

  • @stasmemas
    @stasmemas 8 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    well, its simple. You just more often have to PULL the door when you walk inside the room, and PUSH when you're getting out. Thats why it was confusing to open, not only because of the door design

    • @stasmemas
      @stasmemas 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      its real yes, i'm not from america, we don't have different bars on doors, and almost every door opens on push wen you get out of the room so in case of emergency you get out easily

    • @joshstarkey8883
      @joshstarkey8883 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It tends to be just whichever is convenient to design in a house, vs in public usually it's push as you leave. In your house you will quickly learn each door vs in public you might never be there again

    • @thefrenchbastard1646
      @thefrenchbastard1646 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I am from holland and that is an actual law in my country but there are plenty of exceptions

    • @LilieLira
      @LilieLira 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      In a now infamous case in my country, people actually died in the Ozone disco club because the doors opened inward. Apparently it was designed that way for good feng shui. There was a fire at the disco, and of course the panicking people pushed at the lone exit. They didn't make it out.

    • @stasmemas
      @stasmemas 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Karyl Ace Relano that's the main reason doors must open by push when you go out from the room. I guess it may be even illegal to make wrong doors for main entrances in public places for safety reasons

  • @michaelovitch
    @michaelovitch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Just make a teardrop style handle : the round side facing you for the palm to push , the angular side facing you to pull.
    Peoples will understand if they have to push or pull just by seeing it's anatomically more comfy to use it this way.

  • @hey7328
    @hey7328 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    that guy's voice made my subwoofer shake my house apart

  • @vwestlife
    @vwestlife ปีที่แล้ว

    Usually a vertical handle means pull and a horizontal bar means push. But for aesthetic reasons, many glass doors use a vertical handle for both push and pull.

  • @silentm999
    @silentm999 7 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    I've noticed pull handles on push doors everywhere in NYC. Thousands like the second door they show after the Vox office doors. The long handle that goes across the breadth of the door, indicated I need to pull it open. Nope. Its that way on both sides. Then you've got the businesses that have double doors, and always keep the right one locked. Its a damned conspiracy of dolts I tell ya!

    • @gemstonegynoid7475
      @gemstonegynoid7475 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I don't understand why a lot of buildings have double sets of doors but only ever have one of the doors unlocked.

    • @nofa987
      @nofa987 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      sound pretty fun tho lol :D always a lil mini game

    • @FoxDren
      @FoxDren 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      if it's a high volume building they are often required to have double doors for safety reasons, and the way a lot of double doors lock people get lazy and can't be bothered to flick the clips on the second door.

  • @littlemisspipebomb4723
    @littlemisspipebomb4723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    "WATER"
    "Sanitation!"
    "F A R M I N G"

  • @marccolten9801
    @marccolten9801 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Huge fan of his books. I was in design, physical, computer, forms and the like for decades and he was a huge inspiration to me.

  • @unkochan2853
    @unkochan2853 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In my country
    Door:Has pulls sticker
    People:push the door

  • @vinyleyezz
    @vinyleyezz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    3 Doors Down is in the recommended videos. Good job, youtube...good job.

  • @ussling
    @ussling 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Handles are for pulling.
    Bars are for pushing.
    It is so simple I don't know why door makers can't grasp that concept.
    Oh yeah, they have the university engineering degrees.

    • @skepticmoderate5790
      @skepticmoderate5790 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's usually the building manager's fault, not the door manufacturers.

    • @ussling
      @ussling 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@skepticmoderate5790 It is so simple I don't know why building managers can't grasp that concept.
      Thanks for the clarification.

    • @ironmatic1
      @ironmatic1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's the architect who specifies hardware for the building's doors.

  • @amcghie7
    @amcghie7 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    There's a door for a sandwich place next to my work, in which the front door says 'push' but actually its a pull door.
    So many times I've thought it was closed and just gone without my sandwiches for that day.

    • @poprox101
      @poprox101 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Even Andy Makes me wonder if that sandwich place has lost a noticeable amount of revenue because of this tiny design flaw...

  • @ladiesman2048
    @ladiesman2048 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In Finland there is a law that defines which way doors open (it's fire safety issue) so Finns get very confused when travelling in foreign countries because the doors can open to illegal directions

    • @arystanakmolinskii9226
      @arystanakmolinskii9226 ปีที่แล้ว

      And what happens to doors that break the law? Are they getting arrested by the Door Police?

    • @ladiesman2048
      @ladiesman2048 ปีที่แล้ว

      The construction contractor gets fined.