Hold that thought: the modern door handle that owes its origin …
2023年3月27日 · The Wittgenstein handle, designed in 1927, is considered the model for every subsequent tubular handle. It’s a simple l-shaped steel lever, but Wittgenstein designed several variations—all of which appear in a single house in Vienna.
Ludwig Wittgenstein - izé Designer
Perhaps the only door handle designed by a philosopher, Wittgenstein’s contribution to ironmongery is nevertheless one of the most considered, thoughtful and exquisite designs. Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) studied engineering and was …
Wittgenstein’s Handles - The New York Review of Books
2016年5月24日 · What was it about handles—door-handles, axe-handles, the handles of pitchers and vases—that transfixed thinkers in Vienna and Berlin during the early decades of the twentieth century, echoing earlier considerations of handles in America and ancient Greece? Ludwig Wittgenstein, as everyone knows, abandoned philosophy after publishing his ...
How Wittgenstein Got A Handle On Things - lemonwade.com
2016年5月25日 · Ludwig Wittgenstein, as everyone knows, abandoned philosophy after publishing his celebrated “Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus” in 1921.’ And they he started designing door handles.’
Daily Curio #1053: When a door handle is not just a door handle
2016年6月10日 · Metaphysical door handles? Ludwig Wittgenstein is known as an influential philosopher of the 20th century, but he gets no love for his contribution to modern door handle design. The Wittgenstein handle, designed in 1927, is …
Wittgenstein’s door handle - prior probability
2016年6月21日 · Via Dan Wang's twitter feed, we unexpectedly stumbled upon this insightful but speculative essay by Christopher Benfey in the N.Y. Review of Books. In summary, Benfey describes the beautiful door handles (pictured below) the philosopher Ludwig Wiggenstein designed for a modernist house built in Vienna during the mid-1920s.
Ludwig Wittgenstein - Tecnoline
When building the house for his sister, Ludwig Wittgenstein designed the entire interior, including the doors and windows. The simple door handle that he designed for it must have been an individual solution. On one side of the door, the handle was used as a simple angle. On the opposite side, the fitting was cranked back.
lever handle, mixed pair / Ludwig Wittgenstein
Designed by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein for the house he created for his sister in Vienna, these handles apparently took him a year to refine.
A short history of door handles | Apollo Magazine
2020年6月10日 · Arguably the most influential, although not necessarily familiar, door handle was designed not by an architect but by a philosopher – albeit one with an engineering degree. Ludwig Wittgenstein’s handle for the house he designed for his sister in Vienna in 1928 is a simple bent metal bar with one of the pair kinked to accommodate a portion ...
TIL Ludwig Wittgenstein, considered by many to be the greatest …
2022年11月27日 · In 1927 Wittgenstein famously designed a door handle which has become a prototype for curved tubular handles since then.