Actual Gap
Doors designed for residential/office homes in India have one problem. If door gets closed accidentally, there are chances of crushing your fingers if your fingers are at the edge. I found this is a serious design gap and must be solved with suitable design solution.
While defining the user needs, I concentrated to door design along with the above said gap. Afterthought, I realized that instead of designing a new door, it would be great to design a material which will fill any door gap universally.
Below is one of the design solution rendered in 3DS Max. I could not create actual prototype due to time constraints but next week, I will try to create a working prototype and test it so that I can fill up any design gaps.
While defining the user needs, I concentrated to door design along with the above said gap. Afterthought, I realized that instead of designing a new door, it would be great to design a material which will fill any door gap universally.
Below is one of the design solution rendered in 3DS Max. I could not create actual prototype due to time constraints but next week, I will try to create a working prototype and test it so that I can fill up any design gaps.
Door Gap Fill - Solution
The sticky material will stick to side 1 and 2 of the door. While closing and opening of door, the product will expand and collapse accordingly. In opened state of door the product will be in expanded state keeping the gap filled with this rubber like material preventing the fingers going inside this gap.