Promotion: Foster + Partners Industrial Design team has collaborated with German door handle brand FSB to launch a door handle collection that conveys the architecture firm's attention to detail.
Foster + Partners' industrial design team created the FSB 1291 and FSB 1292 door and window handles for FSB, which are regarded as a premium solution for civic and commercial spaces.
The cornerstone of the product family is FSB 1291 ? a handle that combines a distinctive shortness with a flattened top edge, giving it a pronounced contact surface.
The handles are available in Aluminium Pure, a signature FSB finish
FSB 1291 with its pebble-like softness is designed to be pleasurable for both the hand and eye and was moulded to fit the palm. FSB describes the product's subtly refined design as elevating the overall experience of moving through a building. "When we take hold of a lever handle, this is often our first contact with a building," said head of Foster + Partners Industrial Design, Mike Holland. "A coherently designed handle provides a warm welcome ? through looks and haptic qualities geared towards utility and inspired by people's needs."
The initial design of the FSB 1291 shaped the rest of the product family, which includes FSB 1292 ? a handle with a longer grip.
Foster + Partners designed the FSB 1291 door handles to have a shorter, flatter shape
Further enhancing the tactility of the handles is the option of FSB's new finish: Aluminium Pure. The bran...