ERGON is an innovative door mounting system that allows the door to be opened in both directions of travel with a simple push.
As an added bonus, ERGON doors require 50% less space to open than regular doors and are perfect for small apartments.
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Jerry del Pozo
that’s odd
Apr 18th, 2009
f3
very interesting idea
Apr 18th, 2009
mojo
OOD WOB!
Intreguing desin
YAY for streak of no iPhone posts!!!
Apr 19th, 2009
Claudio
Why not? I like it
Apr 19th, 2009
p382c
interesting idea indeed…BUT! that metal hinge at the floor is bound to snag your pinky toe.
Apr 19th, 2009
amanhem
i think usefull design work
Apr 19th, 2009
omni
theres no hinge on the floor
Apr 19th, 2009
Dimitri
I had a door like that! Actually it was a different one. It was a regular door from IKEA. But when I mounted it it worked just like this one. Still have the leftover screws.
Apr 19th, 2009
JACster
Floating hinges aren’t new. And it’s the most natural thing to push a door open. Wouldn’t use the design on a door that lead outside though. Security issues and all.
Apr 19th, 2009
saitokthx
is that….innovative at all?
that knob has no use what so ever, unless you’re gonna fool your friends lol
but what am i saying, i’d get one
Apr 19th, 2009
PC Paul
“that knob has no use what so ever”
What do you think holds it in the closed/locked position?
As for ‘the hinge on the floor’, did you look at the pictures at all? Or did you think it was ‘shopped?
I like the idea.
Apr 19th, 2009
lano
Fabolous.
Apr 19th, 2009
Roni
Innovative, but an accident waiting to happen. Someone or something could potentially get behind the door and get injured when the door moves. You must always contemplate all potential accidents of household gadgets prior to production.
Apr 19th, 2009
Inq
@Roni
Fail!
A normal door opens moor on the opposite side to the opener than this does. By your comment, normal doors are worse. Think.
Apr 19th, 2009
SCG
Yeah, at my college this door system has been used on the main freshmen housing entrance. These doors are are not meant for lots of traffic, or opening quickly – I’ve opened the door and have hit myself or others next to or behind me on numerous occasions, and I’ve seen this occur to many others. I say we just stick to the same old hinged door we’re used to.
Apr 19th, 2009
chalk141
This is a great idea. I’m always either getting hurt or embarrassed by the fact that some doors go in while other go out which makes things very complicated when your under the influence. So I like this idea, I think its perfect for the party world, except the fact that itd make it ten times easier to brake in.
Apr 19th, 2009
Jack
Interesting
Apr 19th, 2009
Stig2k
It doesn’t take up 50% less space at all. It just transfers 50% of the usual ammount of space required to the other side of the opening.
Apr 19th, 2009
chris
it looks like this door is more of a luxury than a functional concept
Apr 19th, 2009
1 minute
How is this innovative? All you have to do is change the door frame one SLIGHT amount, so that it is even on both sides instead of having a stopper on one side. Voila! You just made your door a two way door with a total cost of $0 and a construction and design time of 1 minute. -______-
Apr 19th, 2009
faceless
That design is great for forced entries. There is now an excellent weak spot on the opposite side of the handle where a well placed kick from a thief or a one man ram blow from a rapid insertion team opens the door.
Be warned nefarious college students.
Apr 19th, 2009
Melissa
I wonder how the hinge on the bottom of the door would work for carpeted floors?
Apr 19th, 2009
Ara Pehlivanian
Yeah, and like with all swinging doors, now you’ve got to worry about being smashed in the face at home too. One way doors are probably a better bet when you can’t see who’s coming.
Points for the innovative design, but not very practical.
Apr 20th, 2009
LOM
I’m sure it’s very useful … until you want to get a piece of furniture in there that only just fits through a standard doorway, and you have to take the door off of the hinge just to get it through.
Apr 20th, 2009
Essmart Developer
That’s really cool idea!!!
Apr 21st, 2009
Kirvi Inci
LOM- I was just thinking the same thng. They look to be more of an incovience than anything else.
Apr 21st, 2009
Deel je huiswerk
Very interesting! I like the geometry and physics of it :)
Greetings, Huiswerk from Holland
Apr 21st, 2009
guymandude
I have already seen doors of this nature inside psych wards. This design is actually less efficient because it decreases the size of the opening with that little bit of swing room it has. Design fail.
Apr 21st, 2009
wawa
ehat if some one comes inside when you go out than BOOM
Apr 21st, 2009
Vegas Jay
Great… Way to re-invent the wheel, err I mean door.
Apr 23rd, 2009
Marty k
Where can you get these? Any distributors in Canada?
Apr 23rd, 2009
-dan z-
Reduces the width of the door entrance considerably. Protrudes into rooms or halls on both sides when left open, rather than folding back against the wall. Seems pretty impractical, and rather unsightly. No thanks.
-dan z-
Apr 24th, 2009
Peter
If you put a bookshelf on the front of that and a secret room on the other side I’m totally buying one.
Apr 24th, 2009
punkrockdave
Another invention inspired by video games.
May 1st, 2009
vivian
it is interesting…but seems not that safe
May 8th, 2009
erwin
Why?
Doors that open both sides are as old as western movies.
Why this dificult design?
If it’s only for the looks, oke perfect it looks cool.
Jul 3rd, 2009
Perplexed
Great. So now one of the simplest functioning items in a typical home has been rendered more complex, more prone to failure and injure and accomplished exactly 0 tasks more efficiently.
Yea for design!
Aug 12th, 2009
Nonfik
not innovative
Nov 2nd, 2009
Tarukai
I’d rather just have a door that slides into the wall, thanks. what’s that? 0% of the room is taken up and it can be completely collapsed into the wall? sounds good to me.
May 7th, 2010
Kitty
This is awesome! It’s just like most of the doors in my building! You know, the ones that lead to the hallway, the bathrooms, stairwell… They’re everywhere!
Except THOSE doors don’t have a part that juts out the other side when you open it. Now that’s what I call innovation.
Mar 7th, 2011
Peter_Slovakia
I like it, cause it saves some place. Seems perfect for my toilet door, in front of that is in the hall the main entrance door. But only this system costs some 300+ Eur…
Nov 30th, 2011
DJ
WOW! How completely pointless.
Jul 19th, 2012