Jewelry for a door is also minimal....

Red Dot Design Award for door handle line

Design studio Grand&Johnson designed a door handle line to make a statement with. Door handle Shiraat is the result of a search for minimalism and simplicity. Perfectly fitting the studio's style, in which everything is designed with pure attention and attention to detail. Intersteel, supplier of door hardware, took care of the technical implementation of the door handle.

The great collaboration between Grand&Johnson and Intersteel resulted in these companies winning the 2022 Red Dot Design Award for this stylish "jewel for a door. The story begins, of course, with the design. Grand&Johnson took on the challenge of making a door handle an eye-catcher and a design object. The central question was "what does minimal mean? What happens when you leave out everything unnecessary, what does the anatomy of the minimum look like? The challenge of this search lay in finding the purest form of a door handle, which at the same time had to be a jewel for a door and thus in the interior. 

Slim design

The designers arrived at an exclusive, slimly designed door handle, with a length of no less than 250 mm. This differs significantly from the standard length of a door handle, which is usually 125 mm. The design features geometric shapes that are harmoniously connected. 

The door handle is made of stainless steel and is available in four different finishes: brushed stainless steel, matte brass PVD, matte black PVD and matte copper PVD. Matching accessories, such as a keyhole rosette, a profile cylinder hole or a toilet/bathroom lock are also available. 

New spring mechanism

Due to the length of the door handle, the spring in the rosette is more heavily loaded than with shorter door handles. A spring ensures that the handle springs back to its horizontal position after use. Especially for this Shiraat door handle, Intersteel has developed a new spring mechanism based on tension springs, which can handle a heavier load. 

Successful cooperation

Intersteel and Grand&Johnson developed this door handle in close collaboration. "For a perfect design, in addition to a good dose of creativity and technical know-how, a good interplay of all parties is essential. Of this, door handle Shiraat is a good example," said Bertel Grote, owner of Grand&Johnson. That the collaboration is successful is evidenced by the fact that the design has now been awarded the Red Dot Product Design Award 2022, a prize that only products with 'outstanding design' are awarded.

About Intersteel 

Intersteel is a manufacturer of stylish door and window hardware with matching accessories. Intersteel understands the art of linking modern technologies to elegant design. For each home style there is a product line that adds an extra element to the interior. The products fit many interior styles and tastes: Modern & Sleek, Country & Classic or Vintage & Retro. The lines, both in collaboration with leading architects in the field of interior-related products, and designed in-house, give doors and windows a completely unique finishing touch. Perhaps inconspicuous to many, but always present in an atmosphere-supporting way. Look for more information on our website.