Push and Pull labels, as they currently exist in the new doors downstairs in our office, should never have to exist. We spend our whole lives using doors, pushing and pulling, turning doorknobs and using keys. We should not need to read instructions - any instructions - to open a door, even if those instructions are one word long.
A door that should be pushed should have a plate at the point where I should push. A door that needs to be pulled should have a vertical handle. That's it. If you find you need to put a sign on a door that tells people how to use it, you have failed in your chosen profession of Door Designer, and you need to go back immediately to Door Designer school to take your tests again.
Mokalus of Borg
PS - Brisbane Institute of Door Design second semester enrolments close on Tuesday.
PPS - As I understand, their courses are quite comprehensive.
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