#Product Trends
Mission Invisible
Minimalist - designs reduced to the essentials is the main characteristic of modern, purist interior design.
Minimalist - designs reduced to the essentials is the main characteristic of modern, purist interior design. KARCHER DESIGN has dedicated their mission to this style, and developed a new concept in which the door handle and rosette appear to be almost invisible: "The Mission Invisible”.
The result is a mini rose with a diameter of just 30 mm and a thickness of 2 mm. The rosette disappears almost completely behind the door handle and reduces the door fitting to a minimum. A total of six matching door handle models are available in classic matt stainless steel, the multi-award-winning trend colour Cosmos Black and the contrasting new colour Polaris White.
Combined with the best-selling door handle model Rhodos ER28 door handle model, the door fitting takes a more reserved stance in the room by foregoing unnecessary components. For customers with an affinity for design, the German Design Award winner Las Vegas ER87 puts the focus on design and makes a targeted statement in the room. According to the motto: "Reduced rose for full attention to the door handle design." The Madeira ER45 door handle model, on the other hand, convinces with its interplay of round and angular elements and harmonises particularly well with the square mini rosette.
To complement the "Mission-Invisible" range, three new design models have also been developed to match the mini-rose: Soho, Boston and Brooklyn.
In homage to the very popular door handle model Seattle ER46Q, the door handle Boston ER58 was developed. Here too, straight shapes speak for modern simplicity, which is fully exploited in combination with the mini-rosette. Compared to the Seattle door handle model, the handle of the Boston model is flatter in design. The handle neck also widens vertically towards the door to reduce the visibility of the mini-rosette to a minimum.
The two models Soho ER57 and Brooklyn ER59 were developed in collaboration with the product designer Itamar Harari. The challenge was to design the door handles in such a way that the rosette becomes invisible. The door handle and the rosette merge into one unit.
The decisive factor for the design of the Brooklyn ER59 door handle model was the objective of "invisibility" for both the rosette and the door handle. The door handle has a narrow design, but stretches out flat towards the door at the back. Looking at the door handle from a distance of approx. 3m, only a narrow line is visible. The door handle is thus barely visible and its presence in the room is as reduced as much as possible.
To make the door fittings appear even more unnoticeable in the ambience of the room, KARCHER DESIGN developed the colour Polaris white, especially for white doors. The white colour blends seamlessly into the background of a white door, making the door fitting invisible.
In order to make the mini-rose as minimalist as possible from a technical point of view, the rosette is not screwed on. The mini-rose is simply pressed into the door. The small serrations anchor the rose firmly in the door leaf. This innovative mounting technique does not require additional drilling in the door leaf and is particularly durable. The door handles are fixed to the spindle by means of the grub screw. On request, the mini-rose can also be combined with other models in the KARCHER DESIGN range.
With the help of the aforementioned elements, KARCHER DESIGN has fulfilled its mission. The 30 mm small mini-rose disappears behind the door handle, innovative designs make the new door handles unnoticeable and the new colour Polaris white creates perfect uniformity with the doors. Combined together, the ideal solution is a success for the "Mission Invisible".
