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Anti-Secret Spy Doorknob

Beautifully designed, this glass globe doorknob bars all potentially private matters of what lie beyond it.

A glimpse through a door keyhole showing a colorful projection, with a stylish chair and a table in the background.

"In conjunction with Design Tide Tokyo, architect Hideyuki Nakayama - a protégé of Toyo Ito - has teamed up with UNION, a manufacturer of door handles and levers, to create a glass globe doorknob. As you approach the doorknob you catch a glimpse of what appears to be another world, waiting for you to enter and join, but in fact is a reflection of the room on the other side of the door."

Light bulb in a socket reflecting colorful patterns.

Would you put one in your home?

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