DOMESTIC ENGINEERING BUREAU

Threshold
Test Lab

Engineer the tiny barrier everyone must use twenty times a day. Safe enough for a determined explorer. Civilized enough for a grown-up carrying tea.

TESTED
UNDER
REAL LIFEEST. 2017 / REOPENED 2026
WIDTH • LATCH • AUTO-CLOSE • THRESHOLD • ONE-HAND TEST • TODDLER TEST • MIDNIGHT TEST •    WIDTH • LATCH • AUTO-CLOSE • THRESHOLD • ONE-HAND TEST • TODDLER TEST • MIDNIGHT TEST •   
RIG A / KITCHEN DOORWAY
♟
36 IN / PRESSURE FIT
72/ 100
SECURITY
78
ONE-HAND
84
FLOW
63
BUREAU FINDING

Promising prototype.

Run the household tests. A good gate is not merely hard to cross; it is easy for the right person to cross.

Awaiting clipboard data…
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Inspired by Jon's Pressure-mounted baby gate comparison, a heroic piece of research into the engineering of ordinary life.