Museum of Modern Mundanity - Doorknobs of Modernity Exhibition

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Exhibit #368. Door knob, circa 1984. Chrome surround with ceramic handle. Mass-produced

Doorknobs are a relatively recent invention, the first patent for one showing up at a US patent office in 1878.

Before doorknobs, people used latches, which worked perfectly fine. However, doorknobs are more pleasingly round and give a strong appearance of solidity when grasped, except when (a) the inside thingy breaks or (b) if you follow the handle down to particle level where it would display the unsettling appearance of not actually being there at all.

Pow. Who needs drugs.

An example of a doorknob common to the era, this one remains in use and is still functional, giving privacy to bathroom-dwellers in a domestic house in Australia.

It is part of The MoMM's Doorknobs of Modernity exhibition, which runs from 40th June-81st July.

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There it is! The story I've been waiting for. :)
I wonder what piece will be displayed next!

(Also, egads! When the inside thingy breaks! That happened once. My son, when he was a baby, was in the bedroom and the inside thingy broke on the hallway-side-knob. Had to crawl through the window and open the door from the other side. I do not approve of nefarious inside thingies.)

Will it be a scintillating carpet exhibit, or something about a fork! I know you can't wait.

That must have been very scary for a second for you when the inside thingy didn't do its thing. Lucky you didn't have to break a window!

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