http://www.baddesigns.com/3doors.html
This door is an example of a bad design. The reason is that for the middle door (or any door for that matter) it is impossible to know for sure where to push to open the door. If you guess wrong - which has happened to me many, many times - you might as well be pushing a concrete wall. If a user deals with these doors frequently, he or she will likely learn to just push both sides at once to avoid confusion.
My overall reaction of this design is unimpressed. There are so many ways to create an obvious handle, such as having a plate on the side that is meant to be pushed, or having a horizontal bar that goes halfway across the doors, or even a sign on the correct side saying "PUSH HERE!" Frankly, I'm surprised that these handles are still being manufactured!
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