I like this. A new door, a new office, a new environment. A broken piece of usability.
Why is it that everyone (I’ve watched: it is -everyone-) thinks that this door pushes rather than pulls? Is it because it is the first door you get to from a public space and the assumption is it opens inwards? What is the norm? No idea.
I remember reading about some doors being great examples counter-intuitive designs (in a great book on s/w design which I can’t now recall the details of). Typically this consists of putting a ‘pull’ handle on a door you actually need to push.
I don’t know if this is a similar example, but I notice there is a ‘push’ plate on the door – perhaps this is what people are picking up on subconciously? I mean, what is it doing there if it’s a pull door?