Plain and simple drawers

Depending on the type of drawer, they can be easy or difficult to understand their purpose.  The ones in the picture show off their purpose very well.  The affordances of these drawers would be the handle, and when the drawer is pulled out, the empty space.  The only logical use of this space is to put "stuff."  In order to get to the empty space it would seem that the handle would be the only choice.  Usually handles are something to be pulled.  Being that in the picture the drawers are in, pull is the obvious choice.  This set of drawers also has the added benefit of a flat top.  The top acts like a table and creates an extra surface to place objects upon.  Unlike the Microsoft Surface, this surface does not react to the things placed on it.  I believe this is the intended use of surfaces, or at least the one that we are conditioned to understand from birth.  Overall, drawers are a simple method of storage and support.  They are easy to operate and to understand, unless, they get stuck.  Then there is a whole new set of problems.

~Marin