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Articles & Insights

For design inspiration, concealed hardware solutions, technical guidance, commercial application expertise, and industry insights to help you make informed decisions and stay ahead of emerging trends.

Design Inspiration

View tips for building furniture with built-in hidden storage, learn about modern space-saving solutions, or get inspired by the Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater House, featuring SOSS invisible hinges.

Hidden bookcase door opened to reveal a concealed room with a brick wall surround.

Concealed Solutions

Be inspired by our guide on creating smart furniture with concealed hinges, secret rooms and safe rooms, hidden hinges for high-end residential applications, swinging bookcases and more.

Close-up of a SOSS invisible hinge showing stacked metal plates and countersunk mounting holes.

Technical Guidance

Read our discussion on butt hinges, how to adjust cabinet hinges, choosing the right hinges for your home, when to use heavy-duty door hinges, why to use concealed hinges for medical equipment design and more.

Bright commercial restaurant interior with dining tables, yellow chairs and large city-facing windows.

Commercial Applications

Learn how to incorporate invisible hinges into your home office, designing for small spaces in commercial settings, and why you should build a secret room.

Close-up of a SOSS invisible hinge installed on a wood door panel for concealed hardware design.

Industry Insights

Learn the history of secret rooms, why there’s no replacement for quality materials and innovation in hinges, and the evolution of SOSS from traditional to modern invisible door hinges.

ALL IN ONE. ALLEGION.

As part of Allegion’s family of pioneering brands, SOSS benefits from the strength, efficiencies, resources, and integration from a global power. In turn, we pass those advantages on to you.

Allegion helps keep people safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands sold worldwide, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. It’s the power of one.

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