Architecture Awards 2020

124 2020 Architecture Awards BUILD Jun20475 Contemporary Furniture Designers of the Year 2020 - Germany he world has entered a new era of design innovation. Bespoke furniture used to be something for those who could afford it – now, thanks to the design platform www. form.bar, individual furniture is possible for many more people. The team have opened the door to furniture that is as unique as a fingerprint, furniture that truly reflects you as a person, and furniture that, thanks to a revolutionary process, is always produced regionally under fair conditions for people and the environment. The challenge of individualisation is to enable customers to articulate their wishes in an understandable way and then find someone who can implement this at a reasonable price. The team behind Form.bar have managed to pack this complex process into a comprehensive online platform. In concrete terms, form.bar links the design and production processes, providing customers with an elegant tool to playfully design furniture themselves by clicking and dragging. The system doesn’t need any prior knowledge of design or architecture and is designed to be as easy as possible. The customer only needs to know what they want to create and can then get started with the team’s impressive 3D program. T Instead of having to deal with the complex construction in the background - static principles, shape algorithm, mathematical optimization – the program handles these challenges and allows the customer to design within the limitations. The decision to build this into the way that the platform works is a major support for those unfamiliar with design principles and ensures that nature and its striving for balance always serves as a model. Once the furniture has been fully designed, it is manufactured by a carpenter in the vicinity of the customer. This is also key to the firm’s success – form.bar does not send products, but data. The start- up, which has been in business for less than five years, now has almost 100 carpentry partners in Germany and several European countries. Further internationalization is currently underway, including in North America and South Africa. In the future, furniture from form.bar will be available all over the world, but produced locally by talented professionals. This approach has the benefits of helping the environment, the climate and strengthening local companies. Numerous prizes and awards on the topics of design, sustainability and customer satisfaction have demonstrated the success of this extraordinary furniture mission. It’s a way forward that sets the style for the team’s continued success in the industry. Company: form.bar Contact: Nikolas Feth, Alessandro Quaranta Web Address: www.form.bar Furniture made exactly how you want it: designed online, manufactured regionally worldwide. The web platform form.bar combines the elements of design and production to produce truly spectacular furniture and spatial art in a completely new way. The core of form.bar is an intuitive 3D software for unmistakable natural forms. We take a closer look at an approach that is transforming contemporary design.