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form.bar News
Media reports & press releases
10.2021
Five-minute film about form.bar in popular ARD program
The advice show "ARD-Buffet" took a close look at the form.bar concept, spoke in detail with the two founders and visited a carpenter partner in Saarland.
09.2021
"Here a little longer, there a little higher"
The Hamburger Abendblatt presents form.bar in its supplement "Wohnen".
09.2021
PM 09/21: form.bar Germany's best online store for the fifth time in a row
Young furniture design platform also test winner in 2021 in major customer survey by German Institute for Service Quality
08.2021
"Design unique furniture online yourself"
In its business magazine "Macher", the Saarbrücker Zeitung reports in detail on the founding idea of form.bar and explains why the company is turning the billion-dollar furniture industry on its head.
08.2021
"Sustainability is part of form.bar's DNA"
Lifeverde.de - The portal for green lifestyle has form.bar founder Alessandro Quaranta interviewed and asked about what makes form.bar so special and particularly sustainable.
05.2021
"Life is malleable - it is in our hands"
Onpulson.de, the specialist portal for decision-makers in SMEs, spoke to form.bar founder Alessandro Quaranta about "Die Höhle der Löwen", tips for young founders and Mahatma Gandhi.
03.2021
"We do not ship furniture, but data"
form.bar sets standards for online configured furniture: Well-founded article about form.bar in the trade magazine dds - Das Magazin für Möbel und Ausbau.
02.2021
"Digital, regional, individual: The future has long since begun"
In a guest article in the magazine of the technical disciplines of the Bern University of Applied Sciences - spirit biel/bienne - form.bar founder Alessandro Quaranta sheds light on the opportunities of digitalization.
02.2021
Online boom made to measure
As consumers want to make fewer and fewer compromises within their own four walls, there is a strong demand for high-quality, custom-fit furnishing solutions - the magazine "möbel kultur" took a look at form.bar and the online boom in the furniture world.
01.2021
PM 01/21: Young stars support furniture startup form.bar
Design platform launches into 2021 with prominent faces, new website and global download service
09.2020
PM 09/20: form.bar Germany's best online store for the fourth year in a row
Young furniture design platform also 2020 test winner in large customer survey by the German Institute for Service Quality
08.2020
PM 08/20: „Designers of the Year 2020“
form.bar also causes a furore internationally and surprisingly receives award from Great Britain
07.2020
PM 07/20: Top place for form.bar „Deutschlands beste Online-Händler“
"New award for the online furniture designers of form.bar: The platform, which has already won many awards in recent months, is among ...
05.2020
PM 05/20: Support action of form.bar helps regional carpenters in Corona time
"Special times call for special measures: For the multiple award-winning furniture design startup form.bar, this guiding principle is certainly confirmed in ...
04.2020
"On track to transform furniture production"
"In Saarbrücken, a start-up is well on its way to turning furniture production upside down." This is how the form.bar story begins in the April issue of "md INTERIOR DESIGN ARCHITECTURE," the traditional trade magazine for interior architecture and interior design.
03.2020
PM 03/20: form.bar is test winner in new study on sustainable engagement
1st place in major customer survey for "Focus" - "Sustainability is the fundamental principle of our actions"
03.2020
Custom furniture for creatives
BM, the trade magazine for carpenters, joiners and window makers, reports in its March issue about form.bar
02.2020
"Creative solutions for special room situations"
Four-page interview with form.bar founder Alessandro Quaranta in the new "möbelfertigung", one of the top magazines in the European furniture industry, required reading for entrepreneurs and managers.
01.2020
IMM Cologne 2020
After another record year: The form.bar story at IMM Cologne 2020
01.2020
Querdenker 2020
They are unconventional, successful, sometimes accept defeat and radiate optimism in every respect: The lateral thinkers of the furniture industry...
01.2020
"I make you round"
Alessandro Quaranta, 38, can remember that phone call pretty clearly. It was in 2015. He was sitting on the train and Nikolas Feth, 39, called to tell him that the first order had been received via their Formbar Internet platform. "A red shelf," Quaranta recalls...
12.2019
Köpfe 2019
Handwerk magazine has included form.bar founders Nikolas Feth and Alessandro Quaranta in its prestigious list of "Köpfe 2019." The "personalities who have brought the skilled trades forward in 2019" include German Economics Minister Peter Altmaier.
11.2019
PM 11/19: form.bar also wins German Design Award for the first time
The young furniture design platform form.bar is awarded one of the most important international design prizes. The globally unique 3D web application for spectacular...
11.2019
PM 11/19: Furniture pioneer form.bar wins State Design Award 2019
Expert jury praises "intelligent production process" and "elegant design" of "impressive platform". The furniture design platform has the most...
Weitere Berichte:
→ Saarbrücker Zeitung10.2019
"In no way comfortable"
Internet trade is a major problem for many German furniture manufacturers. But not all are discouraged by this....
09.2019
PM 09/19: Customers once again vote form.bar Germany's best online store
For the third time in a row, the young furniture design platform form.bar has been awarded the prestigious title of "Germany's Best Online Shop". And thus finds itself...
09.2019
"The stars are already here"
Report of the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" about IT companies in Saarland and the "very interesting technology" of form.bar.
07.2019
"Summer desire"
Contribution in the Couch on the subject of custom living.
06.2019
PM 06/19: Design furniture platform form.bar wins German Brand Award
Nike, BMW, Lufthansa, FC Bayern: By winning the German Brand Award for the first time, the design furniture platform form.bar has joined an illustrious circle of world-famous...
05.2019
PM 05/19: Million funding for young design furniture platform
Climate-friendly, regionally sustainable: EU innovation program "Horizon 2020" praises "great potential" of globally unique 3D application for customized furniture...
Weitere Berichte:
→ möbelkultur Print → Holz-Zentralblatt → WiWo Gründer → möbelkultur Online → BM online → DDS Online → möbelfertigung online → Möbelmarkt.de05.2019
Okinlab gets millions from the EU
The Saarbrücken-based furniture startup is being funded with around two million euros from the Horizon 2020 program. The aim is to...
11.2018
Furniture production 4.0 with a fun factor
Through its online platform form.bar, the company Okinlab offers the possibility of designing one's own furnishings and then...
11.2017
"My CNC pays off"
Carpenters and joiners often lack the time to market their free CNC capacities. Jens Denhof has been working with...
07.2017
Benchmark in freeform planning
Many joineries have CNC machining centers - but very few of them are really working to capacity. This changes when...
07.2017
Germany, your founders
Okinlab designs furniture, houses and pavilions. On the platform www.form.bar, for example, anyone can...
10.2016
form.bar honored at the German Founders Award
Affordable furniture, customized by the customer on www.form.bar and manufactured by the carpentry around the corner, with this innovative concept...
02.2016
Without screws, without glue, but with a lot of imagination
The young company Okinlab has already won several awards. The starting points for their success were a look at nature and the realization that many carpenters don't even know what their modern CNC milling...
02.2014
For birthday a furniture maker
The company Okinlab builds furniture without corners and edges. "We rely on shapes that occur in nature," says Nikolas Feth (33), who together with...
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