Production and distribution of re-editions and contemporary furniture design, many products manufactured in Switzerland
wb form AG
Uraniastrasse 40, 8001 Zurich (Switzerland)New on Amplifa
About wb form
wb form AG, based in Zurich, is a sister company of the traditional firm wohnbedarf and produces and distributes re-editions as well as classic and contemporary furniture worldwide. The company also develops its own design products and, in 1958, as the wholesale division of wohnbedarf, licensed Knoll International office furniture for Switzerland. The collection includes, among others, the Max Bill furniture with the Ulmer Hocker, the Kreuzzargenstuhl chair and the Quadratrundtisch table, the Carta Collection by Shigeru Ban made from recyclable materials, the UPW collection by Ulrich P. Wieser, the Lido chaise longue by Battista and Gino Giudici, and the Wolkenlampe cloud lamp by Susi Berger-Wyss and Ueli Berger. Products are made predominantly from solid wood and plywood; the provenance of the woods is disclosed in a solid wood declaration. Customers come from furniture retail, gastronomy, hospitality, office and interior design; reference projects include the Kunsthaus restaurant in Zurich, the Tamedia lounge and the Hospitalkirche in Stuttgart.
- Site
- Zurich
- Processes
- Distribution of re-editions and contemporary design, Production (partly in Switzerland), In-house product development
- Materials
- Sycamore maple, Beech, Oak, Ash, Cherry, European walnut, American walnut, London plane
- Industries
- Furniture/Design, Gastronomy/Hospitality, Office/Interior furnishing
- 01
Design by designers and architects
- 02
Production (partly in Switzerland)
- 03
Selective distribution via retailers and project business
Materials and Woods
Sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus)
Solid wood sourced from Switzerland, Germany and France.
Beech (Fagus sylvatica)
Solid wood for furniture such as the Kreuzzargenstuhl chair; provenance includes Switzerland, Germany, Bosnia, Slovenia and Croatia.
Oak (Quercus robur)
Solid wood sourced from Switzerland, Germany, France, Slovenia, Bosnia and Croatia.
Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
Solid wood sourced from Switzerland, Germany and France.
Cherry (Prunus avium)
Solid wood sourced from Germany and France.
Walnut, European and American
Solid wood; European provenance Germany, Austria, France; American provenance USA.
London plane (Platanus x acerifolia)
Solid wood sourced from France.
Field elm (Ulmus minor)
Solid wood sourced from Switzerland, Austria and France.
Moulded plywood maple, birch plywood
Used, among other things, for the Turtle bed and the Carta Collection.
Cardboard tubes
Recyclable material of the Carta Collection by Shigeru Ban.
Spruce wood
Used, among other things, for the Ulmer Hocker at the Hospitalkirche Stuttgart.
Locations
Zurich
CHHead office/Distribution
Collection and Components
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Reference customers
History
- 1958
Licence for Knoll International office furniture in Switzerland, founding of the wholesale division
- 1966
Wholesale division renamed wb form
- 1990
Re-establishment of wb form AG (until 2000)
- 1992
First series of the Ulmer Hocker produced and distributed
- 1998
Re-edition of the Lido chaise longue taken over
- 2000
Willy Guhl designs the small Eternit table; re-edition of the Alvar Aalto daybed taken over
- 2011
Relaunch, acquisition of production and distribution rights to the Max Bill collection
- 2015
Launch of the Carta Collection by Shigeru Ban
- 2016
Integration of wb Engros / Edition wb Basel; UPW collection added
- 2017
Iconic Award for Interior Innovation for the Carta Chaise Longue
- 2019
First production of the Max Bill Schubladenhocker