FORMANI is a Dutch design brand for architectural hardware (door fittings, window fittings, furniture fittings, bathroom accessories), founded in 1989 as an importing agency for the Dutch market. In 2002 the Aarts family took over; in 2003 their own production began. Son Pim Aarts assumed company leadership in 2008; in 2009 the first designer collaboration took place — with Piet Boon — catapulting the brand into international attention. The company's leitmotif is precise: "Obsessed with Details" — details are not merely details, they can complete or ruin a design. The door handle and window fitting are present in every room and thus the most frequently touched design element in any architecture. FORMANI has elevated the fitting into a full design discipline: all collections follow a total concept of door fittings, window fittings, furniture fittings and bathroom accessories. Company headquarters: Maastricht-Airport (Netherlands). Presence in 50 countries. Own custom workshop for country-specific lock and standard adaptations.

18 collections; designer collaborations: Piet Boon (ONE — cylindrical, purist; INC — flattened circle with taper; NOIR), David Rockwell (ECLIPSE — cylindrical with curved carved channel; e.g. for hospitality settings), Bertram Beerbaum (TENSE), Tord Boontje, Lázaro Rosa-Violán (FERROVIA — industrial aesthetic), Edward van Vliet, Osiris Hertman, Eric Kuster, Jan des Bouvrie, Bob Manders, Mathieu Bruls, Gensler. Innovation: FOLD — the world's first floating door handle without a rosette. Materials: stainless steel (polished/brushed), PVD coatings, bronze, black, white, brass, nickel. BIM/CAD files on Archiproducts. Certifications: ISO-compliant; country-specific standard adaptations incl. for Scandinavia, USA, New Zealand. Applications: villas, luxury apartments, hotels, wellness centres, restaurants, offices.

For architects and interior designers seeking for residential, hospitality and contract projects a Dutch architectural hardware brand that since 1989 has evolved from an importing agency into an internationally recognised design brand, has built an international designer portfolio of the first rank with Piet Boon, David Rockwell and Lázaro Rosa-Violán, has set a technical and formal innovation with the FOLD handle (world's first floating handle without a rosette), and with the total concept of all fitting categories connects doors, windows, furniture and bathroom in design coherence — FORMANI is a good address in the segment of the consistent Dutch architectural hardware design concept.