Perfection. It's in Your Hands

Perfection.

FSB – Franz Schneider Brakel GmbH + Co KG Art.-No. 00404980246 9001, Printed in Germany, Printed on chlorine-free bleached paper. It’s in your hands.

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The more familiar the quality of our brand becomes, the easier it becomes for you to win customers for FSB products and services. FSB supports you all year round with global campaigns and marketing concepts. Your input plus our support through the internet, print media and trade fairs cause the news to spread fast. FSB simplifies planning, buy- ing, accounting and warranty arrangements to deliver uniformly high quality products and services from a single source.

Dominant genetic features in a species express themselves in form and colouring. It’s in your hands.

Evolutionary superiority isn’t necessarily about being the strongest. It’s in your hands.

3 4 3 FSB. Founded in 1881. Quality “made in Germany” for all door hardware.

Our logo handle by philosopher-cum- architect Ludwig Wittgenstein sums up our holistic perception of architecture – a handle is always more than just a handle for us. As the interface between buildings and their users it is one of the key elements in the architectural shaping of detail. The Wittgenstein handle quintessentially embodies an architecturally driven perception of hardware in which the function and application of any building element are viewed as constituent parts of an all- embracing whole.

This approach likewise applies unrestr ictedly to FSB’s involvement at internatio nal level, which is geared towards the global Philosopher and architect public project business with its Ludwig Wittgenstein focus on the whole door. The handle’s (1889 – 1951) many layers of significance as a) extension of the human hand and b) interface between people and architecture continue to point the way for us to this end.

FSB has won many awards for outstanding design and was the first makers of door hardware to be represented in the perma- nent exhibition at New York’s Museum of Wittgenstein handle 1147, Modern Art. It is a company that marries FSB logo looks of the highest order to the lasting dependability of its products’ functions, engineering and quality.

FSB was the first architectural hardware company anywhere in the world to satisfy the stringent conditions of the Environ mental Product Declaration ISO 14 025 The Wittgenstein House, Vienna 1928 and is thus doing its bit for sustainable architecture.

FSB: project hardware with a unique systemic depth

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4 5 Premium hardware programme for aspiring architecture. FSB 0105 Silver Anodised Aluminium FSB Premium hardware programme FSB makes sole use of pure smelted alloys as provided for in DIN 1725 in its aluminium products. Its finishes are protected by a process of anodisation and, once they have It’s in your undergone two-stage staining, are lastingly sealed against corrosion and the effects of hands. light and the climate.

Single source We specialise in hardware for major international architecture projects and aspire to provide systemic expertise covering all hardware requirements for the operation of doors and windows. We ensure that all components for points of entry and exit suit your own overall architectural design. Our one-stop-shop concept simplifies your planning, purchasing, invoicing and warranty management input. FSB 6204 Satin Matt Stainless Steel An extremely corrosion-resistant and Architectural hardware solutions durable material that is particularly easy- The FSB hardware programme embraces care due to the inclusion of chrome and all components for system-driven door nickel in the alloy and is ideal, therefore, planning – and is certainly no random for heavily frequented doors and window jumble of formally and visually disparate handles in constant use. individual products. The FSB range includes door lever handles with standard, heavy-duty and fire-safety bearings as well as hinges, door closers, locks plus lock cylinders and, of course, window handles and accessory products such as door stops and finger plates.

Uniform material and finish We strive to deliver uniform materials and finishes throughout the FSB range of door hardware for consistency of architectural and aesthetic intent. FSB has set global benchmarks with its breadth of materials and its particularly fine finishes.

FSB 7615 Bronze Bright Patinated We use a copper-tin alloy containing 92 % copper for our rugged bronze fittings. This makes them unbeatably corrosion-resistant, and gives them great tensile strength and hardness. The copper has disinfectant properties, moreover, explaining why it is a preferred choice wherever hygiene is of the essence as in hospitals and nursing wards. A specially developed technique can be adopted to artificially age bronze and lend it a very compelling patina.

7 FSB handle ranges Assert your architectural fingerprint down to the last detail.

Every building has a different set of use requirements to fulfil and these are also mirrored in the door planning process. Part and parcel of any worthwhile set of door equipment are door fittings that are func- tionally compelling and conform to building regulations. All of FSB’s ranges of models fit the bill. Model 1144, for instance, which was conceived by the English designer Jasper Morrison: his handle collection con- tains door levers, entrance door furniture, lever handles for narrow-frame doors – cranked and in-line – and window handles with and without a locking capability.

As is the case with all FSB models, 1144 comes in a heavy-duty version with an AGL® compensating bearing, in an AGL® FS fire-safety variant and in the standard FD model for the private sphere.

FSB’s range of fittings offer the architect the opportunity to fulfil their ultimate desire, which is to match up the design, material and finish of all operating hardware, thus providing a continuum of design and aesthetic intent that is unparalleled in the door hardware industry.

The FSB range adds up to a uniquely wide variety of models that can be perused in our Manual, at our website or at your local trade stocklist’s.

12 A design’s quality only becomes apparent Our Specification Service staff have a We deploy leading-edge data interfaces and Interactive FSB specification service – worldwide once the fine detail has been completed. fine eye for upholding every aspect of an BIM tools when planning and communicat- Given that the form, colour, material and architect’s formal identity in the meticulous ing with you that ensure an efficient data structure of any fitting are crucial to the way they match finishes, dimensions and interchange whilst also constituting valid design’s overall impact, planning the techni- proportions up with one another. Their far- documentation from a commercial point of cal features is a vital aspect of the design reaching architectural expertise allows them view, one from which all project participants Leave the work to us. process. It is the fine detail that reflects the to carry out such time-consuming minutiae benefit. formal idea underpinning any aesthetic on your behalf. They always bear the rel- concept after all. evant local building authority standards in Contact us: mind in the process. www.fsb-worldwide.com/specwriting

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Forms Door hardware components – functions Door hardware components – engineering Materials and finishes Proportion and structuring

FSB door handle design lines draw It is possible in this way to apply formal/ 1. Door closer surface-mounted or extremely durable heavy-duty variant FSB door components are produced in Structuring elements with square or round on geometrical and ergonomic design aesthetic criteria and design principles recessed classic hardware materials: aluminium, edges establish the formal link between principles in equal measure. underpinning the architecture to the hard- heavy-duty fire-safety variant stainless steel and bronze. technical components and door handles. ware specification for doors and windows. 2. Handle ranges for flush, frame and wholly-glazed doors standard model for the home 3. Hardware system solutions for emergency exits

4. Locks and lock cylinders

5. Hinges for various door formats and weights

6. Door stops, finger plates, kicking plates

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For every need: the FSB 1144 model by Jasper Morrison in a uniquely broad range for doors and windows.

16 17 Interactive FSB specification service – worldwide The art of door planning.

1. Door hinges appearance that is intensely engaging. The 4. Handles and handle systems kicked – or else the door as a whole is 7. Hardware solutions for emergency exits Conformance to: DIN V ENV 1627 (burglar- FSB heavy-duty door hinges are made in range comprises standard and rail-based FSB has set internationally valid bench- simply opened and closed with brute force. FSB supplies the broadest range of emer- resistant elements) high-grade stainless steel. Snug-fit, main- door closers (optionally with concealed fit- marks for ambitious design and function in FSB supplies a full selection of accessories gency exit hardware – both for frame and tenance-free sliding-bearing technology ting). Conformance to: CE, EN 1154, ANSI/ architecture with its handles. Its Standard designed to protect doors against all this: flush doors. Also included are visually guarantees ruggedly durable functioning. BHMA Standard A156.4 FD, AGL® and GL® FS bearings are up to large-format backplates or finger plates – in cohesive, certificated system solutions for Hinges blend in formally with FSB door all requirements in public project applica- customised formats and forms if so desired panic doors. Conformance to: EN 179 and handle design lines, including in terms 3. Locking systems tions. - kicking plates and, indeed, a comprehen- EN 1125 respectively, ANSI/BHMA Stand- of their finishes. Conformance to: CE, EN The FSB range of locks comprises Class FSB lever handles conform to EN 1906, sive range of floor and wall-mounted door ard A156.3 1935, ANSI/BHMA Standard A156.1 3 and 5 mortice locks as well as Class DIN 18 255, DIN 18 273, EN 1634-1, stops to complement any of FSB’s door 3 frame door locks and locks to the US ANSI/BHMA Standard A.156.6 ; FSB door handle design lines. 8. Window handles 2. Door closers standard. Fire-safety variants approved pulls conform to BS 8424, ANSI/BHMA For every FSB door handle there is a A distinctive design concept covering all under building regulations are par for the Standard A.156.650 6. Spatial orientation matching window handle. FSB is one of working and non-working parts in FSB door course. The visible forends accord to a tee FSB supplies none other than the pic- only two manufacturers worldwide to fit its closers has been developed that has no with the FSB philosophy on finishes. 5. Accessories for the protection of doors togram system created by the German window handles with a RAL-tested 4-point equal in the marketplace. The housing is in Conformance to: CE, EN 12 209, DIN 18 Public project doors, as is well known, designer Otl Aicher for the 1972 Olympic click-stop mechanism. two parts and completely encloses the door 250, DIN 18 251-1, ANSI/BHMA Standard have to put up with a lot of heavy treat- Games. Aicher’s pictogram system con- The click-stop mechanism guarantees Lufthansa Aviation Center, closer, lending the material and finish for A156.13, GOST R 52582-2006, GOST ment. People are constantly grabbing the tinues to be regarded as a global yardstick precise positioning in line with the various Frankfurt am Main, Germany FSB door closers a seamless, end-to-end 5089-2003, GOST 538-2001 handles, the door face is touched, fingered, and cultural milestone. locking statuses. Architect: Christoph Ingenhoven

1718 1819 FSB project sample board service – worldwide Making the right choice.

Our worldwide project-specific sample board service supports the project during the planning process and indicates product solutions for your design draft in a target-focused manner. This also involves bringing about a harmonious balance between building authority provisions, technical and functional parameters as well as providing a visual benchmark for designs and finishes.

The outcome of joint deliberation by our representatives with architects, designers and clients can be truly impressive. Ideas, design visions and budgetary requirements converge on the FSB project-specific sample board. Whether it stands in the architect’s office or as a showpiece in the client’s own office, this sample board clearly underlines how we see ourselves: Quality for doors and windows “made in Germany”. Since 1881.

FSB specimen boards give you an immediate feel for the superior quality of our products.

20 21 German Design Culture From common-place to cultural asset.

It used to be said that modernist German next to no time due to the outcome of this 1. Light system luminaire 2. design was sober, severe, matter-of-fact workshop and to the event itself. Mario Bellini for ERCO 1986 and orderly. Some felt it was short on lust www.erco.com 1. for life and glamour and long on boredom. This early “name design” project turned In an age in which function was going into what had long been regarded as a low- 2. SE 42 chair overdrive, meanwhile, others began to find interest product into a design topic that Egon Eiermann for Wilde + Spieth 1949 3. beauty in uncluttered forms and elegance well-known architects and designers imme- www.wilde-spieth.com in straight lines. diately began addressing themselves to. 3. Front-loading washer W 1000 S One person who appreciates orderliness is Otl Aicher also refashioned the FSB logo, Miele works design 2008 Apple’s chief designer Jonathan Ive. He taking as his point of departure a handle www.miele.com cites Dieter Rams as a force behind his designed by the philosopher Ludwig Witt- work, a man who, as one of the best-known genstein – no pictogram could have fewer 4. Door handle 1034 designers in Germany, came to be the very frills – for the house his sister had built in Johannes Potente for FSB 1952 epitome of West German design through Vienna between 1926 and 1928. www.fsb.de his more than twenty years’ work for Messrs Braun. Ive’s iPods and iPhones for Role model Dieter Rams 5. SK 4 radiogram Apple have instilled sexiness into function- Aicher also thought up the Four-Point Hans Gugelot and Dieter Rams alist forms that were long accused of lack- Guide to Good Grip – thumb brake, forefin- for Braun 1956 ing emotion. ger furrow, support for the palm and grip- www.braun.com ping volume – that served thenceforth as a The germ cell of functionalism is consid- means of gauging the quality of handle de- 6. Pott 87 cutlery 5. ered to have been the Ulm Design College signs. 1987 saw FSB initiate what must be Carl Pott for Pott 1959 4. (1954–1968), set up after the Second one of the most comprehensive series of www.pott.com World War with the lofty aim of harnessing publications by any company on the cul- 6. better design to the cause of creating a tural history of its own core product. FSB 7. Caroussel S slide projector similarly better democratic society. The big proceeded to publish books on philosophy, Hans Gugelot for Kodak 1963 names in West Germany’s subsequent de- ergonomics, artistic subjects and even liter- www.kodak.com sign history studied and taught here, this is ary issues as they affect the handle. where the first cooperative ventures with 8. Fitting Tara companies such as Braun were entered The company effectively wrote the design Sieger Design for Dornbracht 1992 into, and it was here that concepts of good, history of the door handle, a topic that had www.dornbracht.com timeless form defined solely by its function already been aired in Scandinavian mod- were spawned. ernism, at the “Bauhaus” or at the Design 9. Aluminium suitcase College in Ulm, one to which designers Richard Morszeck for RIMOWA 1950 One of the College’s co-founders and first such as Alvar Aalto, Max Bill or Arne www.rimowa.com lecturers was graphic artist Otl Aicher, who Jacobsen too had turned. The huge popu- was to shape the perception of West Ger- larity of these books caused some critics to 10. Easy chair 601 man design for decades with work such as jestingly muse that FSB must be a publish- Dieter Rams for Vitsoe 1960 the corporate identity he fashioned for ers able to afford the luxury of making han- www.vitsoe.com 8. Lufthansa or his visuals for the Munich Ol- dles as a sideline. 7. ympic Games in 1972, from which a new 11. Arzberg 2050 tableware service 9. image of Germany went round the world Handle as design topic Heinrich Löffelhardt for Arzberg not least due to Aicher’s own work. Initially just a metalware makers from www.arzberg-porzellan.de small-town Brakel, FSB has grown to be- Better society through better design come one of the most noted design-driven 12. Porsche 911 sports car FSB joined forces with Aicher to come up enterprises in Germany, in the process Porsche works design 1964 with a new corporate identity and a funda- transforming the handle from a disregarded www.porsche.com mentally new design culture, one that, as common-or-garden item into a cultural as- well as addressing the company’s origins set. You may wish to call that clever mar- and tradition, also takes in the cultural his- keting, but it is also possible to see in it the tory of the handle and, indeed, the entire design earnest and sense of responsibility history of the holding process. that has now once again allowed German design and design-oriented German enter- This led to the unearthing of the handle as prises to be celebrated, and occasionally a design issue: in 1986, FSB invited the even loved, the world over. likes of Mario Botta, Peter Eisenman, Hans 11. Hollein, Alessandro Mendini and Dieter Rams to the first Handle Workshop in Brakel. The company achieved celebrity in 10. 12.

22 23 Sales / Distribution Partner FSB Project Service Worldwide

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www.fsb-worldwide.com 24 Perfection.

FSB – Franz Schneider Brakel GmbH + Co KG Art.-No. 00404980246 9001, Printed in Germany, Printed on chlorine-free bleached paper. It’s in your hands.