H100 OPENSTORAGE

The business: design furniture rental from a vintage showroom

H100 is not a rental company with a showroom. It is a design showroom with a rental side business. The collective occupies a large space on Hohlstrasse 100 in Zurich and operates three distinct furniture shops under the same roof: Bogen33 (vintage classics and garden furniture from the 1950s to 1980s), Viadukt*3 (antique wooden tables and chairs, plus reproductions from makers like Horgenglarus and Thonet), and Memorie.ch (reissued design classics from the 1930s to 1980s and new furniture from contemporary European makers). Adjacent to the retail showroom is H100 OPENSTORAGE, a 1400-square-meter warehouse holding "a Switzerland-wide unique collection of vintage furniture and design classics", open by appointment or on scheduled Saturdays and Fridays.

The rental business serves customers who want to furnish with pieces that have aesthetic weight, not standard IKEA rentals, but vintage mid-century icons or contemporary designer pieces. The site lists "Vermietung" (rental) as a service offering and states they rent "Möbel mieten in Zürich und schweizweit" (furniture rental in Zurich and Switzerland-wide), but gives no detail on how the rental works or what it costs.

For someone arriving: design-forward furnishing, not convenient furnishing

If you are moving to Switzerland and arriving with taste but no time to source furniture, H100 addresses a different problem than Pisler or furniturerental.ch. They do not offer "move-in-ready three-room packages". They offer access to a warehouse of vintage and contemporary design pieces and the opportunity to rent them for your space.

The practical appeal is limited. You would need to visit the showroom in Zurich (or browse their limited online inventory) to see what pieces are available, decide what you want, negotiate rental terms, and arrange delivery. There is no online booking, no standardized packages, and no visible pricing. For someone arriving urgently who needs furniture this week, this is friction, not convenience. For someone arriving with flexibility and aesthetic priorities, it is an opportunity to live with design-quality pieces rather than settling for the "Standard Line" of the mass-market rental firms.

The showroom is open Tuesday through Friday 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The OPENSTORAGE warehouse has limited hours (Friday 4-6:30 p.m., Saturday 12-5 p.m.), and other times "by prior arrangement". That schedule assumes you have time to visit during business hours, which an arriving expat juggling work and apartment hunting may not.

The specifics: three shops, a warehouse, and online presence

The three retail shops specialize. Bogen33 focuses on vintage and design classics from the mid-twentieth century, plus an "extensive range" of garden furniture. Viadukt*3 specializes in wooden tables and chairs, claiming "a broad range of Beizenstühle" (painted wooden chairs), Biedermeier tables, and new solid-wood reproductions. Memorie.ch markets itself as both online shop and showroom, offering "reissues of great design classics from the 30s to 80s and new design from European furniture makers". All three shops share the Hohlstrasse 100 address.

The OPENSTORAGE warehouse next door showcases "an originally Swiss unique collection" of vintage furniture and design classics, spanning original mid-century pieces and "in-house re-editions". The site does not specify how much of the warehouse is for sale versus for rent, or which pieces are available on rental terms.

The site has an e-shop front (Memorie.ch's online store) for retail purchase, but there is no visible online rental interface. To rent, you must contact them directly. Contact details are limited to the main email, a phone number, and opening hours. The site lists jobs and mentions "relocation clients" and "interior design projects" as customer segments, which suggests they do work with incoming expats and interior designers, but offers no detail on how that engagement works.

What remains unanswered

Pricing for rental is entirely absent. You cannot know in advance what it costs to rent a single vintage chair for a month, a full living room of design pieces for six months, or any configuration in between. Minimum rental periods are unspecified. Does H100 rent pieces individually, or only as curated sets? If you want that one mid-century lounge chair from a photo but none of the rest of the collection, can you rent just that piece?

Delivery and installation are not addressed. Are you responsible for moving the pieces yourself, or does H100 arrange and charge for delivery? Is there insurance or damage liability? What happens if a piece breaks during your rental? How long is the rental contract, and how much notice do you need to give to end it?

The site does not clarify whether all three shops' inventory is available for rental or only certain pieces. Memorie.ch's "reissues" and new contemporary pieces may have different terms than Bogen33's vintage finds. Storage is also unnamed as a service: the OPENSTORAGE name suggests there is a storage option (useful for someone in a temporary flat who wants to hold furniture mid-lease), but the terms are not published.

Who this suits, and realistic limitations

H100 is built for an interior designer, a relocation specialist (the site names both customer types), or an arriving expat with significant aesthetic demands and time to spend sourcing pieces. It suits someone planning a six-month or longer stay who wants to furnish with design-quality pieces and does not want to buy. It is less practical for someone arriving in a panic needing furniture this week, or anyone who wants to quote and book online without a site visit.

The Zurich location limits reach. While they claim Switzerland-wide rental, most of the showroom and all the visual browsing happen in one place. Someone arriving in Bern, Basel, or Geneva would need to make a trip to Zurich or rely entirely on phone contact to understand what they are renting. The limited warehouse hours (mostly Saturdays, by appointment otherwise) make casual browsing difficult for a working person.

The vintage specialty means the aesthetic is not for everyone. If you want modern minimalist, Scandinavian, or contemporary design, H100's mid-century and 30s-80s focus is not a match. Likewise, if you want practical and forgettable (standard brown rental sofa), the design-focused inventory is not it.

The verdict

H100 fills a genuine niche for someone arriving in Switzerland with design taste, money to spend, and time to spend it. A relocation specialist or interior designer could use H100 to furnish a client's flat with pieces that have character and longevity. For a routine arriving expat who needs to be in a furnished space by Monday, the friction (no online booking, limited hours, no published prices, no standard packages) makes Pisler or furniturerental.ch a better starting point. If you are staying six months or longer and want your temporary home to feel intentional rather than temporary, H100 is worth the phone call. If you are staying three months and need to move fast, it is not.