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Posted: August 23rd, 2010 | Author: koan | Filed under: private houses | Tags: mafi Design, mafi Products, natural oiled floors, Tiger Oak | No Comments »
This private house in Switzerland is equipped with our mafi Tiger Oak black color filler brushed natural oil running through all rooms. The installer made a special solution to protect the area in front of the fireplace. The floor is protect with a glass slab that is not higher but on the same level as the wood. This is a very neat solution to have one level floor protected with glass without getting hurt walking barefoot.
Something about the technical side of this perfect variant.
The wood plank is a 3-layer construction, the backing and the top layer consist of the same type of wood. Depending on the wood type the layers are approx. 4 – 5 mm thick. The middle layer of conifer wood is glued diagonally, guaranteeing excellent shape retention. Because of this 3-layer construction is it possible to mill the floor on the back side a little to reduce the thickness of the floor exactly like thickness off the glass. Then you can lay the glass on the floor and the glass surface has the same height as the rest of the wooden floor. This is a perfect variant to see the floor also in front of the fire place and the planks running through in one line.
Posted: August 18th, 2010 | Author: koan | Filed under: hotels | Tags: Fresco Duna, interior, mafi Design, natural oiled floors, wall | No Comments »
More and more of our products as like as the Beech Vulcano Fresco Duna are part of high end interior design. In this case there is a wonderful wall-application in the entrance Hall of the Mirabeau in Monaco. It is the former Mirabeau Hotel converted into 8 high end condominium Apartments in Monaco.
The owner is David and Frederik Barclay, also owners of the famous Ritz Hotel in London.
Beech Vulcano Fresco Duna is also vertical usable and works as a fantastically eye catcher generated by a unique material selection. More and more designers and architects growned to like the Duna to design rooms not only as floors but also for walls, ceilings and also furniture.
Fresco floors are also very good for wet rooms like bathrooms and areas where you often walk barefoot. The 3D structure massages your feet and also has an anti slip effect.
Important:
Fresco products are only available as planks because of technical reasons. All other products you can buy the toplayer for producing your special applications.
Posted: August 11th, 2010 | Author: koan | Filed under: private houses | Tags: interior, mafi Oak Vulcano, natural oiled floors, wide plank floors | No Comments »
This traditional accommodation with a view into the Kitzbuehler Alps is equipped with a mafi natural wooden floor. For traditional objects it is important to use a natural product like our mafi floor with warmth feeling. You can see wooden floors in the most ski huts in the Austrian Alps and people walk on it with wet ski boots. The floors in the ski huts are made only with natural wood and a natural surface. Also for hotels and accommodations in the Alps is it important to use wood in a natural way for furniture and floors. The mafi oiled surface of wooden floors makes the wood almost as breathable as it is in it’s natural state (approx. 80%). The floor can breathe! The mafi oil is a natural oil free from solvents. About the brushed surface you can feel the naturalness of the wood.
On the pictures you can see our mafi Oak Vulcano brushed, natural oiled on the floor in combination with soft wood for the furniture and for the wooden beam. Also very good visible is the natural colour diversity of the wood which makes the wood unique. We think this is a very good reference to show in which different ways mafi is used. We are very proud about this gorgeous accommodation.
Posted: August 4th, 2010 | Author: koan | Filed under: private houses | Tags: interior, mafi Oak Vulcano, mafi Products, natural oiled floors | No Comments »
What a modern house with warm feeling because of the natural wood…
Photo: Maurizio Marcato
We got these beautiful pictures from our partner mafi Italia. The architect Brusapasquè. from Studio Brusa Pasquè equipped the climate house with our Oak Vulcano brushed natural oil. The floor is very important especially for this house – it is a climate house and the architect used our floor because of it’s ecological attributes and art philosophy.
This private villa in Varese is classified in energetic class A. This is also possible because of the warm feeling of the mafi floor on your feet. Even in fall and sometimes in Winter you do not need to turn on the underfloor heating as the brushed and oiled surface is warmer then any other floors. This will not only reduce your heating costs but also will improve your quality of living.
Statement: “I am very happy that the positive benefits of our floors will be used from our clients” - Nicola Pasquardini – CEO, mafi Italia.
Posted: August 2nd, 2010 | Author: koan | Filed under: private houses | Tags: natural oiled floors | No Comments »
The architect Alexander Tavakoli from BauArt architects used our wooden floors for a special low-energy house in Austria. He used approx 230 square meters of our Oak Vulcano, brushed natural oiled for the corridor, bar area, lounge and for the wellness area.
Press text about the low-energy house in Vienna:
Situated in the 19th District of Vienna, in the charming environs of the Kahlenberg, the project’s basic principle of design is to harmoniously co-exist with the local area and topography. The structure is based on a straight-lined design, consisting of a four level spatial sequence that orchestrates space, light and carefully chosen materials.
Precisely positioned apertures afford inhabitants with quality views of the surrounding environment whilst simultaneously blocking unwelcome viewing, ensuring a sense of privacy within.
The feel of the surfaces played a major part in the choice of materials used. A composition reduced to wood, stone and glass enhances the appreciation of each material. Clay plastering throughout improves the acoustics, thus contributing to a relaxing atmosphere.
The construction is state of the art and is a certified “low-energy” house.
Posted: August 2nd, 2010 | Author: koan | Filed under: knowledge, mafi inside | Tags: mafi Products, natural oiled floors | 1 Comment »
Colour-diversity with mafi natural wooden floors.
“The conservation of natural resources is an essential part of the mafi philosophy“, means Florian Fillafer member of the board.
The natural colour of wood is influenced by the climatic environment of the tree. Seasons, altitude, weather conditions and the culture medium of the soil where the tree grows influences the appearance of the wood.
Depending on the type of wood, the age of the tree when harvested is 100 – 200 years. To ensure a sustainable use of natural resources, the wood is therefore always harvested in different growing regions.
mafi insists on colour diversity and not on uniformity. Colour differences are individual characteristics and distinguish an exclusive natural product to uniformed mass produced products. These characteristics are not separated out but are distinctly desired.
mafi explicitly uses no tropical woods. For European wood varieties to be darkened in colour, mafi has created a procedure for themselves, which has
no chemical additives. This product line is called Vulcano. Vulcano products are thermal treated and are not only superficially, but fully darkened throughout the wood. The charming naturalness of the wood, which is expressed in colour differences, branches and small inclusions, is not concealed but preserved.
Special customers look for special surfaces. Designers and architects often design their projects with certain mood and colour concepts in mind. The natural colour of the wood is what is asked for. It may be that the expectations of the architect are not entirely consistent with those of nature. Should that be the case, we recommend to our partners the use of coloured oils because they disguise natural irregularities. As the dark oil is applied on a dark wooden Vulcano background, repairs can continue to be made, provided that the repair is reworked with the same coloured oil. Because of the original dark wooden surface the walkways on the floor will be almost, to completely invisible.
Posted: July 28th, 2010 | Author: koan | Filed under: interior design, references, showrooms | Tags: interior, mafi Domino, natural oiled floors | No Comments »
We received pictures from a fantastic project in South Korea the other day. It is done by our partner “Armstrong Korea”. They are developing a Department store in Korea which will be opened in August and installing the mafi Domino Larch Vulcano floor on parts of the wall and ceiling.
The installation looks very good so far. The Korean Installers are working by the rulebook of mafi installation guide. They do a marvellous job on composing the different colour shades in a superb mixture of colours all over the wall and ceiling.
As there is currently no AC which will be as soon as the store will be opened they try to create a similar climate with vans to get the humidity as near as possible to the future conditions to make sure the the installation will be in perfect quality.
mafi installation guide
Posted: July 20th, 2010 | Author: koan | Filed under: interior design | Tags: Design, Flagshipstore, mafi Design, mafi Products, Shop-window | No Comments »
We want to present you our new shop window decoration. The topic is butterfly feeling in summer. Mrs. Brigitta Schölbauer/ Basis 4 used beautiful butterflies for the shop-window to get a very good feeling and a good impression for the summer time.
In combination with the natural wooden floors our shop get a very friendly impression for people who walk outside. We recognize people standing outside and having a look into the shop window every day. We will adopt the decoration for the summer festival and will change it in fall.
Have a look at the pictures…
Posted: July 20th, 2010 | Author: koan | Filed under: private houses | Tags: architetcs & designers, Design, Fresco Duna, mafi Design, mafi Domino, mafi Products, natural oiled floors | No Comments »
We got very good pictures of a private house in Belgium. The architects from Elbeko planned this house with our wooden floors. They used our material not only for the floor but also for some other good details in the house. Walnut sanded natural oiled was used for the living room, for the stairs, the desk and also for the shelf in the room.
The architects also thought about the good feeling to walk barefoot on wood because in the bed room they put the mafi Fresco Duna white oil which gives you a feet massage as soon as you do your first steps in the morning.
The architects had another two good ideas…
For two shelves they used mafi Domino. You can see it on the picture with the cinema room. In the back there is a shelf with mafi Domino behind the sofa.
The perfect done work is from Chris Verschaeve Bvba.
Get an impression…
Pictures: AF-Fotografie.com
Posted: July 20th, 2010 | Author: koan | Filed under: private houses | Tags: Larch, mafi Larch, natural oiled floors, Virgin, wide plank floors | No Comments »
We recently got pictures of a nice done projects in an US American Ski Chalet. The owner wanted to do the whole house with the mafi Larch Virgin, brushed, natural oiled.
Combined with the stone walls and the fire place a special natural atmosphere was created. We think that this is a very nice project.
The mafi Larch floors are not only the most hard wearing conifer floors it is also a floor that can be brushed very good. This will provide you a very soft and warm walking on the floor and a slightly massage effect.
