Posted: November 11th, 2011 | Author: chemetsberger | Filed under: art projects, company, hotels, interior design, private houses, public areas, references, restaurants, showrooms | Tags: brochure, carving, Coral Oak, domino, Fresco, Magic Oak, philosophy, Tiger Oak, Trendsetter | No Comments »
Natural Responsibility without Compromise
mafi was the first Company in the Industry to decide for a lacquer-free, completely naturally oiled flooring surface. The Oils used are wholly based on natural raw materials. These natural properties support the wood by preserving and highlighting its natural qualities.
As a pioneer of natural wood processing, mafi works under the principle of sustainability. The careful use of resources is at the heart of the company’s ethics. During processing, the whole tree is used – with all its physical and visual diversity. Following its pioneering vision, mafi has developed its own method of thermal treatment. This eliminates the need to use Tropical timber. Using only water and heat, Vulcano floors are completely stained in a natural way.
Quality through Performance
Along with the natural treatment of the wood, mafi sets the highest standards of quality for wooden floors. Particularly significant is the standard of quality in the symmetrical construction of the 3-Layer flooring: Here the upper and lower layers are constructed of the same material. This procedure ensures an even balance of the flooring and produces high stability.
Quality and Durability are the characteristics of mafi floorings. Due to their extreme load-bearing capacity, they are ideally suited for use in high traffic areas. The Baroque Cathedral of Zacatecas and the Hotel Madlein in Ischgl are perfect examples of the qualitative durability of mafi products.
With approximately 20 different woods, most of which are local types, mafi offers around 250 differing products which are exported to more than 50 countries. This superb portfolio is thanks to more than 80 staff at the Production facility in Austria, where utmost quality is the highest principle for mafi products.
Exceptional Floorings for Exceptional People
mafi products are one off Masterpieces. Far removed from mass production, mafi offers individual natural floorings. Every year, new technologies and designs are developed, from which many have found to be international trend setters.
mafi floorings easily integrate into existing rooms and turn them into unique artefacts. Due to the preservation of the natural quality of the wood, they are very robust and especially easy to maintain. Just like human skin, these natural wood floorings are best treated with a soap and a special protective balm.
Thanks to maximum quality, ecological responsibility and individual solutions mafi sets itself the highest standards and thereby creates success in every aspect.
mafi is the Avant-garde of Floorings. Year on Year, new products are developed in the Austrian wooden flooring industry which receive great approval in the international Architecture scene.
A perfect example of this development is mafi’s Carving. It enables, for the first time, the transfer of any design onto the wood without compromising its positive properties.
Every person is an individual. Carving makes it possible to transfer this individuality onto the flooring thus creating a very personal living space.
With Carving Grunge, Retro, Kids, Club, Empire, Nana and Paisley, mafi offers its customers a wide variety of stunning designs. Carving gives homes, bars or offices a distinctive character and turns them into fashionable locations.
The Customer’s individual interests lay close to mafi’s heart. With the ‘Carving Custom Design’, shops become iconic stores which communicate directly the identity of their brand.
In all our creations, mafi preserves the naturalness of the wood and through the deliberate use of ecological processing allows it a new expression.
The Riva Mezzo surface combines the naturalness of wood with innovative technology. With its tactile structure, Riva Mezzo takes up the diversity of nature and applies it to social living.
The Riva Mezzo structure resembles the ocean’s sandy soil, which has been modelled over time by the gentle swell of the waves. Just like a reflection of any natural phenomenon, this flooring creates a cosy ambience that invites you to relax and seduce the senses.
mafi Fresco is the perfect symbiosis of naturalness, quality and design. With the use of new technologies, mafi brings to the fore the striking particularities of the wood and develops these artistically into new designs.
The hand-finished surface exerts a slight massaging effect on the feet and has a beneficial effect on body and mind. Whether installed on the floor or on the wall, mafi Fresco projects its impressive impact and gives the room a distinctive structure.
Each room has its own character right from the beginning. In order to optimally emphasise this character, mafi offers this design with Waves (Fresco Duna), Dots (Punto Fresco), Diamonds (Fresco Rombo), Snake Print (Fresco Anaconda) or Tyre Tread (Fresco Pista).
For its successfully detailed solution, this flooring was awarded an Honourable Mention at the Red Dot Award: Product Design.
mafi trades on the principles of origin and sustainability. The natural wealth of shapes and patterns existing in nature offers mafi an ideal basis to turn flooring into unique works of art.
The Coral Oak combines all requirements which mafi has for any natural wood floor. Through the treatment with pure natural oils, this wood displays positive impact and gives any room such a special atmosphere. The main characteristic of this design are the artistically integrated cracks, which can be filled in with different colour variations.
The Coral Oak forms the room. Thanks to the long cracks, rooms appear visually larger and give the people the freedom they need to flourish.
The Magic Oak displays therefore an expansion. With great love for the raw material wood, every single plank is hand-planed. The resulting tactile depths give each floor its own character and bring the room to life.
mafi has long been considered a trendsetter in the field of natural wood floorings. To guarantee this excellent reputation, this family run company brings out new products every year that are often leading the way for global trends.
One of these masterpieces is the Tiger Oak. The fine cracks that run through this elegant wood embody mafi’s unconventional way of thinking and have revolutionised a whole industry.
Every single Tiger Oak board is unique. The vivid surface pattern gives the room a dynamic character and exudes an invigorating energy. At the same time, this design fits unobtrusively into any existing arrangement and harmonises with other room components.
The tree has been growing for millions of years on our Earth. mafi understands how to interpret the valuable commodity that is wood again and again, and to use it for innovative and ground breaking ideas.
mafi Domino is composed of strong wooden cubes that have been taken from the most stable area of the tree trunk. This makes the floor extremely robust and resistant to any pressures to which it is exposed in the course of its long life.
Domino’s cubed look delivers each time a different effect whether on the floor or on the wall. The result of the various warm nuances of the natural colour of the wood cubes is a comforting and yet luxurious ambience.
Through a deep understanding for Nature and our sensitive treatment of the wood, we give our floorings the consistency of works of art.
mafi : walk on art
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Posted: September 13th, 2011 | Author: ibuchacher | Filed under: hotels, public areas, references, restaurants | Tags: brushed, color difference usage, country, installation, Kitzbühel, kitzhof, Larch, Larch Country Vulcano wide-plank, natrual oiled, Tischlerei Ober, Vulcano, wide plank | No Comments »
Kitzbühel in Tyrol is known for combining the traditional lifestyle of an Austrian ski resort with the most glamorous guests in the world. Of course ambitions have to match reality to meet the requirements of a specific audience like this. The Hotel Kitzhof, a mountain design resort in Kitzbühel, fulfills the demands of its guests by creating an extraordinary atmosphere. The traditional ambience invites to stay and feel comfortable. Thanks to a proven floor like the mafi Larch Country Vulcano wide-plank the whole design concept of the dining room shines in an alpine experience.
The two main characteristics of a mafi wide-plank are the length of four or five meters and a ranging width between 155 and 300mm. Because of the different widths the whole floor appears very lively and enlarges the entire room. The remarkable lengths of the wooden planks give the room a generous character. An interesting detail is the intelligent and skilled installation. The two darker planks are guiding the guests through the corridor between the tables. This is a perfect example how to use the natural color differences to the benefit of an interior concept.
mafi : walk on art
Facts:
Product: mafi Larch Country Vulcano wide-plank, brushed, natural oiled
Area: commercial area/restaurant
Location: Kitzhof, Kitzbühel, Austria
Maintenance: commercial areas
Partner:
Tischlerei Ober
St. Johanner Straße 87
6370 Kitzbühel
t: 0043/5356/65885
f: 0043/5356/72918
e: toni.ober(at)kitz.net
Posted: July 21st, 2011 | Author: ibuchacher | Filed under: hotels, interior design, knowledge, mafi inside, private houses | Tags: art, bathroom, mafi Design, mafi Oak Vulcano, mafi Products, natural oiled floors, Tiger Oak, Tigereiche, Tigeroak, wide plank floors | 1 Comment »
In times that are increasingly influenced by stress and hectic, one’s own bathroom soon becomes a personal spa oasis – a place to rest and relax. Quality materials are used in the bathroom not only as part of its exclusive furnishings but as an important element towards harmony and relaxation of the senses. The choice of floor plays a major role in this process. As manufacturer of natural wood floors from Upper Austria whose name is already established on the international lifestyle sector, mafi provides quality floors in various designs which can help to create an individual feel-good paradise.
Due to the oiled surface mafi floors are able to absorb the moisture that occurs in the bathroom and dispense this again during the drying process. This has a positive effect on the climate in the room. The water that drips onto the floor when people leave the shower or bathtub poses no problem at all for a mafi floor. Large pools of water on the floor should however be mopped up. To ensure that the mafi floor remains permanently natural and brilliant and flawless despite sporadic splashes of water, regular care with adequate products is a must.
The right choice of wood
Care must be taken in the selection of wood as not every type of wood is suitable for use in bathrooms. Beech, for example, is one of the types of wood that shrink and swell considerably in damp surroundings. This is what is also known as ‛the wood’s expansion and contraction’. An exception is heat-treated beech wood as this process changes the shrinkage properties of the wood and increases its resistance to moisture. Larch and oak both react ideally to moisture and are naturally suited for use in wet rooms. One more insider tip: floors in bathrooms should be glued with elastic adhesive. The joint with the wall is also very important. This should be made using parquet joint sealing compound to prevent the build-up of moisture behind the wood.
Fresco: creative appearance with massage effect
Taking these aspects into consideration, mafi has developed a floor ideally suited for installation in indoor spa and bathroom areas. We are referring to the mafi Fresco line of floors. In order to really experience the quality and diversity of this floor, installation is recommended in rooms that are mainly entered barefoot. The elaborate finish of the plank surface using different mafi Fresco milling programs not only allows tired soles an invigorating massage break but at the same time provides an unusual look with waves (Fresco Duna), dots (Fresco Punkto) or diamonds (Fresco Rombo). The newest Fresco designs are Fresco Anaconda and Fresco Pista.
mafi : walk on art
Posted: June 24th, 2011 | Author: ibuchacher | Filed under: hotels, public areas, references, Uncategorized | Tags: herringbone, Hotel, natural oiled floors, Oak Country | No Comments »
Like every tree and floor is unique and individual, mafi always tries to find individual solutions for their customers also. With this beautiful Herringbone Oak Country, brushed, natural oiled, the restaurant of the Schloss Basthorst in Germany believes in the great resistance and durability mafi floors are known all over the world. Each board features a length of 2400 mm and 240 mm width over a 370 qm area. In this restaurant the guests are guided through the room, because mafi floors are always composed and not installed to achieve the specific effects of the different rooms.
Of course mafi provides all our floors, even the 3-layer products, we can produce for Herringbone installation.
mafi natural wooden floors are extremely robust and resistant to any pressures to which it is exposed in the course of its long life. Even restaurants with their high traffic, like walking around on High Heels or red wine spots trust in mafi floors. Continuous maintenance with particular mafi products assures the perfect appearance of your personal flooring.
Schloss Basthorst
Servaas Schlosshotel GmbH
Schlossstraße 18
D-19089 Crivitz OT Basthorst
Tel.: +49 (0)3863 5250
Fax.: +49 (0)3863 525555
Mobil: +49 (0)172 3897938
Please have a look which effect a floor can have on the entire room.
Posted: October 29th, 2010 | Author: koan | Filed under: hotels | Tags: Design, interior, mafi Products, mafi wide plank floors, natural oiled floors, wide plank floors | No Comments »
mafi Larch wide plank brushed natural oil is fantastically installed in the hotel rooms Pogusch in Steierereck. The rooms are outstandingly mixed with natural products and modern design. Relaxing in the rooms you can look through glass boards directly down into a stable. We really like the combination of a wooden floor with a glass floor-window as an optical highlight next to each other.
pictures: Soll & Haben/ Günther Egger
larch wide plank floor in a modern way
mafi coniferous wood gives rooms a very warm design and a wonderful atmosphere. The extravagant surfaces of the conifer wide planks create a consistent atmosphere for every area. Especially the natural oiled larch wide plank is ideal to create feelings with wooden floors in modern and minimalism objects without destroying them. To read more about the rainessance of wide plank Larch please click here.
Larch Counrty wide plank: Heartwood with proportionate cracks is blended. Knotwholes and cracks as well as pitch pockets are filled with black putty. Very vivid surface appearance. A hard-wearing conifer floor. Planks up to 5 meter lenght and 30 centimetre width are available.
Posted: October 4th, 2010 | Author: koan | Filed under: hotels | Tags: Design, Hotel, mafi Oak Vulcano, natural oiled floors | 1 Comment »
mafi Oak Vulcano brushed natural oil is not only a heard wearing and warmness spending floor, it is also installed in the big Wellness Hotel Alpina in the “Alpendorf” in St. Johann / Pg. in Austria. They used the mafi Oak Vulcano for a heavily frequented area in the restaurant and the Wellness Area of the Hotel.
What you have to keep in mind if you use a mafi floor for a heavily frequented area…
You have to put felt pads on the chair to get no scratches. In public areas it is important to reoil the floor once a year to give the floor the ingredients it needs to keep the hard wearing surface as beautiful as it was on the first day. With the reoiling small scratches will be gone and the floor will get a saturated colour. It is important to know that for cleaning you have to use mafi wood floor soap. Never use any other cleaning fluids as the floor’s surface can become washed out and sensitive to dirt as the mafi soap is cleaning and refatting the floor all at once. We recommend working with 2 buckets: 1 bucket with soap mixture and 1 bucket with clear water that is used to rinse the soiled wiping mop; change water frequently.
Advantages for public areas:
Resistance through use of mafi ‘s natural Oil because the Oil penetrates into the wood’s pores where it hardens. After hardening the surface is extremely hard wearing yet stays breathable and open-pore. Because of the open-pore surface the floor is free from static electricity and regulates the air humidity. Then the regular care with mafi soap the floor increases its natural robustness as the soap contains protective vegetable oils. Small pressure marks will disappear without further treatment when the floor is damp wiped. mafi floors have a lot of positive advantages not only the optical look and uniqueness they are especially long lasting and dimensionally stable in each region of the world.
