Carving Club, brushed, grey oiled at a design exhibition Linz

Carving is an extraordinary symbiosis between the natural structure of wood and a variety on graphic design. The innovative Carving technology enables us to engrave classic, retro-modern and contemporary designs into naturally oiled wood surfaces.

Directness, clarity and structure – ​​Carving Club I projects these values with its honest yet sophisticated design. Its subtle charm ensures a highly recognisable value, but without intruding. Through its striking design Carving Club I is especially suited for boutiques and showrooms. It is also ideal for health & spa areas due to its non-slip surface.

mafi supported Bad – Architektur dkb Das Komplettbad GmbH on an interior design exhibition in Linz (Austria).

mafi floors are used very often in Bathrooms, Wellness Areas and Spas. As long as the floor gets the possibility to dry again, it is not a problem to use it in so called wet areas. (this is why we do not recommend it directly next to a pool where water can continuously spill over)

Have a look on some of these fantastic pictures.

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mafi Domino elements table

We got very beautiful pictures of an apartment in Turkey with mafi wood and floors. The table is with mafi domino ash vulcano, brushed white oiled. For the floor the interior designer used the mafi Oak character. This is a perfectly done project by interior designers and installers.

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Private farm with Oak Country in Puglia/Italy

We got new pictures from our subsidiary mafi Italia of a design farm in Puglia/Italy. For the farm they used the mafi wooden floor Oak Country, brushed white oiled. Additionally the installers made a very neat solution for the stairs, also in mafi material.

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There are also very special details in the kitchen in front of the chimney. The floor is protect with the metal material  of the chimney but on the same level as the mafi floor is as well.
This is a perfect example of how important a well skilled installer is for every project. So make sure that you get a your installation done by a mafi certified installer.

Please click here to get more information about the technical side.

carving standard design

mafi has, in its accustomed innovatively manner, created a further variation of artistic wooden floors, with which we particularly want to appeal to international operating brands. The mafi Carving line is as outstanding and unique as our nature is it selves especially with all the different possible designs – and still following mafi’s credo of creating natural floors only.

To give an idea what is possible to make with this new line we made 5 different groups of floors and patterns as our standard designs that are made for everybody:

Allowed to paint

Knowing that a lot of our attitudes and skills we gain in the first couples of years of our life we developed the carving Kids I & II which is not only creating a natural and healthy environment for our young ones but also forcing their creativity. This floor is made for painting and coloring it so that kiddies can create their own interior.

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Lord of fashion

In one of our previous Magazines we talked about the “less is more” phenomena and our cognition that world wide architects try to minimize material mix and are using our floors also for walls, ceilings and furniture.
mafi Carving Nana I and Empire I are orientated on vintage wall coverings like tiles and wall papers for lordly interior concepts.

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Tartan style & anti slip

Wherever you want to relax, feel well or recreate it is always nice to have wooden floors that regulate humidity and create a healthy atmosphere. This is why more and more Spas and Wellness Clubs are doing their floors with wood. In wet areas anti-slippery surfaces are and important issue. This is why Carving Club I with its tartan texture is not only a wonderful wall covering but especially a fantastic anti-skidding floor.

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Revolution of ornaments

No matter if you want a slight shade of lines, deep structures or a congenial mix of both, with the Carving line you can do all different kinds of patterns in one design. The mafi Carving Paisley I can be used as a glamorous but also a very funky design for walls, ceiling, furniture and floors.

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A trend like a style

Used, young, crazy, vintage, different, BUT natural – Grunge I
For Hotels and Bars it is always important to have good food, drinks and service but also to be unique. For modern, trendsetting and prestigious Bars, Restaurants and Shops we developed the Carving Grunge I to ensure a stylish ambience in addition to creating a significant increase in brand awareness and familiarity – especially if you do a customized design.

Are you interested?

Please contact our Export office +43 662 82 75 30 30

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Brand new – Vulcano Rosso

MEGA – GIGA – TERA – ROSSO

One of mafi’s strengths are all the different variations of wide plank floorings with dimensions up to 5m long and up to 30cm wide. mafi was always Trendsetter in developing new products and launching floors nobody else is able to produce. With the Vulcano Rosso the next step in wide plank flooring is done.

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Beech floors up to amazing 5 meters

Several years ago there was a project in Switzerland where an owner of a little castle wanted to make floors out of amazing big beeches standing majestically in his chateau’s park. As he couldn’t find any floor production willingly to risk a production of thes gigantic big beech trees he finally came to mafi and found a company reducing the risk of warping by a high quality manufacturing.

This project was the initial spark of developing the Vulcano Rosso. The Rosso is a slightly thermal treated beech with maximum sizes of 5m lengths and 30cm widths and an incomparable natural texture. The boards create an incredible generous feeling and make something special out of every room.

The Vulcano Rosso is also available with the Riva Mezzo Surface.

Brand new – carving Kids I

Board the next generation

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Wooden interior is always a good material for creating a warm and healthy environment. Especially for kids we need to make sure that they have the chance to play, study and live in best conditions.
We recently took notice of a scientific project in Austria where medics and a University found out in a test that kids studying in a wooden class had by far a lower hard beat than their colleagues in conventional classes. As of the more relaxed atmosphere they also were able to be concentrated longer then the others could. But wooden rooms do not always need to look old fashioned or boring. With the Carving Kids I & II you can create and healthy but cool environment.

Also because of knowing that a lot of our attitudes and skills we gain in the first couples of years of our life we developed the carving Kids I which is not only creating a natural and healthy environment for our young ones but also forcing their creativity. This floor is made for painting and colouring it so kiddies can create their own interior.

We will donate 10% of all income we make with mafi Carving Kids I till 30st of January 2011 and will hand over a cheque to an ambassador of a charity organization. So please help us putting a smile on some Kiddies face and help to donate.

Liaison dangereuse – riva mezzo

Rough appearance – silky smooth

Once again, mafi has succeeded in interpreting a modern design with a natural effect with not only helping to preserve the environment but also creating a pleasurable to walk on floor.

Vulcano Rosso has been designed to provide durable home grown wood flooring for example beech, which requires no additional chemicals or impregnation.
mafi has developed a special thermal process, which significantly improves the resistance of the wood. The beech is exposed to high temperatures over a given period of time, which causes the components to react and depending on the type of wood, creates a natural ageing or a warm dark accent. The delicate red or brown planks come in both white and natural oil, as well as being up to 5 meters long and 30 centimetres wide, Vulcano-Rosso planks are considerably less expensive than the comparable version in oak.

With the new style surface of Riva mezzo, mafi has managed to create an innovation with a hand-crafted scraped look.

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Cracks and knots are visually accented with black putty, which bestows the floor with a stylish modern touch. Remarkable is the fact that as opposed to conventional scraped floors there are no stray splinters with which to rip socks. So the lady of the house can comfortably wear nylon stockings knowing that she doesn’t have to worry about those annoying ladders.

Particular wooden floor surface “riva mezzo”

Facing the end of the year we are happy to present some of our newly developed products. It was a beautiful work to create a new design for some of our woods. The reason to create the riva mezzo line was to offer also other wood species and not only Beech wood with a milled surface. The 3D-structure has a has a massage effect to your soles of your feet.

We would like to present you the Oak Country riva mezzo:

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Areas of use:

• anti-slip areas
• wall-design
• ceiling-design
• bathrooms
• wellness areas
• also in some other living areas

Technical specifications

• Raw material is Oak
• Surfaces in grey, white or natural oiled available
• surface is heavily brushed
• riva mezzo products have a large bevel
• the surface is treated to get a roughened appearance.
• Dimensions: Length: 2400 mm With: 240 mm Thickness: 16, 19 mm
• large knots are emphasized with black putty
• mafi natural woodfloors can be install floated, with floor joists or by full-surface gluing.

General statement

Austrian company mafi has succeeded in interpreting a modern design with a natural effect with not only helping to preserve the environment but also creating a pleasurable to walk on floor.
With the new style surface of Riva mezzo, mafi has managed to create an innovation with a hand-crafted look.
Cracks and knots are visually accented with black putty, which bestows the floor with a stylish modern touch. Remarkable is the fact that as opposed to conventional scraped floors there are no stray splinters with which to rip socks. So the lady of the house can comfortably wear nylon stockings knowing that she doesn’t have to worry about those annoying ladders.

Are you interested?

Please contact us…

mafi Export office
Flagshipstore Salzburg
Imbergstr. 9
5020 Salzburg
+43 662 827530 30

Brand new – mafi carving nana I

The mafi carving nana I is a new product of the mafi carving standard line. This floor is very good useful for furnitures, walls, ceilings and public areas. Also for areas where you often walk barefoot because of the different structure. You can see on the pictures below the different surfaces and a detailed picture where the structure is clearly visible.

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Area of use:

• anti-slip areas
• wall-design
• ceiling-design
• bathrooms
• wellness area

Technical specifications

• Raw material is Beech Vulcano
• Surfaces in grey, white or natural oiled available
• Dimensions: Length: 2400 mm Width: 185 mm Thickness: 16, 19 mm
• The club design runs over three planks in width
• Rough surface
• mafi natural woodfloors can be installed floatingly, with floor joists or by gluing.
• Assembly: 3-layer construction with tongue and groove on all sides for easy installation.

General statement

What’s more mafi doesn’t only provide a completely new look with their current carving floor, but gives the customers a compelling, and entirely convincible trend orientated marketing tool. The solely exclusive designed and manufactured natural wood floors include brand or campaign elements selected by the customer, who can garishly implement their products worldwide in their shops and by arrangement in prestigious hotels, bars or restaurants. The vanguard natural wood floors act as a fashionable means of communication in terms of a permanent advertising campaign – and thus ensure a classy ambience in addition to creating a significant increase in brand awareness and familiarity.

• Standard-design: for everybody available ( Hotel, gastronomy, fashion, interior, creative industry, private)
• Custom-design: only for a brand ( gastronomy, fashion, interior, brand, creative industry)
• Coop-design: for designer ( hotel, creative industry)

Case studies

• mafi carving grunge
• mafi carving club I

On the pictures below you can see the different surfaces and a detailed picture where the structure is clearly visible.

Are you interested?

Please contact Mrs. Elke Mayerbrugger +43 662 82 75 30 30

Larch and glass in Hotel Pogusch

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.

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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.