moods magazine no.
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• TO YOU FROM MUUBS • A magazine with inspirational behind the scene stories about Muubs, styling inspiration and tips and tricks for your interior design. With “Moods Magazine” we want to focus on the local and global craftsmen behind Muubs products. We celebrate their handmade works, the unique products for the home, with honesty and authentic traces from the hands of the artisans who have shaped every single product. Muubs is not fashion or trend, it’s a lifestyle, an attitude of appreciating the near, the unique and the handmade. Lean back and enjoy an inspirational universe of Muubs products. Kind regards
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MEET MR. MUUBS Meet the founder Bent Povlsen. Hear, among other things, about how the idea of Muubs occurred.
MUUBS COLOURS, MATERIALS & SURFACES Bigitte Rømer works as a designer at Muubs Get an insight into her daily work with trends, materials and colours.
BEHIND THE CRAFTMANSHIP Read the stories about some selected Muubs products here in the magazine. Each single products has a unique story.
HOME INSPIRATION FROM MUUBS We have collected 12 pages of home inspiration with Muubs products, which we hope you will enjoy.
14 ONE BEDROOM - TWO STYLES 17 5 TIPS FOR THE TABLE SETTING 19 ONE BLANKET, THREE FUNCTIONS 21 23
THE MULTIFUNCTIONAL SERIES OF UPCYCLED RUBBER OUTDOOR COSINESS - TERRACOTTA OVER BONFIRE
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n January 21, 2010, a new chapter started for Bent Povlsen, among employees called MR. Muubs, when he started the furniture and interior company Muubs A/S. How did the idea of Muubs occur? - I believe all people want to be perceived as unique individuals, and exactly this I wanted to transfer to the furniture and interior industry, states Bent. Therefore Muubs today creates products for the home in raw and masculine materials that celebrates the craftsmanship, the artisans behind and the fact that each product has its own story and its unique details.
- Why not surround yourself with products that make you happy? Bent asks. This is what Muubs is working on every day, to create products for the home and the heart, products made to be used and only become more beautiful over time. – This is what we call “beauty by age”. - One of Muubs’ keywords is “perfect imperfection,” which I can explain briefly and precisely with the following sentence “all people are perfect, but we all have small blemishes that make us unique,” the same applies to Muubs’ products. A product from Muubs must be “Muubsed” Bent has always had a preference for long lasting materials, which is reflected in the collections of Muubs and in Bent and his wife Dorthes concrete house.
- When creating a new product, the design style is always tested for whether it is, what we call, “Muubsed”. A design is approved as being “Muubsed” when a man can reflect himself in the product and if it fits into the surroundings of Bent and Dorthes concrete house. This requires a Muubs product to have a delicate balance between the raw and robust and the warm and quirky.
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• muubs colours, materials & surfaces •
MEET THE DESIGNER BIRGITTE RØMER B irgitte Rømer is designer at the fingertips, and she works as a designer at Muubs. Here she works on new “one of a kind” designs every day, within the Muubs’ DNA.
- To mention some words describing Muubs’ DNA and design style: • Honest and unexpected • Raw, industrial and masculine • Unique and individual • Age gracefully • Real life inspired • Long lasting Inspiration is ubiquitous Birgitte seeks inspiration for Muubs products though inspiration trips and daily impressions. – It’s the strangest things that can inspire. Just walking by the North Sea, and be blown though by the wind. Here I may see a rock that inspires me to new surfaces and colours. Each hanger has its unique stories Every time Birgitte designs a new collection, she imagines that there is a clothes rack in front of her. – For each carefully designed Muubs object, I imagine that a hanger is hung on the clothes rack. Each hanger has its unique story, which together creates the story behind the Muubs collection.
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Trends Although Muubs is long lasting design, Birgitte focus on new trends in the design process. – Right now we see, to a greater extent, that nature is welcomed inside the home, both in the form of natural materials and plants. Multifunctionality is another trend that is popular right now. Therefore I focus on a Muubs product to have more functions and features. Muubs’ materials and surfaces In the collections Birgitte works with the possibilities of the materials. – For example, if we look at the material wood, it can be raw, sanded, burned, painted and have many different surfaces and shapes, as nature often created this in advance. In the Muubs collections there are continuous materials that are characterized by the Muubs’ DNA. Maybe you have already noticed the following:
Wood
Iron
Concrete
leather
Terracotta
- And preferable in massive and solid form, Birgitte says. Muubs colours - At Muubs we have a colour palette characterized by the Muubs DNA. The colours moves within natural wood colours, black, brown, grey, caramel, sand colour as well as dusty blue and green.
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• behind the craftmanship •
FROM CLAY TO UNIQUE VASES Luna means, “moon” in Latin, and it is exactly the moons rustic surface, the vases tactile surface is inspired by. Imagine a cloudy evening sky where the moon shines clear and you can see the fine moon craters. Then take a look at the Luna vase surface, and let your mind fly towards the rough and unpolished moon landscape. Creating a Luna vase requires a special craft technique. All vases are handmade in terracotta, and have a unique shape and surface depending on the craftsman behind. When the vase has the desired shape, it must pass though a drying process, after which it is burned over open fire. The paint is applied and a coating is alternately dipped and gently burned by free hand with a gas flame. The craftsman now stands with the final and unique Luna vase with a moon-like surface.
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• behind the craftmanship •
A TRADITIONBOUND CRAFTMANSHIP In Indonesia, wickerwork is a tradition-bound craftsmanship, where the craftsmanship is passed from generation to generation. The local basket craftsmen, as Muubs use, often sit at home when they weave the baskets rather than at a local workshop. Hereby they have the opportunity to take care of house and children at the same time, which is a tradition in Indonesia. It is sometimes seen that a family is sitting together and wave baskets. The children talk to, for example, their grandmother, while she shows them how she waves the baskets. In this way the craftsmanship is inherited though generations. The baskets from Muubs is handmade of water hyacinth, which is a water plant picked up from the river. Then the roots of the water plant are dried, and the baskets are woven by the basket-artisans. Therefore all baskets are handwoven and unique.
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• behind the craftmanship •
BEAUTIFUL HAZEL COLOURED SURFACES The word terracotta comes from Italian and means “burnt clay”. - Oxford Dictionary. Creating products of terracotta is an old tradition, where the raw natural material is formed into beautiful and functional objects. The Hazel series from Muubs has a unique shape and surface with a hazel-coloured shade. Every pot, bowl, dish and jar is handmade and shaped by local ceramicists in Indonesia. The unique hazel-coloured surface is created when the pottery is burned over open fire with a special technique. This creates a beautiful play in the surface of the terracotta, ensuring that each piece of pottery has its own unique expression.
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HOME INSPIRATION FROM MUUBS
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ONE BEDROOM TWO STYLES The bedroom is the place in the house, where many of us spend most hours per day. So why not create an inviting and beautiful bedroom, where you want to relax? On the next pages you will find inspiration for two different styles in the bedroom, which we call: • Raw elegance & masculinity • Warm nature with soul
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TIP: use the iron cabinet for clothes. storage e.g. socks in baskets.
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duvet cover indigo 8740000001
pillow mocca knitted 8520000007
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TIP: use it as a headboard.
TIP: a mirror makes a room look bigger.
raw elegance & maculinity pillow mocca 8520000006
jar luna
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lamp nest
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drawer cabinet
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TIP: use it as a bedside table.
TIP: stick two lamps together in different hights to create cosiness. bench manhattan 8940000000
TIP: decorate your bedroom with a bench at the end of the bed. use it as table, sitting bench and for decorative items.
HOW TO GET THE STYlE? • complete the raw, masculine style by decorating with furniture and interior in the materials: iron, leather and concrete. • decorate with dark colours and break it with natural leather and light grey colours.
TIP: hang up a mirror over the bed and make the room look bigger.
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TIP: decorate your wall with racks. hang up your favorite clothes or use them for jewelry. pillow nad 8900000003
pillow sarah
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TIP: decorate with floor lamps in bamboo to add soul to the room.
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TIP: use willow as a bedside table.
HOW TO GET THE STYLE?
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• welcome nature into the bedroom by decorating with natural materials like wood and bamboo. • decorate with fabrics in the materials knit, velour, cotton and lambskin to add soul and warmth.
5 TIPS FOR THE TABLE SETTING
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tip 2: Set a different and maculine table by keeping the style in dark colours. Create a contrast using napkins in linen.
photo credit: @ellencharlottemarie
tip 1: Be creative with the serving. Serve e.g. the dessert in a wine glass.
photo credit: @camilla_da_costa
tip 3: Combining materials is always a hit. Mix e.g. the materials terracotta and stained glass.
tip 4: Welcome the nature in the table setting, and use teak plates as placemats.
tip 5: Flowers and greens can spice up any table setting. Go hunting in the garden, in ditches and at the florist.
ONE CARPET THREE FUNCTIONS
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1. carpet
The Comfort carpet is made of organic cotton, and is therefore soft and beautiful. With its 240x260 cm. it has a perfect size to wrap around yourself in cold evenings.
2. towel
Use the Comfort carpet as a bath towel in the bathroom, by the pool or at the beach. The carpet is also available in smaller towel sizes, and it has a good absorbency.
3. bed cover
Comfort is also perfect as a bed cover, as it meansures 240x260 cm. and fit on a double bed.
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THE
MULTIFUNCTIONAL
SERIES OF UPCYCLED RUBBER
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Is handmade of upcycled rubber from car tires. The Dacarr series can be used inside and outside, and does not get frost damages during winter. Use e.g. the Dacarr products for:
• Storage • Firewood • Flowers and plants • Herbs
OUTDOOR COSINESS TERRACOTTA OVER BONFIRE
HAZEL Terracotta pottery from Muubs can among other things be used: • • • • •
Over a bonfire In the microwave For baking in the oven Cooking on a gas stove For serving.
Click on the video below, where you among others can see the roaster being used over a bonfire.
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