Muuto

Last updated

Muuto
TypeSubsidiary
Founded2006
Headquarters,
Area served
Global
Key people
Kristian Byrge (Co-Founder)

Peter Bonnén (Co-Founder

Anders Cleemann (CEO)
ProductsFurniture, Lighting, Accessories
Parent MillerKnoll
Website muuto.com
millerknoll.com

Muuto is a Scandinavian design company based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The product range includes furniture and other design products. [1]

Contents

History

Muuto was founded by Kristian Byrge and Peter Bonnen in 2006. Byrge had previously been involved in the foundation of Noma. [2] In August 2014, Maj Invest Equity acquired a 45% share of the company. [3] In December 2017, it was announced that Knoll had acquired Muuto with effect from January 2018 for US$300 million. [4]

Products

Muuto collaborates with leading Scandinavian designers who are paid through royalties. The products are sold through 1,300 distributors in 52 countries (2014). [5]

Muuto Talent Award

Since 2010 Muuto has hosted an annual talent award for Nordic student.

2012 winners
[6]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scandinavian Airlines</span> Flag carrier airline of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

Scandinavian Airlines, more commonly known and styled as SAS, is the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. SAS is an abbreviation of the company's full name, Scandinavian Airlines System or legally Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark-Norway-Sweden. Part of the SAS Group and headquartered at the SAS Frösundavik Office Building in Solna, Sweden, the airline operates 180 aircraft to 90 destinations. The airline's main hub is at Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport, with connections to 109 destinations around the world. Stockholm Arlanda Airport is the second largest hub, with Oslo Airport, Gardermoen being the third major hub of SAS. Minor hubs also exist at Bergen Airport, Flesland, Göteborg Landvetter Airport, Stavanger Airport, Sola, and Trondheim Airport, Værnes. SAS Cargo is an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of Scandinavian Airlines and its main office is at Copenhagen Airport.

<i>Politiken</i> Danish daily broadsheet newspaper founded in 1884

Politiken is a leading Danish daily broadsheet newspaper, published by JP/Politikens Hus in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in 1884 and played a role in the formation of the Danish Social Liberal Party. Since 1970 it has been independent of the party but maintains a liberal stance. It now runs an online newspaper, politiken.dk. The paper's design has won several international awards, and a number of its journalists have won the Cavling Prize.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nordisk Film</span> Danish film company

Nordisk Film A/S is a Danish entertainment company established in 1906 in Copenhagen by filmmaker Ole Olsen. It is the fourth-oldest film studio in the world behind the Gaumont Film Company, Pathé, and Titanus, and the oldest studio to be continuously active.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">TDC Holding A/S</span> Danish telecommunications company

TDC Holding A/S or TDC Group is a Danish telecommunications company dating back to 1879. TDC Group is the largest telecommunications company in Denmark. The company's headquarters are located in Copenhagen.

Fiskars Group is a Finnish group company. The company has its roots in the village of Fiskars, where it was founded in 1649. The oldest business still operating in Finland, its global headquarters are in the Arabianranta district of Helsinki. It is one of the oldest companies in the world.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ISS A/S</span>

ISS A/S is a facility management services company founded in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1901. ISS's core services include: security, cleaning, technical, food and workplace. The ISS Group’s revenue amounted to DKK 69.823 billion in 2020 and ISS has nearly 400,000 employees and activities in countries across Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America and the Pacific.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">EAC Invest A/S</span> Multinational relocation service company

The EAC Invest A/S, formerly known as the Santa Fe Group and East Asiatic Company is a multinational holding and investment company, based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Saxo Bank</span>

Saxo Bank is a Danish investment bank specializing in online trading and investment. It was founded as a brokerage firm in 1992, under the name Midas Fondsmæglerselskab, by Lars Seier Christensen, Kim Fournais, and Marc Hauschildt. The name was changed to Saxo when the company obtained a banking license in 2001. Saxo offers trading through its online platforms in Forex, stocks, CFDs, futures, funds, bonds, and futures spreads. The company functions as an online broker with a bank license, without offering traditional banking products. According to Saxo, roughly half of its activities are derived from partnerships with institutional trading partners. More than 100 financial institutions globally service their end clients with Saxo Bank's platforms on a white-label basis

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Royal Copenhagen</span> Danish manufacturer of porcelain products

Royal Copenhagen, officially the Royal Porcelain Factory, is a Danish manufacturer of porcelain products and was founded in Copenhagen in 1775 under the protection of Danish Dowager Queen Juliane Marie. It is recognized by its factory mark, the three wavy lines above each other, symbolizing Denmark's three straits: Storebælt, Lillebælt and Øresund.

The Léonie Sonning Music Prize, or Sonning Award, which is recognized as Denmark's highest musical honor, is given annually to an international composer or musician. It was first awarded in 1959 to composer Igor Stravinsky. Laureates are now selected by the directors of The Léonie Sonning Music Foundation, which was founded in 1965.

Louise Campbell is a Danish furniture and lighting designer. She is a leading figure in contemporary Danish design and experiments with free, unconstrained forms and new technologies. She has won several awards and her products are produced by many renowned producers like Louis Poulsen, Zanotta, HAY, Muuto and Holmegaard. She was born to Danish father and English mother.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bjarke Ingels</span> Danish architect (b.1974)

Bjarke Bundgaard Ingels is a Danish architect, founder and creative partner of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">3XN</span> Danish architectural practice

3XN is a Danish architectural practice with head office in Copenhagen.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cecilie Manz</span> Danish industrial designer (born 1972)

Cecilie Manz is a Danish industrial designer. In November 2017, Manz was awarded designer of the year in the Design Awards by Bo bedre, Costume Living, Nordic Living and Boligmagasiet. In September 2014, she won the Danish Crown Prince Couple's Culture Award for her contribution to design.

Flying Tiger Copenhagen is a Danish variety store chain. Its first shop opened in Copenhagen in 1995 and the chain now has nearly 1000 shops. Its largest markets are Denmark, the UK, Italy, and Spain. Before June 2016, it operated as Tiger in most places, T·G·R in Sweden and Norway and Flying Tiger in Ireland, Japan, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The chain sells a variety of items, mostly accessories and toys. According to the company's founder, the company had about 39 million customers in 2014. Tiger takes its name from how the Danish pronunciation of the animal name tiger sounds roughly the same as the Danish word tier, used to denote a 10 kroner coin; in the first stores in Denmark, all items cost 10 kroner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zendesk</span> American customer service software company

Zendesk, Inc. is an American company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It provides software-as-a-service products related to customer support, sales, and other customer communications. The company was founded in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2007. Zendesk raised about $86 million in venture capital investments before going public in 2014.

Signe Byrge Sørensen is a Danish film producer. She is the head of and co-founder of the film production company Final Cut for Real in Copenhagen, Denmark. Sørensen and film director Joshua Oppenheimer were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the 2013 film The Act of Killing. She was also the producer to the critically acclaimed documentary The Look of Silence. Signe Byrge Sørensen a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Danish Film Academy. In 2022, she produced the animated documentary film Flee and was nominated in Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and Best Animated Feature categories.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab</span>

Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab, officially DLG, is a Danish co-operative company owned by Danish farmers. The main business areas are farm supplies, vitamins and minerals, service and energy. Activities comprise trade in seed grain, grain and other crops, animal nutrition, vitamins and minerals for animal feed and fuel for agriculture. DLG’s principal markets are Denmark, Germany and Sweden, but export across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and South America also constitutes a large part of the business. The export comprise malting barley, feed grain and bread grain, rapeseed and rapeseed oil.

The Magasin du Nord Fashion Prize is awarded annually by the Magasin Foundation to an up and coming Danish fashion designer or brand. The winner receives DKK 300,000 and a fashion show during Copenhagen Fashion Week in February the following year.

HAY is a Danish furniture company founded in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2002 by Mette and Rolf Hay. Its goal was to create and sell well-designed furniture that was accessible in terms of price as well as "design concepts". As of 2019, the brand is majority-owned by U.S. furniture company Herman Miller.

References

  1. "Is Copenhagen the new Milan?". Dezeen. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. "Kristian Byrge: Visionen har første prioritet". go.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. "Tre-cifret millionbeløb skal globalisere Muuto". RetailNews (in Danish). Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  4. "Amerikanere køber dansk designsucces i milliardhandel" [Americans buy Danish design success in billion trading]. RetailNews (in Danish). 13 December 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  5. "Muuto enters into partnership with Maj Invest EquityMuuto". Maj Invest. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  6. "3rd Annual Muuto Talent Award Winners!Filmdatabase". Yanke Design. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2015.