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Müller Small Living
It’s all about space.
For over 150 years, Müller has stood for
intelligent interior solutions with clear designs
and high functionality. To us, furniture provides
the creative building blocks for modern small
living: Space-saving, multi-use and modular
expandable systems are required to ensure
ample living space in the smallest of spaces!
We specialise in intelligent furnishing solutions
for holiday residences, student dormitories,
hotel rooms and other micro apartments. Our
services range from consulting and planning to
final installation.
Solid workmanship and durable material quality
are a matter of course for us. Our enthusiasm for
craftsmanship and keen eye for detail originated
with our founder, Gerhard Wilhelm Oetken, who
opened his own carpentry business in the Frisian
town of Bockhorn in 1869. He was subsequently
commissioned to furnish the interiors of ships
belonging to the Imperial German Navy in
Wilhelmshaven.
Five generations on, the small manufactory has
grown into a service-oriented family firm. The
year 1969 was a key milestone in this regard:
This marked the year when we started to
develop, produce and market modern serial
furniture that was exclusively designed for us
by renowned designers. The accolades of many
of these designers have been recognised with
national and international design awards.
We only process high-quality and durable
materials and raw materials, including FSCcertified
wood provided by exclusively FSCcertified
suppliers, from the local region
wherever possible. This ensures our production
processes use the lowest amount of resources
possible. Our alternative wood of choice is birch
veneer plywood, produced from renewable
supplies in Finland.

Our concept
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01 OUR FOUNDER: GERHARD WILHELM OETKEN | 02 PRODUCTION
AT THE BOCKHORN SITE | 03 MANAGING DIRECTOR JOCHEN MÜLLER
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No stone left
unturned.
With the
exception of
Gelsenkirchen
Baroque.
Holiday residences, Student dormitories,
boarding schools, hostels or companyowned
apartments: Locations where people
congregate in limited space and things can
start to get crowded quickly. At Müller Small
Living, we develop intelligent interior concepts
to provide ample space for living and learning
in locations where square footage is at a
premium. Gelsenkirchen Baroque is not entirely
our cup of tea. We instead aim to create clear,
simple and modern furniture solutions that
are both versatile with regard to use and their
room for personalisation.

Small Living
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01 28 ROOMS WERE AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS OF BAUHAUS
IN THE DESSAU “PRELLERHAUS” | 02 THE APARTMENTS
IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE IN MUNICH HAVE SINCE BEEN
REDEVELOPED ACCORDING TO THE ORIGINAL STYLE.
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Student dormitories, boarding schools, hostels or company-owned
apartments: Locations where people congregate in limited space
and things can start to get crowded quickly. At Müller Small Living,
we develop intelligent interior concepts to provide ample space for
living and learning in locations where square footage is at a premium.
Gelsenkirchen Baroque is not entirely our cup of tea. We instead
aim to create clear, simple and modern furniture solutions that are
both versatile with regard to use and their room for personalisation.
The architects of the modern era had precisely these requirements
in mind around a century ago. One notable example thereof is
Walter Gropius’ “Prellerhaus”. Completed in 1926 as part of the
iconic Bauhaus movement in Dessau, the building was one of the
first student dormitories in Germany, featuring a total of 28 rooms
over five floors. The studio apartments, each 20 square metres in
size, were equipped with modern Bauhaus furnishings and provided
students with comfortable dwellings without any unnecessary
excess, something that was unheard of at the time.
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In a similarly innovative vain, decades later, the women’s village for the
Munich Olympic games showcased in 1972. Werner Wirsing adopted
a unique approach to the question of how to facilitate optimal living
in the very limited amount of space available. He designed a densely
built development with a total of 800 two-storey bungalow residential
cubes, all of which were delivered to the construction site as complete
prefabricated modules. Each of the individual compact apartments was
23 metres squares in size, featuring an integrated airy roof terrace on
the upper floor. After the Olympic games, the site was redeveloped into
one of the prime student dormitories in Munich. In 2008, the houses
were demolished and rebuilt by Werner Wirsing in cooperation with
bogevisches buero to comply with current energy standards whilst
nonetheless retaining their original character.
In Munich and many cities alike, living space has been increasingly
more in demand and expensive in recent years. Correspondingly,
the planning of well-furnished and affordable apartment complexes
and micro-apartments has developed into an increasingly important
construction task for architects. Successful examples for this are the
“Woodie” project in Hamburg, which was completed in 2007 (planning:
Sauerbruch Hutton) and the “Casa Confetti” in the Dutch city of Utrecht
(Marlies Rohmer).

Small Living
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01 THE "WOODIE" STUDENT RESIDENCE HALL IN HAMBURG WAS BUILT FROM
PREFABRICATED WOODEN MODULES. | 02 THE "CASA" CONFETTI" IN UTRECHT
SURPRISES WITH ITS STRIKING COLOURFUL FACADES. | 03 FLEXIBLE DESIGN:
PROJECT-BASED DORMITORY FURNISHINGS BY MÜLLER SMALL LIVING.
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Holiday residences
Relaxing time out:
The apartment with
Müller Small Living.
If you are on holiday in a holiday apartment,
you can expect high-quality,
modern furniture that is pleasantly
comfortable and simply works. This
is the only way for you as an owner
or investor to benefit from good
reviews. At the same time, however,
the furniture should also offer a good
price-performance ratio and, in addition,
be designed to be timeless and
robust in the long term.
At Müller Small Living, we offer you
solutions that perfectly fulfill all of
these requirements while flexibly
creating space for a wide variety of
people. A nice detail is, for example,
the warm anthracite-coloured CPL
surface, which is easy to clean and
extremely resistant. Ideally combined
with our gently floating FLAI bed with
the robust material oak solid wood.

flexible secretary

Holiday residences
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White CPL surface
with birch edge.
The colour white can be combined
with any other colour and thus
offers the perfect basis for any
interior decoration. It is even more
pleasant when white is combined
with warm wood tones. Accordingly,
we manufacture our furniture mostly
from Finnish birch laminated wood,
which is covered on both sides
with an extremely durable CPL
laminate. The material is therefore
also outstandingly suitable for use in
holiday apartments.

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Workation Apartment
Work where others go on
holiday: Smart solutions for
modern workstations!
More and more people want to
combine holiday and home office.
At Müller Small Living, we offer the
ideal setting for this! In addition to
flexible living and bedroom furniture,
you will also find various desks and
secretaries with a sophisticated
design, minimised size and high
functionality.
Our legendary STAPELLIEGE, the
functionally minimalist VERTIKO HIFI
sideboard and the timelessly modern
secretary PLANE, for example, form
a perfect trio. Together, a highly
functional facility is created that
creates a lot of space for working
and living in very little space. And at
the same time also visually all-round
convincing!

Two levels of work

Space for every occasion

Boarding house solution
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High-quality finish
Our boarding house solution.
For those who are always flexible.
Cosy and comfortable, yet robust
and functional? We have the perfect
solution for you! Our boarding house
solution combines a relaxed and
modern interior with a neutral palette,
playfully bridging the gap between
hotel room and apartment. It provides
the ideal accommodation for both
long and short-term occupants.
The combination consists of a NOOK
bed, the sideboard VERTIKO, the
wall secretary FLATMATE and the
SOFA BENCH. All furniture is made
of high-quality birch laminated wood
and coated with black-matte HPL
coating (special version). Be honest:
Who wants to go home anyway?

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Basecamp for firefighters
Our basecamp for firefighters.
Full recuperation before the
next operation.
Professional firefighters serve to
protect all of us on a daily basis. It’s
important that they have a space
to rest and relax in the periods
between calls. The extra-long NAIT
bed (220 cm), the MODULAR PLUS
wardrobe and the FLAI bedside
cabinet provide the perfect solution in
this regard. The furnishing is rounded
off with a small work area for off-duty
activities, consisting of the FLATBOX
bureau and the LYN shelf.

Flexible storage space
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School dormitory · boarding school
For maximal perspective
2-bed room solution for student
dormitories and boarding
schools. Live and let live.
Flexible furniture is an essential
requirement for shared spaces,
whether for residential, work or sleep
purposes. It’s also important that there
is a good balance between open and
closed furniture to provide order at all
times. The versatile CORNER bed with
sofa cushions and integrated storage
space forms the key component of our
robust furniture range for teenagers
in shared spaces. This range also
features two PLANE bureaus, two
LYN shelves and two MODULAR
PLUS wardrobes. The wardrobes and
beds are made from chipboard with
white melamine surfaces and birch
plywood edges. The bureau is made
from birch plywood and coated in
white CPL.

The easy way to create order
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winkel???
Fotobeispiel
Winkel?

Perfectly organised

Student dormitories
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All within sight!
Relaxed student digs.
Sleepless nights are a thing
of the past!
For the majority of us, student
dormitories are the first place we get
to call our own. They typically aren’t
the roomiest of spaces, which makes
the selection of furniture all the more
important. Furniture in these cramped
quarters needs to provide an optimal
use of the space, plenty of storage
and a good balance between open
and closed areas to make sure things
can be kept in order. Our dormitory
interior solution includes a NAIT bed
with a bedside table, the LYN shelf,
the PAL shelf combination as well
as a wardrobe and desk from the
MODULAR PLUS range. All of the
furniture is characterised by a strong
price-performance ratio and high
degree of robustness. The wardrobe
and desk are made from chipboard
with white melamine surfaces and
birch plywood edges. The shelves and
bed are made from birch plywood and
coated with white CPL.

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Mikroapartments
Additional storage space
Open or closed?
It's all a matter of balance!
When furnishing micro-apartments,
a good balance between open and
closed areas is important: Open
shelves make the room larger and
give it a personal touch. On the other
hand, closed elements ensure order
and protect private life from dust and
prying eyes.
At Müller Small Living, we therefore
offer both: Cabinets with open
shelves, but also seating with storage
space underneath. And the bed body
can also be used as a closed storage
space; for example, by using a special
slatted base.

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Education conference centre
Church education
conference centre. Everything
that matters.
Visitors to a multi-day church
seminar want to be able to remain
concentrated on the essentials. Our
d conference centre centre solution
provides simple yet comfortable
furnishing made from high-quality
natural materials. In addition to a bed,
it features a comfortable work area for
follow-up work on the conference
material and an open sideboard for
storing literature.
The bed, bedside table and mirror
from the FLAI series are all made
from solid oak. The FLAI wardrobe
is made of birch plywood and coated
with white CPL. The VERTIKO cabinet
and the FLATBOX sideboard that is
hung from the wall are made of birch
plywood and coated with blackmatt
HPL.

was für ein
winkel???

FLAI BED
FLAI WARDROBE
FLATMATE
PAL
NAIT
FLAI HOME-OFFICE
VERTIKO HIFI
The right interior
for every
requirement.
We combine the wide variety of
furniture components offered by the
Müller Small Living range to develop
intelligent interior concepts that are
fully adapted to suit the needs of their
occupants.
The optimal
solution for every
requirement! Also
available in other
colours and in
other designs upon
request!

Product overview
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SOFABANK
FLAI STORAGE BENCH
STAPELLIEGE
MODULAR PLUS
LYN
VERTIKO
PLANE
FLATBOX
NOOK

Corner
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Our CORNER system.
A new take on the corner.
We collaborated with the Cologne-based
designed duo kaschkasch to develop the
CORNER object solution with the aim of
creating as much space possible for living and
learning in limited spaces. CORNER combines
typical furniture archetypes, not only reducing
space requirements but also costs.
The intelligent combination of shelf, desk,
cabinet and bed allows individually harmonious
solutions for optimal zoning and space utilization
of one-bedroom apartments. The avoidance
of redundant plate couplings ensures efficient
material savings. The result is maximum living
quality in a minimal space at manageable costs!
All this without the typical cabinet-style look
that so often distinguishes contract furniture.
We also manufacture CORNER as a bespoke
interior solution upon request.

Comfortably stowed away

Corner
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Quick and easy
One of the key components of
CORNER is this sofa. During the day
it provides comfortable seating for up
to 3 people and at night it transforms
into a spacious bed. All of this with
minimal effort: Simply fold up the
slatted frame and stow the backrests
in the compartment below.
The CORNER shelf is also a great
space-saver. Books and teaching
materials can be clearly arranged on
the upper shelves. Instead of lower
compartments, we have fitted the
CORNER with a chest featuring a
padded lid which can be pulled out
and used as a bench. Extra seating at
a moment’s notice.
Another space-saver is provided
with the simply designed CORNER
table. It can be easily moved without
leaving any scratch marks on the
attached sideboard. Depending on
your requirements, this combination
can either be used as a desk in front
of the window or as a dining table for
two that can be accessed from both
sides.

Interior solutions for hotels
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Created with flexibility in mind.
Intelligent interior solutions
for hotels and hospitals.
In addition to our intelligent interior concepts for
student dormitories and micro-apartments, we
also offer tailor-made interior solutions for hotel
rooms, hospitals, kindergartens and other sites.
Here too, our services range from consulting
and planning to installation and support.
One of our well-loved products is the
STAPELLIEGE with maximum flexibility that
creates space wherever it is required. The
STAPEL LIEGE has been highly successful
and fulfils a range of varied requirements. Its
versatility has led to its use at the “Superbude”
hostel in Hamburg. The STAPELLIEGE is
available in a range of difference sizes and
heights, depending on your requirements. An
important quality feature is the finish in highquality
wood veneer, with four variants of beech,
birch, maple or walnut and optionally with oiled
or lacquered surface in all colours.

Facilitating comfortable
recoveries!
In addition to our other areas of expertise, we
also specialise in equipping hospital rooms that
include optional benefits with our FLATMATE
and FLATBOX bureau solutions. Despite their
shallow depth, the ultra-flat bureaus offer
surprisingly large work surfaces to fulfil a diverse
range of room requirements. For example,
patients can use it to write letters and surf
online in the hospital whilst in a relaxed sitting
position.

Interior solutions for hospitals
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01 THE EXTREMELY FLAT FLATMATE BUREAU PROVIDES MAXIMUM
FLEXIBILITY. | 02 THE FLATBOX AS A MINI HOME OFFICE. | 03 BUREAUS
CREATE SPACE WHEREVER IT IS NEEDED. THIS MODEL WAS SPECIALLY
DESIGNED FOR HOSPITALS.
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Small Living
in Practice
“I worked with Müller Small Living
last year to furnish a student
dormitory. The CORNER solution
provided us with a range of exciting
spatial options.”
Holger Tille, Managing Director of
Müller 7 GmbH in Bamberg
“When we were furnishing the
company apartments for Munich
Airport, our aim was to utilise
the limited space we had as
much as possible. The furniture
we purchased from Müller Small
Living has more than proven its
worth in this regard.”
Katharina Räth, Dipl.-Ing.(FH) interior designer at
Böhmler Büro und Objekt GmbH in Munich
“In addition to the high-quality workmanship,
Müller Small Living stands for design
with clear shapes, which can nevertheless
be combined well to different styles,
whether to an industrial look, scandi or
even to a modern country house.”
Tina Oestreich, residential expert at FEWO Staging in Blaufelden

„
Treatment stays can often take
several weeks. The Müller Small
Living furniture we selected when
furnishing our maternity ward has
enabled us to ensure that our patients
feel comfortable right from the start,
despite the limited space.
Matthias Tönjes, Head of Construction & Technology,
IT atFriesenhörn-Nordsee-Kliniken GmbH in Jever

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Our service
Design service - from draft to
dormitory concept including
rendering
Individual special designs
can be arranged
More than just furniture.
The comprehensive
package from Müller.
High-quality intelligent and functional furniture
is one thing. However, in order to ensure we
develop the optimal solution for every room
situation, we also offer a comprehensive
service. We support you in all aspects, from
individual consultation to tailor-made planning,
including rendering and installation. We are
also happy to manufacture individual bespoke
designs upon request. You can contact us to
receive comprehensive support, even after
installation. In addition to a 10-year repair and
spare parts service, all of our furniture comes
with a 10-year availability guarantee.
High-quality design is the name of the game
for us. In order to realise our ideas, we have
established long-term collaborations with
renowned designers such as Rolf Heide, the
kaschkasch duo and Jan Armgardt, dating back
to the 1960s in some cases. These collaborations
have led to the creation of furniture with a clear,
minimal design language that features a range
of surprising, innovative and useful functions.
Many of the joint designs have received awards
for high-quality product design, including the
"reddot design award" and "Die Gute Form".

Delivery and assembly service
Repair and spare parts service
guaranteed for 10 years
10
10-year availability
guarantee
Award-winning design

Legal imprint
Publisher: Müller Möbelwerkstätten GmbH
Urwaldstraße 8 · 26345 Bockhorn · Germany
T +49 (0) 4453 9823-30
F +49 (0) 4453 9823-49
info@muellermoebel.de
www.muellermoebel.de
www.small-living.de
Managing Director: Jochen Müller
Design and concept: Stockwerk2 GmbH, Oldenburg
Text: Robert Uhde, Oldenburg
Visuals: kaschkasch
Images: Prellerhaus: "Harald909, CC BY-SA 3.0" (bottom
of page 4); Munich: “Heinz Theuerkauf” (page 5);
Woodie: “Jan Bitter” (page 6); Utrecht “Wojtek Gurak”
(bottom of page 7); Superbude (page 32)
All models and names are protected by law.
We reserve the right to amend the above information
in the interest of model maintenance or technical
necessities and improvements. All colour and wood
reproductions only serve as a guide and are not
reference samples. All dimensions provided are
approximate, measured at the outer points. Product
depictions may include extra charges.
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