Mum's catalogue 2020

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INEN / LOUEKARI / VENTO / SAANA JA OLLI / MUM'S DESIGN / NEWS
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OUT OF THE TRASH BIN
RECYCLING LOCAL MATERIALS FOR GLOBAL GOOD
By Viktoriya Kuzina
& Marianna Haavisto
What do telephone
wires, plastic bottles, paper
and cotton have in common?
Any of them can be found
in Africa. Any of them can
also be used to bring amazing
interior design items to life.
From small jewelry to full
size chairs and mirrors –
Mum’s always relies on
local recycled materials and
factory leftovers as a primary
source of working materials.
Mum’s hires people
to gather recyclable waste
providing employment in
localities all over the world
with a fair payment to its
workers. Every type of
waste may be later used and
turned into a piece of art: a
chair with a hand-knotted
seat made of recycled plastic,
a lampshade made of bottles
and canisters, cushions
made of reclaimed cotton
and many others. Mum’s
tracks down the origin of
the materials to ensure they
were ethically produced
and obtained. For example,
instead of wool gathered by
mulesing techniques Mum’s
relies on painlessly sheared
hypo-allergenic alpaca wool
from Bolivia, along with
leather leftovers of shoes
production from Africa,
hand-dyed sari cuts from
India, and Cambodian silk.
By re-using locally
gathered materials and
factory leftovers at the
workshops, Mum’s votes for
better working conditions
and a cleaner environment
as well as for animal-friendly
and cruelty-free production
principles. Choosing Mum’s
products does not only
support the ethical design
principles but also unites
people around the world.
“EVERY TYPE OF
WASTE MAY BE LATER
USED AND TURNED
INTO A PIECE OF ART.
IT’S JUST THINKING
USED MATERIAL THE
NEW WAY.” -THE BIRD
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Mum’s uses various types of ethical materials: local, first class wool in India and Bolivia, surplus and recycled materials
in Cambodia and South Africa. We have made sure no mulesing technique is used within shearing as it is very painful for
an animal. The raw material is processed into fine desing in the hands of local artisans.
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