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Latest news about our workNoua linie de jucarii in colaborare cu Eematico
eematico este o organizație care deschide drumul spre inovație a programelor educaționale, printr-o abordare proprie menită să dezvolte abilitățile de viață pentru secolul XXI. Acest lucru se face prin învățare experiențială, bazată pe joacă, procesul fundamental de...
Un târg lung, cât luna #DecembrieMeșteshukar
Dragă creatorule de cadouri cu poveste, Anul trecut am avut ideea să experimentăm propria noastră variantă de târg. Am strâns o mână de creatori, i-am expus cu rost, după povestea fiecăruia, în magazinul nostru și am dat sfoară în țară că la @Meșteshukar ButiQ se...
This year’s most amazing articles on MBQ. The NY Times features MBQ as one of the best gifts shops in Bucharest.
To celebrate this year, we decided to take a look back and find the best articles written about us. The greatest surprise of 2018 was the piece from NY Times. MBQ was mentioned and recommended as a "jewel-box” for handcrafted items. Another amazing article about MBQ...
What happend at MBQ? The story of a design competition.
The story started three years ago when we opened a shop in the center of Bucharest. MBQ's shop was the first of its kind and shortly became know to the public as one of the most exquisite places to buy handcrafted and designer gifts. Step by step MBQ started to get...
The coffee pot: Sip, by sip into the delights of a well prepared coffee
When we first started working with Austrian designer Nadja Zerunian, we had in mind a list of more traditional and common kitcken ware items that deserved a new touch. The coffee pot made from copper was one of the items we wanted to reinvent, especially because of...
Making a difference through social entrepreneurship: an interview with with Laura Leonte
Cosânzeana: The needle, the girl and the magic thread. Cosânzeana is a very dear friend of MBQ. Your products are in our shop and of course, your story. So, why the needle and the thread? I grew up in a village by the age of 8. I spent all my holidays...
MBQ kitchen advice: Why wood cookware is the best!
Wood is a beautiful material, it is environmentally friendly and married with modern manufacturing techniques it can create striking contemporary designs. At MBQ we love working with raw, natural materials, all our Home decor collections have items based on different...
DIY: How to clean copper and make it shine!
We totally love copper. You will find copper products in all our home decor collections. It's an unique material, not only because of its amazing properties and utility, but also because it molds perfectly in every design shape you can imagine. You can use it as a...
Bring copper into your household. 5 facts about copper and copperware
Three years ago MBQ [Meșteshukar ButiQ] launched it's own home decor collection which included mainly cooper products as coffee pots, bowls, wine glasses, sauce boats, trays and coffee spoons. The collection was designed by Austrian designer Nadja Zerunian in...
MBQ Designer Stories: Interview with Romanian designer Adina Marin about her first jewelry collection in colaboration with a Roma Craftsman
What is the story of your meeting with Meșteshukar ButiQ and Radu Ion (Nevers), Roma silversmith? Was this collaboration a challenge for you as a designer? The story started some years back, when I met the MBQ team during some social events. Me with my projects from...
MBQ Designer Stories: Interview with Romanian designer Radu Abraham about Home Decor 18 and the RDW 2018 Award
What is the story of your meeting with Meșteshukar ButiQ and Roma craftsmen? The story started in Vienna, during the Design Week there, where I first met Andrei Georgescu, Meșteshukar ButiQ manager. It was pretty simple actually, after we talked a few times we...
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Glittering gongs for MBQ [Meșteshukar ButiQ]
Sometimes things design themselves better than we can imagine. During Romanian Design Week we won our first design award for the Home Decor 18 collection in collaboration with the Romanian designer Radu Abraham. Our new jewelry collection, Enchant & Delight...
MBQ Novelty
What to expect from MBQ at Romanian Design Week 2018!
We have new collections with new techniques, new materials and in collaboration with new designers.
Our focus collection is called MBQ Home Decor 18 – Contrasts of Materials, Contrasts of Crafts. The Contrasts of Life.
We challenged traditional craftsmen to work together with modern craftsmen and, through experimentation and design, create a new craft. One part is new and brings the efficiency of machines and technology while the other part is ancient and gives products their soul and uniqueness.
Home Decor Collection
Swedish design creatives mattias rask and tor palm of glimpt have worked with romananian roma craftsmen to develop a series of handcrafted copper stools and wicker items. the duo travelled around the country, visiting different locations in order to map...
Vienna Design Week 2017
The VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is a curated festival which has taken place annually in Vienna since 2007. For ten days Vienna becomes Europe’s design arena. MBQ [Mesteshukar ButiQ] is a Bucharest based social enterprise working on revaluing traditional Roma craftsmanship....
Charana Collection
The collection is centered around a mystical element: The Charana bird. Archetypal symbol of elevation, a yearning to rise to the absolute values of the sky. The Charana bird is a mythical creature that is found throughout the Romani folklore. Charana is an extension...
Clothes Collection
The collection is done by our Tailor Lenuta Dumitru every stich and every Roseprint is here handcraft. Over an intense period of time we developed together the re-interpretation of the classic craftsmanship in todays fashion. The interpretation is based on the modern...
Picnic Collection
Permanent movement plays a momentous role in the history of the Roma people. The new product group by Meșteshukar ButiQ harks back to this nomadic tradition, simultaneously demonstrating a cross-section of the Roma people centuries-old handicraft skills. The elements...