Mab & Mya was the name of a Swedish textile concern formed in Malmö in 1943, when Manufaktur AB (MAB) acquired a majority stake in Malmö Yllefabriks AB (MYA). The two companies, both among Malmö’s largest textile firms at mid-century, operated under the combined MAB & MYA name until the group’s operations were wound down in the mid-1960s. [1]
Design and History
The Mab & Mya trademark was created in 1962 by Swedish designer Bertil Andersson-Bertilson, according to the design reference work “Top Symbols and Trademarks of the World,” which lists the firm as Mab & Mya AB in Malmö, active in textiles, with Andersson-Bertilson credited as designer for that year. [2]
Andersson-Bertilson also designed marks for other Swedish clients during the same period, including the political newspaper Tidningen Arbetet, as documented in the same reference volume. [2]
The 1962 mark postdates the formal merger of the two companies. MAB, originally a cotton-spinning operation founded in 1855, acquired MYA in 1943, creating the MAB & MYA concern. [1] The group’s textile operations ceased in the mid-1960s, when the cotton-weaving plant at Trelleborgsvägen was closed. [1]
Meaning and Symbolism
No documented description of the mark’s visual elements, intended symbolism, or color specifications has been located in the available research. The trademark entry in “Top Symbols and Trademarks of the World” confirms only the designer attribution and year of creation. [2]
An earlier MAB logotype from 1931 is referenced in a Malmö cultural-historical survey of the Mobilia area, but no visual description of that earlier mark is provided in the source. [3]
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