About Us

With two key divisions Multi-Home and Commercial Fit-Out, Matisse Contract offers an extensive range of suppliers who work with some of the world’s most renowned designers.

Matisse Contract aligns with the project divisions of all our key residential brands to provide services to the architectural, interior design and procurement sectors at highly competitive volume related prices.

Matisse has a proven history of supplying quality products to the New Zealand construction market for several decades. Our Multi-Home Division supplies high quality Kitchens, Bathrooms, Wardrobes, Lighting and Furniture Packages, designed by the world’s most renowned architects and designers, to apartment and housing developers at highly competitive contract rates.

Our Commercial Furniture division supplies the world’s leading and most innovative furniture brands to the Office, Boardroom, Reception, Hospitality, Hotel and Public Spaces fit-out markets, at extremely competitive contract rates.

About Our Suppliers

Since 1987, Matisse International has been New Zealand’s premier supplier of some of the world’s most luxurious and innovative furnishing, kitchen, lighting, bathroom and office furniture names from manufacturers such as B&B Italia, Maxalto, Cassina, Moroso, Herman Miller, Rimadesio, Arclinea, Agape, Flaminia, Antonio Lupi, Nemo, Fabbian and Slamp.

These companies produce the authentic masterpieces of global masters of design such as Antonio Citterio, Patricia Urquiola, Charles Eames and Philippe Starck to name a few. Matisse Contract works closely with the Global Contract Divisions of these manufacturers to enable New Zealand Developers, Builders, Architects, Spatial Designers, Project and Facility Managers to specify the world’s leading brands at globally competitive rates to meet their budgets and delivery schedules.

Our Vision To Create Inspirational Places To Live And Work

With over 34 years of experience in dealing with the international furniture and interior fit-out supply sector, Alan and Jeanne Bertenshaw, the co-owners of Matisse, have forged a reputation unique in New Zealand with leading manufacturers and designers all over the world. Built passionately over decades, this supply network is totally unique enabling Matisse Contract to put together a procurement portfolio to transform any local building development into a globally recognised place of inspiration and joy.

Project Approach

We at Matisse Contract are truly excited about your project and providing a service of the highest standards to ensure your development reaches its full potential. We are able to provide a luxury furnishing finish with timeless style which utilises the world’s best designers and furniture manufacturers. Being New Zealand owned and operated, Matisse places huge importance on the environmental aspects of our furnishings and are therefore proud to offer products that are created from sustainably harvested woods and recycled, bio-based or non-toxic materials. All products must pass our stringent selection process based on the four cornerstones of our ‘Matisse Quality Square’ ensuring that we only deal with the world’s best factories, finest raw materials, outstanding innovative design and ecologically sensitive materials and processes.

The Team

Our specialist contract sales team, Alan Bertenshaw, Jan van Deventer, Euan McKechnie, Emmalene Gifford and Natasha Pienaar bring a wealth of experience and know-how to your project - bringing you a quality design fit-out that is future proofed and tailored to your needs.

Environment

Matisse is committed to achieving excellence in all our environmental practices. This is reflected in our environmental objective to – ‘seek environmental improvements in all aspects of our business including energy efficiency enhancements and waste reduction opportunities across our business.’

Guiding Principles for our Office and Warehouse

Reuse

Using the same item more than once and extending the useful life of products and equipment via appropriate maintenance, ensure all products are durable, have a long service life and are easy to maintain and upgrade - for example our service to find a new home for any classic furniture purchased from us over the years is available to all our clients.

Reduce

Purchases shall only be made when required and of the amount needed, purchases that reduce the use of materials/resources will be favoured - for example, products that have minimal packaging or printers that print double sided. We also encourage our clients to purchase modern furniture classics that will last over several. generations rather than a few years.

Recycle

Purchase products that are recycled or re-manufactured or contain recycled materials or that can be recycled or re-manufactured.