MaMo Nouchies

Available MaMo Nouchies Products

Mahbruky $4085.00	Wo-Tum-Bu 1, 2,3 $1110.00	Kokoro $1545.00	Jimken $1530.00
Ysmen $1400.00	Con-Qui $1310.00	Poul Poul $1250.00	Gaku $1110.00
Samurai $1515.00

From the words of Ingo Maurer....

Introducing the MaMo Nouchies.  First there was the feeling for the material.  I have been using paper off and on for over twenty years and have developed a very strong affection for it.  And, of course, there was a long-standing admiration for Japan and things Japanese.

Then there was Dagmar Mombach, a friend and frequent guest member of my team.  It was she who invented a new process for transforming my favourite material.

Using paper for lamps always brings one back to Isamu Noguchi, whose ideas were based on the traditional Japanese craft of akari-making.  Having had the good fortune to know this great master, I wanted to pay homage to his work not by adopting the same aesthetic, but simply by the sound of his name.

Take MAurer, MOmbach, and NOguchi, and there it was: MaMo Nouchies.  A collection which I see as something of a cross-cultural adventure, using names from all over the world for the individual models.  Moving from Japan to Africa, from North to South, I had the feeling of being in contact with ancient tribal spirits.  And this is our new tribe The MaMo Nouchies.

The MaMo Nouchies are not examples of 'design', but, as we say of 'Gestaltung'--a less technical sounding word which mean 'creating' or 'shaping'.

Gestaltung: Dagmar Mombach, Ingo Maurer and team 1998