Wo-Tum-Bu 1 + 2, 1998

Wo-Tum-Bu floor lamp by Mombach and Maurer for Ingo Maurer.

‘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. The MaMo Nouchies are not examples of ‘design’, but, as we say of ‘Gestaltung’ – a less technical-sounding word which means ‘creating’ or ‘shaping’.’ Ingo Maurer