Mambo — The Object & You

Archives Design proudly presents Mambo – The Object & You, an exhibition exploring the profound connection between people and the objects that shape their lives. Objects live with us. They carry memory, cross borders, and awaken the senses. The most meaningful become vessels of personal and collective history—yet without human touch, they remain anonymous. This exhibition brings them into focus, inviting reflection on memory through the beauty of material and form.

The collection of handcrafted leather decorative objects and furniture is designed by Maxime Mballa-Tagny, a Cameroon-born artist and designer. Each item is a journey through the designer’s upbringing, where the scale and subject of the pieces evoke memories made from country to country. What made each new location feel like home were the belongings—their forms, textures, and the memories they carried with each move. Their names reflect another constant along the way, music—celebrating artists from his native country. The items are reminiscences of activities at home: shoe horns recall moments of departure, while coasters revive nights spent entertaining.

The Loba Egg Box stands as a core symbol of the collection. Its form, delicate yet enduring, reveals the fragility of time and the quiet strength of what we choose to preserve. As both container and metaphor, the egg becomes a contemplative surface upon which stories may rest. This symbolic foundation frames an exclusive collaboration with eight invited artists:

Ammarin Kuntawong, Onnalin Lojanagosin, Phannapast Taychamaythakool, Pichaya Osothcharoenpol, Sirapop Wongsorn, Subannakrit Krikum, Terawat Teankaprasith, and Trevor Foster.

Each artist was invited to respond to the Loba Egg Box as a sculptural canvas—offering distinct interpretations shaped by material and time. Together, these works form a constellation of personal narratives, unified by a shared belief in the emotional resonance of objects.

Mambo is an invitation to embrace your precious moments.