Studiomama, run by Nina Tolstrup and Jack Mama, is pleased to announce the launch of Stone animals this month, which will be available at our ONLINE SHOP.
This book is a collection of animal-like stones found on numerous walks along the south coast of England, where the holiday home is located, and includes dozens of collected stones, the south coast landscape where they found the stones and the background at the time, and drawings by Jack Mama.

"Stone Animals" is considered to be a sister book to "The Off-Cuts Book", a book of creatures called 'Offcuts Creature' created from the scraps of the work Studiomama published in 2022.

"Stone Animals" is about stone and "The Off-Cuts Book" is about scrap wood, and both projects have a continuity in that they take stone and scrap wood in an abstract way and see them as living things.

The various characters that emerge from the beauty of nature's abstract forms can be interpreted in many different ways by the viewer's own imagination and may create their own unique story.

It also features contributions from design writer, curator and consultant Libby Sellers and figurative artist Cornelia Parker.

The book is available in a limited edition of 16 copies, each one with a different drawing of a 'Stone Animal' by Jack Mama.
Please note that drawings are not available for selection.

To purchase "Stone Animals", click here.

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A limited number of new, expanded versions of The Off-Cuts book, first published by Studiomama in 2022, will also be available, signed by Jack Mama.

'The Off-Cuts' is, as the name suggests, a project using wood offcuts.
This book teaches the importance of finding value in everything, including what is generally called 'waste', and of genuinely enjoying the act of making, rather than evaluating it formally, such as its functionality.

To purchase "The Off-Cuts book", click here.

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Please also read our interview with Studiomama about their thoughts on design and the work they have produced so far with their unique expression.

Studiomama - INTERVIEW Vol.1

Studiomama - INTERVIEW Vol.2

＜Studiomama＞
Studiomama was founded in 2000 with Nina Tolstrup and her husband and design collaborator Jack Mama. Studiomama's work can be simple, honest and minimal. It is always playfulness, relevant and humorous with a democratic belief in good design for all. Nina trained as a designer at the prestigious Les Ateliers in Paris and gained a BA in Marketing from the Business School in Copenhagen. Now she is a consulting professor at the London branch of Syracuse University as well as Curator of Danish Craft. Amongst a range of ongoing panel and committee responsibilities she most recently she sat on the selection panel for the Design Museum's Designers in Residence program.