Both Ina and Ingrid got along together with a passion for creation, colour and composition. The ‘East meets West theme’ can be found in all their designs and is basicly their way of living. Having families of their own, they take importance in creating items which enrich everyday life, hence the ‘seize the day (“dot”) in the slogan. We like our products to be touched and used, preferably on a daily basis and not only for special occasions.
The brand name amaï means ‘wow’ in Antwerp (Belgium), where the two founders have their roots. ‘Amai’ is emphasizing an emotion. The two dots on the ‘i’ represent both names and add the symbolic little extra detail, or as we see it, the icing on the cake! What all started as finding and making beautiful objects for themselves, gradually lead to selling to friends, neighbours, friends of friends, their friends etc etc...
The word was out and couldn’t be stopped. We started to get requests from the hospitality industry and are proud to be represented …