About Maley · Founder

Between Zurich and Tokyo, my whole life.

My father is Swiss, my mother Japanese. I grew up between both worlds - Zurich as home, Japan as a second home: its design language, its craftsmanship, and the particular way it gives space to objects and to people.

What I really wanted to curate didn't exist in Switzerland yet.

MALEY is the result. Almost everything in the store comes directly from Japanese craft brands - through relationships I built personally. In Tokyo. In Japanese.

Between Zurich and Tokyo, my whole life.
Founder Mai Blum
Role Founder & Creative Director
Curation Personal · Direct · Verified
Curation philosophy

"Every object here was chosen because it shows something - about the craft, the material, the person behind it. The simpler it looks, the more there is inside it."