Amsterdam, 2006. Jannes Hak and Lennart Bosker — one with a fine arts degree, the other with law and economics — meet in a dark attic and decide to light up the world. Their lamps are not just for children. They are for everyone who remembers that darkness can be tamed with warm light, and that the simplest shapes say the most. Miffy, Smiley, Snoopy — each of these objects carries the same thing: innocence as a manifesto. Mr Maria does not make products. Mr Maria lights up stars.