The Professions.

When he received his first orders from furniture manufacturer Ligne Roset in the 1980s, the French were expressly interested in his systematic approach and his understanding of technology. His work is in fact today regarded as the epitome of German rationality, and Bohemian-born Maly would hardly disagree. Following his training as a cabinetmaker and interior designer, Maly worked in the 1960s for Germany’s largest and – at that time – trend-setting interior design magazine, Schöner Wohnen, a publication that he influenced, and which in turn influenced him. The newcomer gained immediate popularity with his monthly Skizzenbuch (Sketchbook) in which he solved the interior design problems of his millions of readers. Styling the photographs showing staged modern living areas – then still a novelty – gave him the experience he needed to form the basis of his career.

At the same time he was working as a journalist , he also created his first furniture concepts, first for Tecta and COR. Here, the young Maly encountered the charismatic entrepreneurs Axel Bruchhäuser and Helmut Lübke.