The samurai helmet has great importance in Japanese culture. While the helmets were formed to strike fear into their enemy, the Ingo Maurer Samurai Floor Lamp, formed more as the creative embodiment of the helmet rather than the helmet itself, can be seen as a modern memorial that honors the strict moral code Japanese samurai followed. Part of the MaMo Nouchies Collection designed by Dagmar Mombach and Ingo Maurer, 1998.