The company's name AMAAMO comes from a mix of two Spanish verbs ama and amo. Ama is the third-person singular (he, she) present indicative form of amar (to love) and amo is the first-person singular (I) present indicative form of amar (to love). When put together translates to he/she loves and I love.

AMAAMO is a small screen printing studio of paper and apparel based in Brooklyn, New York. Born in the Spring of 2008 to graphic designer Leslynette Vega, but dreamed of since her childhood.

Every item in the shop is hand silkscreened and designed by Leslynette with the help and support of her loving boyfriend and partner in crime, Stephen Wishart.

Our original designs are inspired mainly by Puerto Rico (Leslynette was born and raised in PR) and Latin America's people, history, culture, texture, colors and rhythm.

The mission of our designs is to expose and connect our clients with the latin soul through a modern, youthful and unique apparel line with symbolic and decorative motifs complemented with a textural, colorful and vibrant stationery line, elaborated posters and much more.

We are very conscious of our surroundings and mother earth, therefore we only use water-based inks and recycled paper causing less impact to the environment.

To learn more of Leslynette and her design work please visit our parent company Vega Graphic Design.

Acknowledgements:
Photography: Stephen Wishart and Leslynette Vega
Web design: Vega Graphic Design