Mambo Jambo, the furniture and lighting practice of LA craftsman Kelby Lee Singhaus, is still relatively under the radar; we discovered Singhaus’s pieces kicking around on Instagram, and though he hasn’t hit the scene quiet yet as far as the exhibitions circuit goes, we had no hesitation turning the spotlight on his work. Woodworkers crafting furniture that shows the hand of the maker is a long and well-trod tradition (even in this Hot List alone!) but when someone does it well, you just know. Singhaus says his particular take on the genre “materializes in nonsensical forms with heavy emphasis on texture and tactility,” and is inspired by California as well as made with its trees. We love its little details, like spiral chair backs, ceramic inlays (made in collaboration with Studio Mano), plus its charming asymmetries and off-kilter proportions, as in a blocky lamp with a squat paper shade. Singhaus says his 2026 got off to a great start with a table commission made from old-growth redwood — “felled in the 1940s and used in the construction of the Monterey Peninsula Country Club, until a fire required its partial demolition” — and he hopes the rest of the year will bring more of the same.