Studio Job Monkey Business
2016
33.1 x 22.7 x 2.2 cm
13 x 8.9 x 0.9 in
Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel's collaboration creates highly expressive work where the physical potential of the materials they use-often bronze or laser-cut marquetry-is pushed to the limit, with an approach more in keeping with that of traditional guilds than industrial design. Studio Job: Monkey Business includes furnishings, sculptures, exhibitions, commissioned interiors, and the designers' own home, tracing the past five years of Studio Job's creative vision. Opulent, intricate, and ironic, the work of Studio Job combines an extraordinarily high level of craftsmanship with extreme ornamentation.
Artist
Studio Job
Studio Job is a ground-breaking atelier based in the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy and celebrated for its fusion of historical techniques and contemporary themes. Led by Job Smeets, a pioneer of contemporary sculptural art and design, the studio focuses on decorative arts for the contemporary age, producing objects and interiors that exist somewhere between sculptural and functional art.
