Studio Job Automobile

Considered a masterpiece of the studio’s production, Automobile summarises the layered facets and eccentric aesthetic of Studio Job. Commissioned by Land Rover for their 65th anniversary, Studio Job added to the storied history of collaboration between car manufacturers and designers, following in the tracks of Marc Newson and Ford, and recently Rose Lovegrove with Renault. Exquisite materials and audacious appendages burst from every corner of the Land Rover, typified by a Swarovski crystal globe on the bonnet and the dome of St Paul’s cathedral protruding from a front wheel.

“This Defender has become everything it could have become. Like a cubist art piece with various perspectives, it is as chaotic and bizarre as life itself. Certainly not a stylistic exercise from the design bible, but definitely a rudimentary work of art, conjured from the high hat – also the controversial palette – of Studio Job. An anti-hero that anticipates itself. A diary and a mirror.” - Job Smeets of Studio Job