Studio Job Screen

Literature

Curator of Contemporary Art Groninger Museum, Sue-an van der Zijpp 2004
International Herald Tribune, Alice Rawthorn. “Dutch duo that rejects function with flair”
Included in the International Designers of the Year Design Book

Description / Expertise

A Four Fold Screen of Macassar Ebony Inlaid with Bird’s Eye Maple

Designed by Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel working under the name of 'Studio Job'

Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel are a young and inventive Belgian/Dutch couple who produce museum quality pieces in small editions that transcend the realm of furnishings, using traditional hand crafted techniques reminiscent of the highly accomplished guild work of the ‘Arts and Crafts’ movement and ‘Art Deco’ masters like Jacques Ruhlmann.

This cabinet follows in the footsteps of their design heroes, mostly fellow fantasists, such as Carlo Bugatti and Piero Fornasetti. Job Smeets explains “we inhabit the space betweeen art and design, function and sculpture”.