Studio Job
It's 2014 – the Studio Job x NLXL wallpaper collaboration wins the New York ICFF Award and the Elle Decoration International Design Award. It's on display at all 6 windows of Saks Fifth Avenue for Alexander McQueen and at Paul Smith on 5th Avenue, is featured at the Museum of Arts and Design and included in the permanent collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
NLXL Founder Rick Vintage: "Some flies can see as many as 250 frames per second, around four times more frames per second than people can perceive – except for Job Smeets. I call myself “a man of detail” but Job sees 10 times more than I do. Working with him is always a masterclass in attention to detail.”
Job Smeets is a pioneer of contemporary conceptual and sculptural design. The results of his work range from unique bronze artwork in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, to a royal stamp featuring the Dutch King (forty million pieces produced) from the unique life-size bronze sculptures on Miami Beach, to the one-off Wunderkammer curiosity cabinet that Studio Job produced for Swarovski in Innsbruck. All Studio Job projects are distinguished by a love of detail, freedom of expression and blend of 2D and 3D. With more than 400 exhibitions, including solo shows, around the world Studio Job’s work can be found in many important museum collections.
Their iconic, heraldic and cartoon-like sculptures are popular with collectors world-wide. Proclaimed one of the most influential design teams by the Financial Times, Studio Job are passionate about building up an oeuvre that is becoming increasingly extravagant in its details and increasingly personal.
The studio works across many areas including art, design, fashion, architecture and interiors having worked with a vast range of high profile clients including sculptures for Swarovski, Barneys and Land Rover, and product collections for many brands such as Alessi, Swatch, Moooi and Pepsi to name a few. In 2017 Studio Job teamed up with Italian manufacturer Seletti to form the joint brand BLOW producing products in their pop spirit with a radical twist. Studio Job are consistently ranked as one of the world’s most influential players within design and art. Their highly collectable work creates a bridge between object and product by merging monumental design and functional art.
