Studio Job Dining Table
Netherlands
2006
A Dining Table in 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”.
Studio Job’s work was exhibited last year in the Starck Pavilion of the Groningen Museum where it was juxtaposed with select works of art from the Museum’s Oriental applied art collection. Chinese and Japanese porcelain, lacquer-work, wood carving and carved ivory formed a surprising combination with the modern and distinctive designs of Smeets and Tynagel.
Exhibited work
Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands 2004-2005
Groningen Museum, Groningen, Netherlands “ 2006-2007
Art Basle 2006
Milan Furniture Fair 2006
Literature and Articles
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