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A vast range of crafts are practiced
at Studio Job, where traditional craftsmen such as sculptors and specialists in casting bronze and stained-glass windows, work alongside experts adept in using lasers and 3D printing. Based in both in the Netherlands and Milan, Job Smeets leads as art director, artist, and designer.
Prime movers in contemporary applied art
Studio Job was founded in 1998 by Job Smeets in the renaissance spirit, combining traditional and modern techniques to produce once-in-a-lifetime objects. At once highly specific and yet entirely universal, personally expressive and yet experimental, Studio Job has crafted a body of work that draws upon classical, popular and contemporary design and highly visual and sculptural art. The work Studio Job creates is heraldic and regal even in it's imagery. As sleek as the finished work can be, it is also instinctual and almost primal.
"High-end Kitsch"
Technique, science and ornamental designs
come together in their work as examples of what can be described as Gesamtkunstwerk – a total art work or an all embracing art form.
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.
Proclaimed one of the most influential design teams by the Financial Times
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.
2019
Site of the Day, Awwwards
The Weird Nominee, The Webby Awards,
AD100, Architectural Digest Most Influential
Lovie Awards, Gold Winner, Retail & Shopping
Lovie Awards, Gold Winner, Weird & Experimental
2016
Dezeen Hot List, London
Elle Decor International Design Awards, Milan, Best Floor Covering (Bisazza and Nodus)
2015
Design Miami Designers To Watch, Forbes, USA
Product of the year, Yatzer
World’s Most Wanted, Wallpaper*, London
Elle Decor International Design Awards, Milan, Best Wall Covering
2014
Best Dutch Designer, EH&I, Amsterdam
Best of 2014, Hall Of Fame, Interior Design
Product of the year, Yatzer
Product of the year, AD Germany
World’s Most Wanted, Wallpaper*, London
AD100, Architectural Digest Most Influential
2013
Best Dutch Designer, EH&I, Amsterdam
2012
Job Cabinet, 'Wallpaper Design Awards, London
Furniture of the year, Raum und Wohnen, Cham
Job Cabinet, Elle Decor Intl Design Award, Milano
Best Dutch Designer, Eigen Huis & Interieur, Amsterdam
Elle Decor International Design Awards, Milano, Best Furniture
2011
Perished Persian, Elle Decor Intl Design Award, Milano
Dutch Design Awards, Eindhoven
2010
Top 10 most influential design, Financial Times, London
Design of the Decade, Boco, Taiwan
Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam
Design Flanders, Brussels
2009
The 100 Hot List, Queensland Homes, Australia
Le meulleur du Design, AD Collector, Paris
Pyramid, Rotterdam Design Prize, Rotterdam
2008
Archistar, L’Uomo Vogue, Milano
Best of The Brands, Elle Decor, London
Gevel Totaal, Rotterdam
Nationale Staalprijs, Rotterdam
2007
Paper Chandelier Elle Decor Intl Design Award, Milano
The Style & Design 100, Time (Magazine)
Winner Woonbeurs Pin, Amsterdam
2006
Elle Decoration Intl Design Award, Elle Decor, Milano
2005
Elle Decoration Intl Design Award Elle Decor, Milano
Best breakthrough designers, Wallpaper Design, London
2004
Bombay Sapphire prize, Londen
2003
Harrie Tillie Prize, Stedelijk Museum, Roermond
Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
Inside Design, Elle Wonen, Amsterdam
2002
Woon Awards, De Woonbeurs, Amsterdam
2001
Rotterdam Design Prize, Rotterdam
Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam
2000
Dutch Culture Prize, The Netherlands
1998
Startstipendium, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam
Foundation Sofa, the Hague
1996
Rene Smeets Prize, Design Academy Eindhoven