After having visited the Museum of Natural History in New York, Studio Job created a neo-gothic pattern of dancing human and animal skeletons. The turtles, birds and crocodiles all play a part in the superstitious frights, shows of life and death, the extravagant yet violent moments that our civilization is currently living.

A furniture ensemble, composed of table, bench, screen, cabinet and lamp, realized in precious hardened tropical woods, ornamented with inlays depicting animal skeletons. It recalls art deco but also Flemish art and is proposed as a precious collector’s set. The objects are used as canvases on which to write in ancient hieroglyphics or modern graffiti. The inlays were cut using high-tech lasers and assembled by expert craftsmen.

“We wanted to create a collection that is exclusive for the quality of the materials and techniques; haute couture products that will last at least a hundred years,” explains Job Smeets, “through the skeletons, violent and innocent, their direct graphic forms depict our times which are extravagant and violent. Ours is a story uniting past and future, combining fiction and reality.”

Perished was conceived as a suite of furniture, including a table, traditional ‘bench’, screen, and pedestal, realized in precious hardened tropical woods, decorated with inlays depicting animal skeletons laser-cut and assembled by expert craftsmen. The Pedestal displays a cast bronze plate depicting the cockroach, ancient survivor which refuses to perish.