This lavish book package resembles a traditional leather-bound “art-bible” featuring a number of custom-printing finishes. These include raised bands on the spine of the hardcover case which is covered in imitation leather overlaid with a dense signature composition by Studio Job, gilded page edges, cloth markers, black-letter type, and letterpress elements that distinguish the book from the conventional treatment of design monographs. Furthermore, the slip-cased book is two-in-one with Studio Job on one side, and then on the flip side, the biblical The Book of Job, complete with illustrated illuminations.

Themes present in the The Book of Job are echoed in the organization of the volume, translating the formal wit of Studio Job’s work into print. Interior spreads, including photographs taken expressly for the book, and gatefold tableaux specifically designed by the artists and created using special dyes, the book provides a rare insight into Studio Job’s particular approach to design and pattern-making, resulting in a highly collectible and rarified book.

Written by Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel, text by Viktor & Rolf, Alessandro Mendini and Murray Moss