for this year's milan design week, the dutch-belgian
studio job and the dutch
pieke bergmans,
in association with italian gallery
dilmos will present 'wonderlamp', a collection of 7 light objects.
first image
drawings of the seven light objects
all images courtesy of studio job
both pieke bergmans and studio job work with archetypal materials.
studio job creates monumental objects made of cast bronze, while bergmans has made
a name for herself developing mouth-blown crystal forms which coagulate into fluid forms.
these are the points of departure for their collaboration 'wonderlamp', in which bergmans'
large glass light bulbs are linked to seven bronze objects from studio job. the seven playful,
but monumental implements stir fantasy and imagination. where bergmans' objects seek correlation
with reality, studio job
creates a fantasy world full of surrealistic elements. these
differences offer
enough points of contact for an interesting exchange
of ideas.
preliminary sketches

a sneak peak at the 'wonderlamp' objects
'soup pan' from farm series by studio job
'cookie tin' from homework series by studio job
'light bulbs' by pieke bergmans
a series of crystal lamps that refer to the archetypal incandescent lamp
studio job is not belgian but dutch
aren’t they established in Anvers?
anyway this is great!
studio job was established and is still based in antwerp, belgium.
job smeets is of belgian descent, while nynke tynagel is dutch.
they also have an office in the netherlands.
Seems like an homage to Michael Craig-Martin.
studio job actually evolved from a facebook group called ‘lets see what sells well at designart auctions’ and they went on from there.
designboom, this isnt necessarily a criticism of that statement of intent, but I realise that opinions (especially those requiring a modicum of humour) need censoring, so please go ahead
oh no, theres another one…:-)
Wonder if they have ever seen this?
http://www.designboom.com/contest/view.php?contest_pk=19&item_pk=16448&p=1
Very similar idea.