studio job house

on designboom’s recent trip to dutch design week 2011, we visited ‘studio job house’ in bergeyk, netherlands.
what originally started as a weekend home for job smeets and nynke tynagel of studio job developed into a museum
showcasing modern dutch and belgian design. 

the villa, purchased by studio job, was commissioned in 1958 by the director of the royal agio cigars to architect 
D L sterengerg, one of rietveld’s pupils. characteristically modern, it is a functional and cost-efficient 
with clean lines and a flat roof. during the renovation, studio job aimed to restore the house to its original glory 
and thus transformed it into a hub of modern design.     

 

throughout the past few years, the studio job team has been accumulating historic objects related to their field of design. 
the villa in bergeyk gave them a place to house their collection. the semi public house-museum is an example of 
the design community coming together to display their enthusiasm for their art. iconic companies including royal auping, 
royal mosa and van besouw donated pieces to the collection. graphic designer wim crouwel has created a new 
work of art for the space entitled ‘grid’ among other contributors. 

‘panthéon’ by studio job for nodus (2010)

dining chairs – ‘revolt chair’ by friso kramer for ahrend (1958) dining table – ‘grey table’ by studio job (1999) pendant lighting – ‘cartwheel lamp’ by studio job (2008) buffet – ‘the wild one’ by studio job (2011) trolley – ‘trolley’ by gerrit rietveld (1945) china – ‘still life’ and ‘the last supper’  by studio job for tichelaar makkum (2004/2009)image © designboom

view of living room couch – ‘utrecht curved sofa’ by gerrit rietveld (1935) chair – ‘SZ 02 chair’ by martin visser for spectrum (1965) coffee table – ‘coffee table’ benno premsela & carel visser (1950) carpet – ‘firmship carpet’ by studio job for moooi (2010) light – ‘tit lamp’ by studio job for venini (2010) painting – ‘grand nu assus’ by eugene leroy (1979)image © designboom

informal dining room  table – ‘table paracarro’ by G offedi for saporiti (1970) chairs – ‘gothic chair’ studio job for moooi (2010) click here to see designboom’s article on the piece  carpet – ‘the birth’ by studio job for nodus (2010) table ornament – ‘table ware’ by helena von boch for villeroy & boch (1971) image © robert kot

hallway with ‘underworld doors’ by studio job  image © designboom

hallway image © robert kot

detail of door  image © designboom

detail of door  image © designboom

view of bedroom  bed – ‘labyrinth bed’ by treca de paris (2005) side tables – ‘paper night table’ by studio job (2007) lamps – ‘table lamp’ by studio job for swarovski (2007)image © designboom

‘buffet’ by erik van lieshout  image © designboom

‘charm chain’ by studio job & viktor & rolf (2001) image © designboom

(left) ‘suske & wiske’ by willy vandersteen (1974) (right) ‘ford taunus 2.0 GXL coupe V6’ (1972) – same model as owned by the original owners image © designboom

image © designboom

outdoor space  red chairs – ‘centraal museum chair’ by richard hutten (1999) lower table – ‘zinken tafel’ by peit hein eek (2010) green raised area – ‘dinner for two’ by studio job (2011) green dining set – ‘garden set’ by gae aulenti (1970) image © robert kot

exterior view  image © designboom

‘barbed wire gate’ by studio job (2011) image © designboom floor plan / level 0 

floor plan / level 1