ART AND DESIGN, RADICALISED

In 1994, while still in design school in Eindhoven, Job Smeets set up Oval Design with a partner. But soon enough, his need to be more creative than commercial took over, and he took his much preferred solo route to set up Studio Job in 1998. Partner Nynke Tynagel joined him a few months later, and the two currently run the studio out of Amsterdam and Milan.

Studio Job has worked with brands like Swarovski, Moooi and Alessi, and created pieces for galleries like Carpenters Workshop Gallery and the Groningen Museum. Its newest, closely watched move, has been a collaboration with Italian manufacturer Seletti for BLOW, a brand