Comments on: Silver Ware by Studio Job at Bisazza

By: aditya pawar

aditya pawar — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:55:27 +0000

I would love it if i could make the vase in to my bathtub!

beautiful museum pieces catering to the sense of awe…nothing more nothing less.
I am caught in a argument about - is design for designs sake, relevant to present day society ?

as someone mentioned, id rather call it art…

Aditya Pawar
Industrial Designer

By: george

george — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:33:17 +0000

I just don’t get the work of Studio Job, would someone care to explain?

It’s whimsical but utterly impractical, and for me, not all that visually appealing. I might find this bearable if it was an exercise that ultimately contributed to practical design but I don’t believe this to be the case. (Please correct me if I’m wrong. Do they make production pieces?) Presumably, the point is not to be practical, but then I don’t consider it design but rather art. To the contrary, design/art pieces from artists like Arad, Lovegrove and Newson, as extraordinary and extreme as they are, arguably contribute to design, i.e. they have some practicality.

This may not be the case, but the adjective that immediately comes to mind is pompous.

Anyway, not my (giant mosaic silver) cup of tea.

By: xtiaan

xtiaan — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:22:46 +0000

yes its beautiful but what does all this design as art posturing really mean?

By: srich

srich — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:34:36 +0000

Too much money thrown at young designers wrecks them fast…

By: All Things Bright and Beautiful

All Things Bright and Beautiful — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:56:41 +0000

Your large photos are fantastic as is your info - great post!

By: K. Rimane

K. Rimane — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:14:47 +0000

i love this kind of work. the mosaic is just superb. it’s a work destined for museums i guess.

By: dave

dave — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:40:15 +0000

Midas for me i would class studio Job’s work as Art (rather than design), as it seems to have no practical functionality, isn’t produced in large quantities and tends to project visual sensations and ideas before anything else, much like any Sculpture or installation. Beyond this I would say that this projet isn’t as strong and engaged as their “robber baron” also featured on this site.

By: Billy

Billy — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:10:48 +0000

I would have to meet these guys before I judge their work. My GF says good things about them and the article in Icon (if my memory is correct )was written by a journalist who made them pay for dinner. No wonder they came across as moody!

By: midas

midas — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:39:45 +0000

No art, no design, just shit!

By: mayanic

mayanic — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:19:04 +0000

Alice in wonderland it is! But this is also a nice example how we get an amazing view on everyday things when they are in such big proportions. really love this one!