Above: Job Buffet

Another piece in the Job Office collection for Lensvelt is the Job Buffet, a white powder-coated metal cabinet with two doors and a chrome-plated aluminium key that locks it.

The Job Desk also makes use of white powder-coated metal for its top and legs, but instead of a key to open the slim drawer, the user must pull on the golden nose.

Above: Job Desk

The two Job Tables are enlarged versions of the Job Desk.

Above: gold nose drawer handles

The Job Desk Lamp uses LED bulbs and features an oversized golden switch under its powder-coated metal shade.

Above: Job Desk Lamp

Each piece in the collection is available in a range of colours: white, green, grey, dark grey, black, red, yellow and blue.

Above: Job Cabinet

"Over time, Hans Lensvelt has proven to be an ingenious product developer who consistently transforms our unconventional designs into comprehensive functional products, yet intricately maintaining a sense of wit," said designer Job Smeets. "Our collaboration constitutes sustainable office furniture, valuing the importance of functionality and high-quality objects that represent their own identity and humour."

The collection is an extension of the Job Cabinet launched by Studio Job in Milan last year – a metal cabinet with a single door that also comes with a gold-coloured key.

Above: installation of the collection in Milan

These pieces will be on show at the MOST exhibition in Milan from 9 to 14 April, while Studio Job will also show lamps with metal buckets and tubs for shades as part of Moooi's latest collection – see all design by Studio Job.

This week we're covering all the highlights from Milan, including Zaha Hadid's monochrome pendant lamps for Slamp and OMA's furniture collection for US brand Knoll – see all news and products from Milan 2013 or take a look at our interactive map featuring the week's best exhibitions, parties and talks.

Photographs are by Roos Aldershoff.

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Above: Cloud Sofa by Marcel Wanders

Presented at Via Savona 56, Moooi's Unexpected Welcome collection will feature new products by brand co-founder Marcel Wanders, including the Cloud Sofa, the Bell Lamp topped with a ceramic bow and the Farooo Lamp based on a lighthouse.

Above: Bell Lamp by Marcel Wanders

Also included are two helmet-like lamps decorated with Japanese fish and flowers by Milanese designer Lorenza Bozzoli and the crane-like Construction Lamp by Dutch designer Joost van Bleiswijk.

Above: Farooo Lamp by Marcel Wanders

Artists Studio Job will present a set of lamps with metal buckets or tubs for shades and a collection of interlocking furniture called Labirinth.

Above: Labyrinth by Studio Job

Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc will unveil a Golden Chair with a minimal silhouette, while Shanghai studio Neri & Hu will show a group of tables titled Common Comrades and Swiss design duo ZMIK will present a hinged hanging lamp called Kroon.

Above: Bucket lamp by Studio Job

Photography by Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf will surround the works. "Expect to arrive in Milano to experience two parallel universes collide," Wanders told Dezeen. "In the midst of it you'll encounter the works of Erwin Olaf, and also my new furniture for Moooi."

Above: Tub lamp by Studio Job

"The 2013 Moooi presentation is a game changer," said Moooi founder and CEO Casper Vissers. "You will find the creativity and soul of Moooi as a brand together with the individual, innovative and sparkling products from the designers we collaborate with. We will make your visit to Moooi unexpected and very welcome again!"

Above: Construction Lamp by Joost van Bleiswijk

Unexpected Welcome will be on show at Via Savona 56 in the Tortona district from 9 to 14 April. Our own Dezeen and MINI World Tour movie studio will be located just down the road at the MINI Paceman Garage - more details here.

Above: Kroon lamps by ZMIK

Other Moooi products we've featured include a clock inspired by London landmark Big Ben and a glass and spun metal lamp – see all design by Moooi and see all design by Studio Job.

Other products launching in Milan this year include an aluminium sideboard by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and modular furniture made from Meccano-like perforated steel plates – see all products and news from Milan 2013.

Above: Common Comrades by Neri & Hu

Here's more information from Moooi:

On occasion of the 52nd edition of the Salone del Mobile, Moooi has prepared an entire collection of refreshing new designs and surprising experiences that will be revealed at an unexpected location: via Savona 56. From the 8th to the 14th of April Moooi is taking up residence in the imposing space of 1.700 m2 and transforming it into a stylish assembly of colourful living quarters, new product displays, lounges, an artistic exhibition, along with the FRAME Moooi award nominees exposition, panel discussion, exclusive ceremony and VIP cocktail evening.

Above: Golden Chair by Nika Zupanc

Moooi’s biggest gift to the public is to reveal how a wide empty space can be magically transformed into several iconic, rich and colourfully dressed living quarters. This assortment of interior environments is decorated with an inspiring variety of patterns and colours to embrace any kind of space and make people of different ages, cultures and personalities fall in love with their homes. Of course Moooi will make sure to dress and accessorise all the interior sets with an irresistible blend of exquisite richness, nurturing warmth and colourful playfulness.

The living quarters will be furnished with items from the current collection & many new, exciting creations by Marcel Wanders, Studio Job, Joost van Bleiswijk, Edward van Vliet, Neri & Hu, Nika Zupanc, Moooi Works/Bart Schilder, Bertjan Pot, Raimond Puts, Lorenza Bozzoli and ZMIK (Mattias Mohr & Rolf Indermuhle). You are welcome to enjoy, amongst others, the artistic temperament and intimate nature of Marcel Wanders’ Canvas, Zliq and Cloud sofas, the retro atmospheres of Nika Zupanc’s Golden Chair and the sophisticated brightness of ZMIK’s Kroon chandeliers. Take some time to walk around and study the high-stream inventiveness of Joost van Bleiswijk’s Construction lamps, the pragmatic playfulness of Studio Job’s Bucket & Tub lamps and the graceful symbolism of Lorenza Bozzoli’s Juuyo lamps.

Above: Juuyo lamp, Koi Carp Tattoo by Lorenza Bozzoli

The new designs can also be admired and observed in detail along an extensive ‘catwalk’ presentation, in which they ‘pose’ individually to share their pristine beauty with the public. This unexpected home vision brings to life a whole world of new ideas and inspiring settings to brighten up daily life with a touch of magic. It represents a place where visions converge and where every traveller can stop to admire the perfect eclectic mix of culture & experiences that make a home environment more beautiful and unique. Celebrating the successful cooperation and friendship between two highly creative souls, Marcel Wanders has asked renowned photographer Erwin Olaf to join the Moooi presentation with a grand selection of photographs from his personal work. Interior design meets artistic photography and they connect, creating the perfect balance between two inspiring, stylish and playful realities.

The photographs unfold their stories and feelings on a large scale, reaching a stunning height of 4,5 meters especially for this exhibition. Admiring them feels like stepping into a world of exceptional sophistication, permeated with the sharp intensity of human emotions and enveloped in a dreamy haze of subtle tension. Although cleverly concealed, their hidden stories instinctively appeal and connect to our deepest sense of being, revealing the strong frailty of the human spirit. Erwin Olaf has chosen to challenge the public with pieces for his series Grief, Fall, Keyhole and Berlin which respectively challenge everyday notions, dwell on sensations of shame & guilt, or show the transcendent relation between people in a different light.

Above: Juuyo lamp, Peach Flowers by Lorenza Bozzoli

Especially for this occasion the Moooi presentation will be inhabited and characterized by a number of colourful mannequins by Hans Boodt. Combining 25 years of experience in visual merchandizing, creativity and know-how, the world-famous, high-quality mannequins of Hans Boodt never fail to make a great impression with their strong charisma. They will make themselves at home at Moooi’s presentation, bringing an extra feeling of intimacy to the living quarters and resembling peoples’ personality, style & taste. Real and surreal at the same time!

This year the exclusive Frame Moooi Award ceremony, VIP cocktail evening and panel discussion will also take place in via Savona 56. On the 10th of April a selected crowd of design professionals is invited to attend a unique cocktail evening dedicated to the celebration of creativity and design. Jana Scholze (Curator of Contemporary Furniture at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum) will crown the winner, who will receive a tempting award of €25,000. Detailed information on the 10 shortlisted designs will be available throughout the entire week of the Salone on artistic, informative panels at via Savona 56.

Above: Unexpected Welcome collection

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Giant floral prints in various shades of grey were repeated across the partitions at the bottom of the catwalk to compliment the monochrome collection, titled Rebellious Sophistication.

The pattern was inspired by the work of 19th Century English textile designer William Morris.

Models walked down a runway covered in a printed herringbone arrangement of grey and white wooden planks.

The graphics stood out against the ceiling and tiered seating that were painted black for the show, which took place earlier this week.

Studio Job also designed the scenography for the Dutch fashion house's Spring Summer 2010 and Autumn Winter 2010 collections.

They presented an Eiffel Tower lamp and Taj Mahal table  at Design Miami last December and designed a lounge for the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands.

More stories from Paris Fashion Week on Dezeen include two-in-one transforming dresses by Hussein Chalayan and Gareth Pugh's outfits made from bin liners.

Photography is by Peter Stigter.

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Design Miami: the Eiffel Tower is reimagined as a bronze table lamp by Belgian artists Studio Job, who also present an upside-down Taj Mahal table at Design Miami this week.

The Tour Eiffel lamp is made from patinated bronze and features a polished bronze lampshade fixed to the bent peak of the tower.

Studio Job's Job Smeets explained his inspiration for the piece: "While having a summer lunch with Loic and Julien of Carpenters [Workshop Gallery] on the top of Centre Pompidou I had this amazing view of the Tour Eiffel and dreamt about my bohemian life in Paris back in the Nineties. You know, when the world was young and Tour Eiffel was my best friend and close neighbour. Anyway, somewhere between entrée and main the guys commissioned a lamp. One thing led to another!"

The Taj Mahal table, also made from patinated and polished bronze, flips the Indian landmark on its head so that it rests on its four corner turrets.

Carpenters Workshop Gallery is showing both pieces at Design Miami this week, where Dezeen will be reporting on all the best designs and installations – see all our stories from Design Miami.

We've already published a collection of photosensitive vases by design duo Glithero launching in Miami this week.

Other projects by Studio Job on Dezeen include a studded plastic chair for design brand Moooi and the studio's solo show at the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands last year.

See all our stories about Studio Job »
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Photographs of the lamp are by P. Laarhoven and photographs of the table are by Carpenters Workshop Gallery.

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The is the second set of contentious proposals to come from the Netherlands in recent months, following proposals by architects MVRDV for skyscrapers that look like the exploding World Trade Centre on 9/11.

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