Kitsch and fake opulence in the lounge of Studio Job, the Groninger Museum

Apparently, the world and the style Studio Job recall in the new lounge Groninger Museum is a reference to the past: that of the English club of the late nineteenth century, one of the first class of the Titanic, that, in short, a Belle Epoque made a few very rich who loved to surround (and recognition) through symbols sophisticated and elitist.

The irony, however, get lucky to scratch this bastion of privilege. Look, for example, lamps (produced inter alia by Venini), Recognize anything? Yes, the form is exactly that of a female breast, repeated at regular intervals to scan the volumes of the room (and maybe even offend someone). Even the furniture, then, are meant to mislead: the chair, leather theoretically, is actually made of plastic (from Moooi, Playmobil style), while the curtains that frame the windows are nothing more than adhesive sticker printed on photographic paper.

As for the flooring, the graphic for excellence in all space, he is there to conceal his true