Antwerp-based designers, Job Smeets, and Dutch artist, Nynke Tynagel, of Studio Job collaborate with Natalie to create a stencil pattern inspired by the integration of urban and rural life. The final artworks feature diverse graphic renderings of mechanical gears, flowers, aeroplanes, bugs, machine guns, electrical transmission towers, and cogs that are woven into hand-sewn and machine-made pieces.
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Slide 1: Transmission tower pattern design by Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel from the Project Alabama and Studio Job collaboration, 2004
Slide 2: Nynke Tynagel (left) and Job Smeets (right) wearing scarves and a hoodie from the Project Alabama and Studio Job collaboration for Nylon Magazine’s April 2004 issue, photograph by Robert Rausch; Crocheted flower boa from the Project Alabama Fall/Winter 2005 collection featuring shapes from Job Flowers, 2004, photograph by Reyes Melendez
Slide 3: Organic cotton Job Flowers dress with couching; Detail of Job Flowers stencil artwork from the Project Alabama and Studio Job collaboration, 2004
Slide 4: Design boards for the Project Alabama Fall/Winter 2005 collection with Studio Job pattern collaboration, 2004, photograph by Robert Rausch
Slide 5: Dress and trench coat from the Project Alabama Fall/Winter 2005 collection, photograph by Le Deux Garçons at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris, France 2004