The Wrecking Ball, Industry and the Crane, refer to symbols of Industry and moreover the power of it and what it could destruct…

Studio Job’s design of objects – sculpture, lighting and articles of furniture – transform industry into fantasy through whimsical permutations of common objects and the marriage of forms; a light bulb, for example, becomes a destructive force in their Wrecking Ball Lamp whilst a crane stands in for its angle poise support.

Wrecking Ball and Crane further develop the dialogue that began with the theme Industry.

Wrecking Ball Lamp, cast from solid bronze, further explores the theme of industry. The lamp showcases the subtle humour and attention to detail that defines Studio Job’s design ethos.

The Wrecking Ball and Crane as a visual of industry – creation and destruction – is a powerful symbol that Studio Job renders as both beautiful and slightly…nostalgic perhaps? 

The two lamps explore the theme of industry, miniaturizing the important industrial inventions. Small bulbs light the cabin of the of both bronze structures.

‘Wrecking Ball’ is cast from solid bronze, which continues with the industrial theme. a bulldozer forms the base, while the ‘wrecking ball’ is the light source, showcasing Studio Job’s subtle humor.

Complete blend of construction idea into a lamp by cross breeding cultural references for home furnishings.

A lamp cast from solid bronze in the form of a wrecking ball hung from a bulldozer. “The Wrecking Ball and Crane are ancient inventions with a long history of industrial use. In this case, Studio Job has miniaturized it into an ornamental design object.”

In autumn 2008, as the banking crisis deepened, five buildings were pulled down in my London neighbourhood. The developers obviously thought to get the easy part – demolition – out of the way, even though today the sites remain empty. Ordinarily, the wrecking ball symbolises the ruthless flow of capital, but this time it only served to illustrate just how abruptly that flow had stopped. So what to make of Studio Job’s solid bronze Wrecking Ball Lamp on show at the Carpenters Workshop gallery in Piccadilly? Given that the recession has hit the market for design art nearly as hard as it has property development, one wonders whether Studio Job is having a gentle laugh.

Studio Job’s iconography treats industry nostalgically, laying it down as another archaeological layer alongside those fossilised animal skeletons. It’s hard to tell whether they are celebrating industry’s demise or simply aestheticising it. But though they rightly acknowledge that we are moving into a post-industrial age, their own work seems to be moving in the opposite direction, back to a pre-industrial one. The ironic punchline of the show is that the one thing missing from these hand-crafted pieces is, of course, Industry.

– Justin Mcguire, The Guardian, May 2010