“It’s a very concrete situation, a way for me to put to use the midcentury furniture I collect, the contemporary work of friends and artists, and my own work – to take it out of storage and ensure that it doesn’t just sit there collecting dust,” Job Smeets told Wallpaper* Magazine. The Studio Job Suite, much like the artists’ Belgian apartment, acts not only as a residential space and investment project – but in Smeets’ words, also as a “Giant Gesamtkunstwerk.”

In a world where the phrase ‘less is more’ reigns, the Suite goes against the grain in a number of ways. A new and yet to be released ‘Brick’ wallpaper by Studio Job for NLXL, runs throughout most of the apartment, so too does the playful interpretation of wooden parquet flooring, also designed by the artist for Senso. Typically these products would be used in small doses, but not if you are Job Smeets.

With so many clashing colours, patterns and styles all situated in one space, it’s a wonder how this apartment works, but ultimately it does. In the words of Oscar Wilde, “Beauty is a form of Genius – is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation.