Frysian clay, a passion for quality, modesty and impeccable craftsmanship, those are the values that make Royal Tichelaar Makkum unique in the ceramic industry. Makkum is a source of honest products, in which history and contemporary developments in ceramic workmanship are inspiringly blended.

For the Salone del Mobile of 2004 Royal Tichelaar Makkum especially asked designers to challenge the traditional shapes. Studio Job seemed for this job the most interesting party. Job Smeets choose for reinterpretation five archetypical shapes from the existing collection: the piggy bank, a clock, a vase, a box and a flat candle-stick. The five hand painted artefacts were produced in white, with accents in transfer technique. It was enthusiastically received in Milan and has become a corner stone of the contemporary collection.