Justus Bruns

VOUW’s work revolves around the exploration of how people can live with technology in a positive way. The studio believes that while technology can help us gain insights faster, it cannot change what makes us human and happy. Slowtech is about creating technology that emphasizes patience, fosters humanity, and promotes real-world connections.

Their works include City Gazing, an outdoor public artwork that shows the impact of technology on our cities by showcasing their light footprint, Bloomlight, an interactive street lighting that greets people and only shines light when needed, and Chairwave, a row of chairs that enables people to only sit next to each other.

VOUW is committed to making their work accessible to everyone and, as such, creates pieces for the public space. The public space is seen as the last frontier where people can meet and be themselves. Their works have been installed in cities worldwide, including Milan, Beijing, Dubai, Singapore, and Sydney. Recent permanent installations include City Gazing in Taiwan and Bloomlights in Qatar.

All of VOUW's work is imagined, designed, and produced in-house. The studio believes that having control over the whole process is key to creating the best products when working on the limits of design and engineering.

VOUW's works have won several awards, such as the Archiproducts Award 2022, LIT Design Awards, and GOOD design award. The Chairwave has been recognised as the best social design of Dutch Design Week, Fast Company named the Bloomlight as best of Urban Design of 2021, Hackaday said the Bloomlight is ‘the future we want to live in’.

Team

VOUW is a collaborative team of designers, creatives, and engineers located in Amsterdam Noord. The core team consists of Justus Bruns, Mingus Vogel and Simon Luitse. VOUW also works closely with a network of technicians, developers, and engineers.

If you're interested in joining the VOUW team, please send your portfolio and CV to jobs@vouw.com or visit our Jobs page for more information.

If you want to get in touch with the studio, send an email to contact@vouw.com