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Letters from the studio — new work, openings, and quiet ideas.

Newsletter· 22 June 2026· Amsterdam

Bloomlight S, refined for spaces that should feel alive

Softer movement, warmer materials and new project options for lighting designers, interior architects, hospitality spaces and private collections.

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Publication· 10 April 2026· Tokyo

IDEAS FOR GOOD: The quiet hope behind the rise of slow tech

IDEAS FOR GOOD featured VOUW and Chairwave in an article on the rise of slow tech, positioning the work as an example of technology designed to slow people down and bring them closer together.

Exhibition· 16 March 2026· Frankfurt

VOUW at Light + Building Frankfurt 2026

From March 8–13, VOUW presented work at Light + Building in Frankfurt, the world's largest fair for lighting and building technology. The studio displayed Bloomlight S and Bloomlight L together for the first time. These interactive lamps respond to human presence without buttons

Letters from the studio — new work, openings, and quiet ideas.

Bloomlight S, refined for spaces that should feel alive

IDEAS FOR GOOD: The quiet hope behind the rise of slow tech

VOUW at Light + Building Frankfurt 2026

Newsletter: Portrait Booth Launch & Houston Roast Booth — VOUW Update March 2026

Lighting Design Now: Bloomlight S is light that bends to meet you

Event Inspiration: Portrait Booth turns event visitors into lasting art

German Design Award winner: Bloomlight S

Ambiente Frankfurt: Bloomlight S

Maison et Objet: Bloomlight S x POLSPOTTEN

Good Design Award winner: Bloomlight S

Houston: Chairwave, Poem Booth & Roast Booth

LIT Awards Winner: Bloomlight S

Newsletter: When presence speaks louder than noise — VOUW Autumn Update

Frame Awards Shortlisted: Bloomlight S

Homecrux selects Bloomlight S among Dutch Design Week 2025 standouts

TrendHunter: Bloomlight S is an interactive blooming floor lamp

Homecrux: Bloomlight S blooms like a flower

EVA Air enVoyage: Flower Light

Bringing Poetry to India: Meet Our New Operational Team in Hyderabad

City Gazing's Tenth Edition Lights Up Aarhus for Festival's 60th Anniversary

VISION: Interactive art that puts human connection over digital complexity

Bloomlight S in KLM Holland Herald Magazine

Elsevier Magazine: "Vriendelijke technologie"

Newsletter: Slow moments, big milestones — VOUW Summer Update August 2025

What is Slowtech

TrendHunter Features the Poem Booth: "AI-Driven Personalized Art"

TrendWatching: AI-powered Poetry Booth finds a platform at Rotterdam Central Station

Poetry in Public: A New Collaboration with Ellen Deckwitz

Linkiesta: Pratiche olandesi di poesia on the go

Bloomlights at Caspar David Friedrich's Birthplace

RaiNews 24 Features Poem Booth in Turin Book Fair Coverage

Corriere della Sera on Poem Booth

L'Espresso features VOUW's Poem Booth in major article on Dutch literature

FONK Magazine describes Poem Booth as a personal event moment

Chairwave: Igniting Connection in Riyadh's "Light Years Apart"

Canvas – Lighting the Way: Noor Riyadh 2024

Chairwave and Poem Booths Shine at Vivid Sydney 2024

Poem Booth Captivates at Leipzig Buchmesse as Part of Dutch Delegation

Event Inspiration: Poem Booth creates personal AI poems at events

VOUW Lights up Brussels with Chairwave and Bloomlight

VRT Nieuws features Chairwave's social design philosophy

City Gazing at Lux Helsinki

Chairwave Creates Connections at Amsterdam Light Festival

Bloomlight Illuminates Athens

Poem Booth at IFLA WLIC 2023

Poem Booth launched at Lowlands 2023

Bloomlight and City Gazing at Vivid Sydney 2023

'The synergy between technical execution and design is what matters'

How we're using Chat gpt (generative AI) to bring poetry closer to everyone

Press release: VOUW Lights Up Vivid Sydney 2023 with Two Works Highlighting Colonial Past and Indigenous Culture

Watch Our New Video Showcasing Bloomlight at Chedi Hotel Katara

Esquire Middle East

Winner of GOOD Design Awards

Bloomlights at Amsterdam Light Festival 2022

Winner of LIT Awards 2022

Bloomlight illuminates Chedi Hotel Katara with largest installation yet

Winner of Archiproducts Design Award 2022

Bloomlight shortlisted for Frame Awards

Why we created Bloomlight

Volkskrant: 'The Opening Concert of the Bach Festival exudes connection with each other and love for music'

Bloomlights at opening concert Bach Festival Dordrecht

Lightbox at Milan Design Week 2022

CNN Arabia: It will spark your curiosity.. a light map in the sky that will 'turn people's perspective' of Dubai

City Gazing at Pier 2 Art Centre in Kaohsiung

Stir World: 'City Gazing Dubai' builds an astronomical experience of the overview effect

The National (UAE): City Gazing Dubai

Khaleej Times: Look: Incredible new glowing map of Dubai hangs 26 feet in the air, offers 'view from outer space'

Esquire: Vibrant new DIFC installation shows how Dubai looks from space

Archiproducts: City Gazing Dubai by VOUW Studio: A Giant Glowing Map of Dubai Shines Over DIFC Gate Avenue

City Gazing at DIFC Dubai

Fast Company: The best urban design of 2021

Bloomlights at Milan Design Week 2021

DesignWanted: Five designs to see at "Masterly — The Dutch" as it returns to Fuorisalone 2021

Fast Company: These shapeshifting streetlights are slow tech at its finest

Bloomlights at Taiwan Lantern Festival 2021

ArtReview on Noor Riyadh: City Gazing is quietly stunning

Art Review: 'City Gazing Riyadh is quietly stunning'

TABI LABO Japan: Bloomlight, the flower-like streetlight

AD Magazine: Friendly Street Lamp by Studio VOUW