Fascination driven

Playful

Poetic Dynamic

Dynamic

All Toer’s creations start with the freedom of play.

Toer is a multidisciplinary design studio from the Netherlands, founded in 2011 by Castor Bours and Wouter Widdershoven.

Characterised by strong exploratory and experimental approach, Studio Toer pushes both the technical and aesthetic limits of design across a wide range of applied arts. From light installations and objects, to interactive experiences and innovative products.

Studio Toer has received worldwide attention for projects such as “Cumulus”, an autonomous parasol that inflates into a cloud-like shape with solar energy. “Fiet”, a kinetic light sculpture that reacts to changes in its environment, and “Shaped by Time”, a clock that forms itself over time.

Toer’s interactive installations have been presented at countless international festivals and can be enjoyed worldwide.

Exhibitions and Highlights
2025 Firefly Field, Kronach leuchtet
2025 Spring Vibes, Lumineus
2025 Firefly Field, Simulacra Athens
2025 Firefly Field, Festival of Lights Zagreb
2025 Firefly Field, Light Night Nottingham
2024 Bouncing Ideas, Alberobello
2024 Fish are Jumping, Zeelicht Zierikzee
2024 Spring Vibes, Valkea Festival Finland
2024 Firefly Field, Westerlo Belgium
2024 Spring Vibes, Visual Festival Finland
2024 Firefly Field, Lanterna Magica Belguim 
2024 Firefly Field, Aarhus Denmark
2024 Fish are Jumping, Christmas trails London
2024 Spring Vibes, Glow Eindhoven 
2024 Candle Light, Eindhoven
2024 Firefly Field, Uppsala Sweden
2024 Firefly Field, Biennale des Imaginaires Numériques France
2024 Eindje van Boven, DDW Eindhoven
2024 Firefly Field, Akiu Japan
2024 Firefly Field, River of Light Liverpool
2024 Firefly Field, Copenhagen Light Festival
2024 Firefly Field, Kassel Germany
2024 Firefly Field, Visualia Croatia
2024 Bouncing Ideas, Schloss Dyck
2024 Fish are Jumping, i-Light Singapore
2024 Firefly Field, Water Light Festival Brixen
2024 Bouncing Ideas, Playgrounds Eindhoven
2024 Firefly Field, Denmark
2024 Fiet, Groninger Museum
2024 Various, Royal Light Festival Apeldoorn
2024 Social Sparkles, Caprera Bloemendaal
2024 Firefly Field, Ghent Licht Festival
2024 Firefly Field, Vilnius Light Festival
2024 Fish are Jumping, Lilu Lucerne
2024 Various, Geneva Lux
2023 Candle Light, Eindhoven
2023 Fish are Jumping, Manchester
2023 Various, Nightfall Middlesbrough
2023 Firefly Field, Zauberpark Zurich
2023 Firefly Field, Nobel Week Lights Stockholm
2023 Firefly Field, Philippines
2023 Firefly Field, Light Night Wigan & Leigh
2023 Blossom, Glow Eindhoven
2023 Firefly Field, Toranomon Light Art, Tokyo
2023 Firefly Field, Light up Lancaster
2023 Social Sparkles, Genk Belgium
2023 Firefly Field, Akiu Japan
2023 Firefly Field, Lightpool Blackpool
2023 Various, Arcen
2023 Firefly Field, Light Night Leeds
2023 Firefly Field, Timisoara Romania
2023 Firefly Field, Sfântu Gheorghe Romania
2023 Firefly Field, Schloss Dyck
2023 Firefly Field, Capri Italy
2023 Fish are Jumping, Vivid Sydney
2023 Firefly Field, Highlight Carnival New Zealand
2023 Various, Caprera Licht Festival Bloemendaal
2023 Firefly Field, Lilu Light Festival Lucerne

2023 Various, Vinterlys Festival Denmark
2022 Social Sparkles, Diriyah
2022 Fish are Jumping, Diriyah
2022 Firefly Field, TSB Festival of Lights New Zealand

2022 Firefly Field, Lumières La Villette Paris

2022 Firefly Field, Lights On Bucharest

2022 Firefly Field, Fête des Lumières Lyon

2022 Fireflies, Amsterdam Light Festival

2022 Bridge of a 1000 Dreams, Amsterdam Light Festival 

2022 Fish are jumping, Glow Eindhoven

2022 Firefly Field, Akiu Night Museum

2022 Firefly Field, Lanterna Magica Brussel
2022 Floating on Air, kazerne Eindhoven

2022 Firefly Field, Light on Assen

2022 Firefly Field, Untold Romania

2022 Bouncing Ideas, Illuminate Adelaide

2022 Firefly Field, I-Light Singapore

2022 Bloom, VIVID Sydney

2021 Firefly Field, Bucharest Romania

2021 Social Sparkles, Bucharest Romania

2021 Floating on Air, Cultuur Haven Veghel

2021 Firefly Field, Cluj Romania

2021 Firefly Field, SNFCC Athens

2021 Bouncing Ideas,Glow Eindhoven

2021 Firefly Field, Glow Eindhoven

2021 Firefly Field, Bright Brussels

2021 Firefly Field, Akiu Japan

2021 Flock of Light 31, Moooi

2021 Firefly Field, Illuminate Adelaide

2021 Firefly Field, Mount Gambier

2021 Firefly Field, Wuhan China

2021 Social Sparkles, Wuhan China

2020 Social Sparkles, Cluj Romania

2020 Firefly Field, Shanghai, China

2020 Expression, Glow Eindhoven

2020 Flock of Light, Moooi

2020 firefly field, akiu night museum, japan

2020 Highs and Lows, acquired by Luft Museum Amberg

2020 Shaped by Time, Cube Design Museum

2020 Firefly Field, Faroe Islands

2020 Firefly Field, Toronto Light Festival

2019 Aura, acquired by Mezz Breda

2019 Flock of Light, acquired by Aan de Slinger Houten Theatre

2019 Firefly Field, IFC Shanghai, China

2019 Firefly Field, Al-Diriyah

2019 Firefly Field, Akiu Night Museum, Japan

2019 Firefly Field, Gwangju Media Art Festival, South-Korea

2019 Social Sparkles, Alberobello, Italy

2019 Boom Boom, Storioni Festival

2019 Firefly Field, VIVID Sydney

2018 Social Sparkles, Lichtfestival Knokke-Heist

2018 Social Sparkles, Georgetown Glow

2018 In Transition, Glow Eindhoven

2018 DDW Stationswijzer, Dutch Railways

2018 School of Lights, Dutch Design Week

2018 Boom Boom, Akiu Night Museum, Japan

2018 Scenery Track, ITGWO, Vlieland

2018 Social Sparkles, Grounds For Sculpture NJ

2018 Boom Boom, Loeren bij de Boeren

2018 Social Sparkles, Baltimore Light City

2017 Social Sparkles, Wuhan Design Biennale

2017 Solar Design Public Award

2016 Kunstblok, Who Cares BKKC Tilburg
2016 Sparkles for Emma
2016 Misty Lanterns for Misteryland
2016 Moti, Triennale di Milano
2016 Spice Winds, VIVID Sydney
2016 Fiet, Oddstream, Nijmegen
2016 Kunstblok, Artist in residence, Eindhoven
2015 Social Sparkles, Light Festival, Amsterdam
2015 Moti, Museum aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht
2015 Boom Boom, Manana Manana, Hummelo
2015 Cumulus, acquired by MUDAM Museum, Luxembourg
2015 Various, Museum Night, Leiden
2015 Moving Design, Ventura Lambrate, Milano
2015 Moti, Heimtextil, Frankfurt
2015 Moti, LED Expo, Den Bosch
2014 Usine Light, Usine, Eindhoven
2014 Moti, Design Festival, Seoul
2014 Kunstmoment Diepenheim
2014 Various, Dutch Design Week
2014 Dutchinese, Nanjing
2014 Boom Boom, ITGWO, Vlieland
2014 Cumulus, Pop-up, Milano
2014 Fiet, LED Expo, Utrecht
2014 Fiet, Breda
2014 Fiet, Canary Wharf, London
2013 Amsterdam Light Festival
2013 Various, DDW, Eindhoven
2013 Fiet, Discovery Festival, Amsterdam
2013 Fiet, New messages from NL, Seoul
2013 O’Cloc Beijing
2013 Shaped by Time, O’Clock, Beijing
2013 Various, Ambiente Talents, Frankfurt
2013 Fiet, Kinetica Art Fair, London
2012 Spring, Tuttobene, Milan
2011 Loef, Brains Awards Finalists, Eindhoven
2010 Loef, DDW, Eindhoven
2009 Various, DDW Ground, Eindhoven

Workshops and Presentations

2020 LUCI Lyon Light Festival Forum
2017 Stedelijk museum Amsterdam, Kunstbende
2016 MUDAM Luxembourg, moving design
2015 Moving Design Workshop and Lecture, University of Arts, Nanjing
2014 Moving Design Lecture, Design School, Seoul
2013 Osososma workshops Fan Dance, Amsterdam
2012 Leve de Zon, workshop at ITGWO Vlieland
2010 Winkel van de Toekomst Woonbeurs, Amsterdam