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

2024 Firefly Field, Lanterna Magica

2024 Firefly Field, Aarhus Denmark

2024 Fish are Jumping, Christmas trails

2024 Firefly Field, New Town Plaza

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

2024 Firefly Field, Akiu Japan

2024 Firefly Field, River of Light Liverpool

2024 Copenhagen Light Festival

2024 Firefly Field, Kassel

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 Your Light on Light Glow Eindhoven

2017 DDW Light at City Hall Eindhoven

2017 Solar Design Public Award

2017 Social Sparkles at Light Move Festival Lodz

 
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