Teun Verkerk, one of the creators of “Buqs”, has in his own words “always been intrigued by combining techniques from different fields and applying them for alternative purposes.” He was educated in both interaction design and architecture and looks for ways to implement the advancements of new media technology into the physical world. His recent projects, “Iedwork” and “Buqs”, both seek to create electronic objects that are not only responsive but also especially life-like.

Joris Hoogeboom, the other brain behind “Buqs”, is most interested in investigating the hybridization of the physical and the virtual. He has been able to conduct this exploration intellectually through the creation of InDeSem, a student-organised international workshop, and practically through “Buqs” and “cloud 9”, an interactive inflatable landscape.