Henk Vos was born in 1939. He studied interior architecture at the Academy of Visual Arts in Rotterdam. Since 1963, he and his family have managed a leading interior institute in Groningen. In 1996, with the help of his sons and their wives, Henk opened the leading interior design shopping plaza Maupertuus in Gronegin, which is now known as Vos interieur. Henk is also a successful industrial designer for various well-known brands such as Linteloo, Hugues Chevalier and the Dutch Gelderland Group.