The design of Situations is an exercise in practicing restraint and using design to create space and facilitate room for a body of work to breathe and to interact. Situations is a curated selection of 94 black-and-white photographs spanning five decades. The book not only showcases Wouter's work, but also allows a deep dive into human behaviour and their particularities. The book is not just to be a simple chronology of Wouters' body of work: instead an image edit was created that would accentuate the timeless nature of our behaviour. This approach results in image combinations from various decades, shot with both analogue and digital camera's. The edit has a rhythm, combining images with similar or contrasting compositions.

Wouter’s process is both meticulous and intuitive, which is reflected in the productional qualities of the book. The interior of the book is printed in tritone, consisting of black + PMS 403 grey + skeleton black to create a deep contrast and rich black tones. This treatment gives Wouters’ photographs a soft and tactile feel, to truly make it feel as if you were present during these fleeting moments. Situations is bound in a Swiss binding, with a 4 page cover with image crops printed in Silver on black paper. The book is wrapped in a finelinen dust-jacket again printed in tritone black.