The design college Jan des Bouvrie Academy, in Deventer is named in his honor.

He designed the rooms in the Floris Suite Hotel in "Dutch colonial style with Caribbean temperament".

With his unique and progressive ideas the young Des Bouvrie made an impact on the design world.

In 2009 Des Bouvrie was named Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion for his achievements in the field of art and design.

[9] In the course of an episode of the Dutch television show Verborgen Verleden, which is similar to the British Who Do You Think You Are?, Jan des Bouvrie found that his family was descended from Jehan de le Bouvrie (born about 1480), of Sainghin-en-Mélantois, where his widow, Jeanne de la Motte, inherited a farm with four cows and two horses in 1543.