SONJA DE BOER

Sonja de Boer (NL, 1981) has a multidisciplinary background in the field of illustrations and graphic design. Over the past twelve years she has developed her personal Sonnebon style. She applies this colorful form of storytelling to large wall illustrations in public spaces and children's rooms. The materials used are self-adhesive wallpapers made of woven fabrics... Most recently she also has developed the Sense of Place & Belonging-model. This hybrid model explores solidarity in a region over time and visualizes them in a unique way. The analytical part of the model provides a base layer for the accompanying hand-painted picture book. She developed this hybrid model while at the Design Academy Eindhoven and presented the first results at the Dutch Design Week in 2016. Here she applied the model to the lively 150-year history of small northern village in The Netherlands. In 2018 she applied the model to the 900-year history of the Bijlmer in Amsterdam, supported by e.g. the..