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About the Sonnebos
The Sonnebos is a new fantasy world for children, born from the colourful illustrations of Sonja de Boer.
The forest is home to wonderfully quirky animals, each with a character, strength and story of their own. Their world comes to life through hand-tufted, huggable animal portraits, illustrated stories, music and colourful wallpaper for children’s rooms.
The Sonnebos invites children to explore, imagine and discover their own strengths.
The artist
Sonja de Boer
Sonja de Boer is an illustrator and designer based in Amsterdam, working across illustration, graphic design, textiles and storytelling.
Over the past fifteen years, she has developed her distinctive colourful illustration style, creating large-scale wall illustrations for public spaces and children’s rooms. She previously worked at the MIT Media Lab on the children’s book Sew Electric, and as an illustrator and designer in Tokyo and for Oilily.
Sonja holds a Master’s degree in Information Design from Design Academy Eindhoven and a Bachelor’s degree from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute.