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Let's play, color and simplify stories. Together we bring them to life.

We are Cynthia Boom and Kevin Kars. Kars + Boom a design studio in creation of illustrated stories: playful products, objects, installations and prints. Kars + Boom is founded in 2010.

We escape from reality in our work. We create new worlds in which we wish to wake up, in our graphic & illustrative prints, installations and products. We search for the geometry of landscapes, the shapes and patterns of cities thus creating a new interplay of lines.

Participation projects

By investing in public space, we can create inclusive, vibrant, and thriving communities for everyone's benefit and promote a sense of connectedness. We believe that art and culture are for everyone. That's why, as a studio, we want to contribute to this, as unfortunately, it is not yet a reality. We do this in various ways. For instance, we observe that through our participation projects in neighborhoods, ownership and connection are fostered within the community. Curious about how we shape such a participation trajectory? Feel free to contact us.

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+31 (0) 6516 938 11

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Cynthia Kars - Boom

Cynthia Boom is a designer, connector and conseptic thinker. Graduated from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute. Designing concepts and doing research is my great love. In doing so, nothing is too crazy and I see no limits. With my free way of thinking, I create new concepts and I design new worlds that encourage play and wonder. From my inquisitive attitude and my enthusiastic curiosity, I like to dive fully into a subject. Which I then translate into simple illustrations, I bring to life in installations or products. I am a connector and I love to work with people. That's what I really like in our participation projects. 


I like to share our vision on play, how to use play in your environment, on visualising stories and entrepreneurship in the design sector during presentations, lessons and/or as a consultant.
 

If you say what it is, you miss everything it could have been.

Cynthia Boom is a designer, connector and conseptic thinker. Graduated from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute. Designing concepts and doing research is my great love. In doing so, nothing is too crazy and I see no limits. With my free way of thinking, I create new concepts and I design new worlds that encourage play and wonder. From my inquisitive attitude and my enthusiastic curiosity, I like to dive fully into a subject. Which I then translate into simple illustrations, I bring to life in installations or products. I am a connector and I love to work with people. That's what I really like in our participation projects. 


I like to share our vision on play, how to use play in your environment, on visualising stories and entrepreneurship in the design sector during presentations, lessons and/or as a consultant.
 

If you say what it is, you miss everything it could have been.

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+31 (0) 6207 206 70

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Kevin Kars - Boom

Kevin Kars is a Dreamer, Designer and Illustrator. Graduated from the art academy ST Joost Breda. I am happiest when I get to play. I have an uninhibited way of looking at things. My inspiration is often very pure, one that seems to come from a little Kevin who does not want to adapt to the adult world. In my designs, I create a completely new world of my own. I design new worlds that encourage play and wonder. I tell stories in illustrations or bring them to life in installations or products.

 

I have a natural eye for details. I see things others don't see and I think of things others don't think of. I dream and think beyond the practical, which does not result in realistic goals but gives room for other perspectives.

 

Go small in a big way!

Kevin Kars - Boom

Exhibitions: 

Dutch Design Week 2023

Raum 2023

Object 2023

Big Art 2022

Dutch Design Week 2022 - MondiLab

Dutch Design Week 2021 - Plan B

Must See 2021 Zuiderzeemuseum

Object Rotterdam 2021

Kunstliefde 2021

Object Rotterdam 2020

Kunstliefde 2020

Object Rotterdam 2019

The Color Biolab KASK Gent 2019

Dutch Design Week 2018 - Plan B

Object Rotterdam 2018

Dutch Design Week 2017 - Design Perron

Dutch Design Week 2016 - Piet Hein Eek

Driving Dutch Design 2015 - Klokgebouw

Publications: 

People of Print 2023 | Dutch Designers Yearbook 2022 | Dutch Designers Yearbook 2021 | Architectuur 2021 | Linda magazine 2021, 2018, 2017, 2016 | Tableau magazine 2021 | Marie Claire 2021 | DD Magazine 2021 | Nouveau magazine | Algemeen Dagblad 2021, 2020 | NRC handelsblad 2020 | Nu te zien NPO 2021 | Graphic Matters 2020

Collaborations: 

Het Rietveld Schroderhuis | RAUM | Beton-T | MondiLab | RVO | Vrijstaat | Vijf5 | Gemeente Amsterdam | Makerting | Nieuw Oost | Bo-ex | De Vrijstaat | Ikonic Toys | IXXI | MrStarksy | Okimono | Anne van der Zwaag | Zuiderzeemuseum

Shops: 

Netherlands

Nieuw Oost, Utrecht | Puha, Utrecht | Kunstuitleen, Utrecht | De Fabriekswinkel, Veghel | MotMot Gallery, Breda | Spiegel, Amsterdam | Centraal Museum, Utrecht | Fleurtjebellefleur | Rietveld Schroderhuis, Utrecht 

Belgium, Sapristi!, Namur | United Kingdom, Curiouser and Curiouser, Edinburgh Webshops


Represented By:

Art Associates

T. +31 (0)20 612 15 12
E. info@artassociates.nl

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