Studio Kars en Boom is a Utrecht-based design studio founded by Kevin Kars and Cynthia Boom, operating at the intersection of art and design. Driven by curiosity, they explore the world around them and transform what they find into colourful compositions, objects, installations and immersive visual worlds. Landscapes, architecture, urban structures and everyday forms often provide the starting point. Studio Kars en Boom strip these observations back to their essence and build them up again through colour, rhythm, material and composition. By simplifying, they create space for imagination, finding a balance between recognition and surprise, between what you see at first glance and what reveals itself when you look a little longer.
Colour is at the heart of their practice. Not as decoration, but as a way to tell stories, create connections and shift perspectives. Bold colour combinations and graphic forms give their work an immediate presence, while layers of detail invite a closer look. The result is a visual language that feels accessible and playful, yet considered and purposeful.
Curiosity keeps the studio moving. Every project is an opportunity to enter a new world, dive into an unfamiliar subject or explore a different material. Research and experimentation go hand in hand with intuition. Ideas are tested, taken apart, rearranged and sometimes allowed to become something entirely unexpected. Play is an essential part of that process. The studio is a place for making, building and experimenting, where serious ideas do not necessarily have to look serious. This playful attitude carries through into the work itself. Studio Kars en Boom create environments and objects that invite people to interact, play, discover, wonder and, above all, enjoy looking.
Their work moves freely across disciplines, from illustration and graphic design to installations, sculptures, products, textiles, campaigns and social design. These different worlds are not treated separately, but continuously feed into one another. A graphic shape can become an object, an illustration can grow into a spatial installation, and research can develop into an entirely new visual world.
This freedom allows Studio Kars en Boom to collaborate with a wide variety of people, brands, cultural institutions and organisations. Each collaboration brings a new context and a different perspective, while their distinctive visual language remains recognisable throughout. At its core, Studio Kars en Boom is about making art and design approachable. They believe colour, simplicity and play can open up ideas, spark curiosity and bring people together. Their work encourages people to slow down, interact and look again, because there is often more to discover than you might think.
And because the world can always use a little more colour.
