Sonja de Boer (NL) is an illustrator and textile artist. Over the past ten years she has developed and applied the Sense of Place & Belonging model across various locations. Using the model, she blends historical and analytical research with hand-painted storytelling to explore regional solidarity, uniquely visualised for each region. The model debuted at the Dutch Design Week in 2016.

Sonja holds a Master’s degree from the Design Academy Eindhoven and a Bachelor’s degree from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute. She has worked internationally, including at the MIT Media Lab, in the creative hub of Tokyo, and early in her career as a print designer at Oilily.