Lennard Kok

Installation, Illustration

Asics

A series of illustrations that became a garment collection, gifted to athletes at the Paris Olympics and again to those at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Essie

Illustrations that brought a quiet, considered sensibility to a Melbourne wine bar — from their website to their glassware.

Hermes

An animation campaign where every element lifts, drifts, and moves, built around a theme of lightness.

Nike Studio

A series of illustrations created to give Nike's New York studio its own visual world.

Stichd

A fabric pattern designed for the walls and interiors of a new headquarters, where the work becomes part of the building itself.

Switch

Eleven cover illustrations for a multi-volume short story series — each one a small world.

Synchroon

A suite of illustrations for an area developer's website and office, guided by the belief that imagination is the key to a sustainable future.

UVA

A sixty-meter curtain designed for the University of Amsterdam, drawing together the themes of four departments within the Faculty of Society and Behaviour.

In his work, Lennard Kok aims to tell visual stories in the simplest possible way, allowing the true essence of each narrative to emerge. Whether through illustration, sculpture, or larger spatial compositions, he aims to create a subtle tension within the image, carefully guiding it toward a moment when everything feels aesthetically ‘right.’ This tension exists in position, movement, and placement, inviting the viewer to wonder what is about to happen or what has just taken place. This deliberate and thoughtful approach has become central to his signature and artistic vision. Through it, he distills each subject, whether it is the human being, the animal, nature, a dance, or a conflict, to its most essential form.

His professional practice consists of both autonomous and commissioned work. In his autonomous practice, he experiments and explores new directions, finding space to tell stories and develop a deeply personal, intuitive form of expression. In commissioned projects, this process is refined and expanded through collaboration and purpose. The combination
of these two modes of working is what gives his practice its depth, balance, and ongoing
sense of discovery.

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