Biography
Boom was born in Lochem, Gelderland, the Netherlands, and attended the AKI Art Academy in Enschede, where she studied graphic design. Boom worked at the Dutch Government Publishing and Printing Office in The Hague for five years before she founded her Amsterdam studio in 1991, Irma Boom Office. Boom works both nationally and internationally in the cultural and commercial sectors, and some of her clients include the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Inside Outside, Museum Boijmans, Zumtobel, Ferrari, Vitra International, NAi Publishers, and Camper.
Since 1992 Boom has been a critic at Yale University in the USA. She has lectured and given workshops worldwide. Boom has been the recipient of many awards for her book designs. One thing Irma is well known for is being the youngest-ever who has been honored with an award for outstanding achievement with a Gutenberg prize for her work as a painter, composer, and artist.
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