Brightening lives

The Anouk Foundation is a bridge between art and well-being.


We believe thoughtfully designed environments can help welcome, reassure and support healing.


By listening to the needs of patients, residents and healthcare teams, we create therapeutic murals using design thinking and colour therapy, tailoring each project to transform clinical spaces into welcoming environments that comfort, engage and support well-being.

Our projects

Child in a pink shirt pointing at a wall map and smiling
Person painting a blue mural on a wall while standing on an orange chair
Two people stand before a colorful mural of houses and trees, discussing the artwork.
Two people painting a green mural on a wall with a tropical landscape silhouette

Impact

Blue icon of a head outline with heart-shaped thoughts inside

Reduce anxiety

A soothing atmosphere brings comfort to patients and their families

Blue circle icon with five smiling faces connected by lines, suggesting a social network or community

Encourage interactions

Patients who are calm and collected communicate more easily with staff

Blue circle logo with three white outlined people holding hands in a line

Improve work environment

Painted walls become tools to ease treatments

Blue circle icon showing a white family silhouette with heart shapes for heads and a blue heart on the center figure's chest

Promote general well-being

Humanising institutions has a positive emotional influence

University of Geneva

More than a visual transformation

A University of Geneva study highlights how our murals can improve the way patients and healthcare professionals experience care environments. Discover the research behind our work.

Watch the study video
Masked medical team posing with plush toys in a cheerful pediatric room with a blue mural background.

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We support

Children's Rights in Hospital

European Charter of Children’s Rights in Hospital (Leiden 1988)

Article 7:
Children shall have full opportunity for play, recreation and education suited to their age and condition and shall be in an environment designed, furnished, staffed and equipped to meet their needs.

Sustainable Development Goals

Anouk Foundation supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals:

UN logo for SDG 3, “Good Health and Well-Being,” with green heartbeat line and heart icon

SDG 3

Good Health and Well-Being

UN Sustainable Development Goal 17 icon: navy “Partnerships for the Goals” with interlocking circles.

SDG 17

Partnerships for the goals

UN SDG 4 icon: red book and pencil with “Quality Education” text on white background

SDG 4

Quality Education

Orange SDG 11 icon showing buildings with the text “Sustainable Cities and Communities”

SDG 11

Sustainable cities&communities