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Interview with the space and time-bending artists collective RaumZeitPiraten by Dessislava Berndt Monument for a forgotten future / RaumZeitPiraten in Gelsenkirchen 2012 from RaumZeitPiraten on Vimeo. Who are the RaumZeitPiraten? How did you come up with the idea of this concept? We are RaumZeitPiraten, a space and time-bending artists collective. We started working in 2007 […]

Jasmina Tacheva interviews artist Evelina Angelova Photo: Mihaela Raykova Hi Eva, where where are you right now and what have you been up to? I’m finishing my projects for my exchange semester in Ljubljana. Aside from that, I have been working on a project about Sofia for several months and I hope it will be […]

Interview with Laura Varsky by Galya Mladenova Laura Varsky is a designer and illustrator from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her first forays into the design world came through her involvement with the local independent rock scene. She gradually asserted herself as a designer, specializing in the design of books and CD sleeves. In 2006 she received […]

Natalia Nikolaeva’s interview with the designer Corinna Ketterling Translation by Nevena Borisova Are you open to change? Change always give you motivation to respond and develop. According to Darwin, this reaction helps species to survive. This response to change leads the individual to a rising sense of satisfaction. I actually love the stream of change […]

An interview with the graphic designer Peter Dahmen by Sandra Schmidt Translation from German to Bulgarian: Elisaveta Baltova From Bulgarian to English: Asya Draganova Peter Dahmen brings paper to life… Where did the idea to create pop-up books come from? When I was a child the books with pop-up illustrations impressed me a lot. I […]

An interview by Petia Petkova with the fashion designer Virginia Zdravkova Translation by Asya Draganova Virginia Zdravkova is a leading figure in Bulgarian fashion. She is the author of five fashion lines: formal dresses and wedding dresses, jeans, jewellery, shoes, and sunglasses. The successful designer sells her collections in a number of international centres and […]

Maria Aladzhova’s interview with the designer Sasa Kovacevic This week’s artist is the designer Sasa Kovacevic. Born in Serbia, Sasa says his innovative work is inspired by the Balkan cultures and other nations and traditions. Sasa studies fashion design in Berlin and is working on his latest collection “I’m a good socialist.” He was a […]

Vania Nikolaeva interview with designer Sofia Husein Translation by Maria Aladjova The project “Sofia from Sofia” started on January 2008 г. while I was studying fashion design in Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. Once, while we were shooting the photo shoot for my collection trash-couture in Sofia, Bulgaria, the make up artist (who is my […]

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Vanya Nikolaeva Melissa Michaels is the creator and designer of InPeLoTo fashion brand, which has the idea of infinite love behind it. She is an optimistic talented person with colorful interests. She sees the world like an open scene for possibilities and positive changes. Melissa graduated from the State University of San Diego. Besides fashion, […]