interior design

The interior design awards – Dibla Design Awards 2023, organised by the platform dibla.com, were a remarkable achievement. On 13 March 2024, the winners were announced to an audience exceeding 1,200 at Inter Expo Center – Sofia.

Over 100 projects were shortlisted for the competition. They demonstrated the growing popularity of and the  increasing trust in interior design in Bulgaria. The international jury of Bulgarian and foreign experts in the field faced a hard task to choose the best projects because all competitors were excellent.

The perfect interior is possible, when it is in the hands of experienced interior designers who are knowledgeable and wise enough to match the clients with the solutions that work best for their taste, budget, habits, and needs. Desislava Ananieva is doing just that with her interior design studio Style Build Group. The company also offers furniture design services, overhaul and repair work and a broad range of connected activities.

Magical flying islands, imposing ice rocks, mysterious caves: for 20 years now RIM-ROCK Bulgaria has created veritable worlds of artificial stone and wood. The company's creations can be seen in zoos, museums, stylish spas, homes, malls, offices. Impressively, the person running this incredibly successful company is a tender, but goal-oriented woman, Magdalena Goceva-Popova.

The clients of Parichkova Design Lab are different and so are the interiors that they have commissioned to the studio. But all of these people invariably are pleasantly surprised when they enter the finished interior and see that the space, up to the tiniest of detail, is just like the 3D interior design project prepared by the studio.

Dibla Design Awards stand out as the event that celebrates the achievements in interior design in Bulgaria. Each year, the ceremony attracts an audience of over 1,200 and is an excellent opportunity for networking in an inviting and inspiring ambiance. The 2024 will be attended by members of Bulgarian business and media, potential partners, clients and investors. 

Gabrielle Home is an ambitious interior design studio that for the past eight years has successfully worked on projects in the highly demanding markets of Europe and the Middle East, especially Dubai, but also Bahrain, Qatar and Lebanon. The studio offers a full scope of services, from designing and fit-out to manufacturing, and is equally good in design of residential and hotel interiors. Recently, Gabrielle Home added a new service to its portfolio. It is for real estate investors who flip properties to sell them for profit.

When you see an interior with its own integrity, visual language and spirit, it is often hard to explain what you see with words – you just feel that you have entered a space that is as close to perfection as possible. For 20 years now, Synergy Design Interior Design Studio has been on the mission to create such spaces.

Miglena Vladova got interested in interior design as early as 2008, a little bit before she graduated Engineering design from university. It was at this time when she realised that the core mission of her life was to be a part of the world of design, and to follow the international trends in home interiors. She sees these in person by attending most of the important international design expos and events, but she also gets inspired by travelling around the world and exploring different cultures.

Home accessories make our homes more beautiful and are the perfect gift for many occasions. Gourmet House is a concept store that specializes in outstanding luxury gifts full of passion, an amazing source of elegant objects by famous designers and luxury brands such as Christian Lacroix, Jaime Hayon, Carsten Golnick, and the current star of American design, Johnathan Adler. Gourmet House also represents Bulgarian artists, including the highly respected Yassen Panov. Fused glass and unique porcelain pieces, some signed, are part of the collection of this amazing place.

When in 2019 Nikolay Trenin decided to create his own company specialised in quality furniture assembly and installation, he already had significant experience gained in one of the most competitive markets in the world – Italy. For over 10 years, Nikolay Trenin worked there in close partnership with large Italian assembly companies that united groups of different firms and nationalities such as LUX International, ML International and Ennebi International.

Did you hear about the new complete service offered by ILLUMINARTE INTERNI Design studio? Our design team is ready to create your dream home! Because it deserves to be as individual as you are.

Our design team is creative, unburdened with ready-made universal solutions, and understands well the intricacies and challenges of interior design. They will create the best solution for your space.

With immense enthusiasm and a vision of the future, they formed their team, including young architects with diverse and high-level professional qualifications and interests. In addition to their talented staff, the studio relies on a wide network of established partners in the fields of architectural and engineering design. Their primary priority in work is an individualized approach to each project, aiming to create a product that combines good design with architectural and technical solutions.

The date of the hotly anticipated eighth edition of the prestigious Dibla Design Awards, a major event on the interior design calendar in Bulgaria, is already known. It will take place on 13 March 2024 at Inter Expo Centre – Sofia.

Fitted kitchens and bespoke furniture are a sure way towards creating a unique interior that serves the inhabitants and blends perfectly with the space and the layout. Niksen Interior & Furniture has polished the realisation of this task to perfection.

The bespoke solutions offered by Niksen Interior & Furniture are of high quality MDF, technical stone, wood, and glass. Their diverse style range serves the tastes of the widest spectrum of tastes and interiors: from classical to minimalistic to rustic.

Young and ambitious, in 2020, Aneliya Parichkova decided to follow her passion for beautiful interiors and her desire to help people have them – and she founded Parichkova Design Lab. Today, the studio is a leader in the industry and offers the entire process of finding and furnishing a home – including renting and selling, creating 3D designs, and providing craftsmen and furniture manufacturers.

When architect Ivan Zhivkov created NODE Studio, in 2019, he had a clear idea of what he would strive for in his practice: to provide client-centred, flexible solutions. In pursuing this task, he and his team do not shy away from taking innovative, often bold decisions. This brave approach has paid out: today NODE Studio has an ever expanding portfolio of elegant, diverse and impressive residential and public interiors that are both modern and timeless.

What is the main creative task that you set for yourself, as an architect, when you start working on a project?

A graduate from the Accademia Italiana in Florence, Italy, Pavlina Savova opened her own studio, Sava Interior, in 2013. Her work has been shaped by her Italian education ever since, but in a subtle, delicate way. Instead of imposing a style or an aesthetic on the clients, Pavlina Savova is capable of using her broad culture to offer the interior ideas that will work best for the particular client. We talked to her to learn more.

How did your professional education at the Accademia Italiana affect you as a designer?

By creating elegant and harmonical interiors in her clients' homes, the studio aims to make not only them, but also the world, a better place for living. Because, as she says, "when you live in cosiness and beauty, you will create beauty everywhere, not only in your home."

The interior projects of Bonbon Studio are hard to pigeonhole stylistically, yet when you see one of them you instantly recognise the creative minds behind it. The Varna-based studio specialises in bold concepts that fit to perfection both the space and the inhabitants. Its team has over 10 years of international experience and has crafted to perfection the ability to take care of all stages of the process: from the concept to giving you the keys to the finished interior of your dreams. Architect Siyana Georgieva, co-founder, shares more.

In his 10+ years of working experience he has designed single family houses, residential compounds, hotels and other public buildings. Six years ago he expanded his activities in the field of interior design as well. In 2020, he established STUDIO FRAME DESIGN, a studio for architecture and design.