Projects for author's dimensional publications for children by graduated bachelors and masters of the specialty "Book, Illustration, Printed Graphics" at the National Academy of Arts
The BOOK'N'SPACE exhibition presents graduation projects and models of author's publications for children with an alternative dimensional form.
Lovers of the art of design, who visited the "HG" gallery of the Iliya Petrov National Institute of Art, will see and experience the book space through the contemporary eyes of young book designers and illustrators from the specialty "Book, Illustration, Printed Graphics" of the National Academy of Arts in Sofia and Burgas Branch, who have successfully graduated in recent years.
The projects, the result of a concept entirely original to the students, combine classical and alternative visual techniques, a creative experiment with dimensional forms unusual for books, impactful and emotional messages tailored to the specifics of the children's and youth audience, a psychological game with symbols and meanings, mastery of new technologies, and affirm the place of book art both in the everyday life of modern people and in the cultural space of the gallery.
Within the framework of the task, the work of the teams of teachers from the specialty who worked with the students was aimed at providing the necessary knowledge and skills in the field of fine drawing and composition, illustration, font and typography, painting and graphic techniques, photography and computer aspects of graphic design, as well as specialized training in the field of spatial construction, computer design, digital graphic techniques.
Participating: Teodor Mirchev, Yana Lankova, Yoanna Todorova, Gergana Alamanova, Lora Toromanyan, Elizaveta Belova, Georgi Barakov, Neda Angelova, Adriana Yaneva, Anna Ivanova, Vycheslava Tashkova, Denislav Stoyanov, Blagovesta Neycheva, Stefka Lozeva, Teodora Mineva.
The exhibition is part of the official program of the European Design Festival 2026, which between June 11 and 14 brings together the best of European communication design in Sofia. The event is part of the program of the National Academy of Arts to celebrate 130 years since its founding as the State Drawing School in 1896.
Opening: June 9, 2026 (official opening - June 12, 2026, 6:00 p.m.)
Place: Gallery "HG", National Institute of Fine Arts "Ilia Petrov", 62 Vasil Levski Blvd.
Closing: June 14, 2026
Source: NHA
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