Profile: Vasil Velchev

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About Vasil Velchev : Graduated as a master of electrical engineering Vasil Velchev actually have more than 10 years of experience as a graphic designer in an international company. At the beginning product design was more like a hobby, but after some worldwide publications and awards he started to believes more in his ideas. Several years ago he started a project called MAGMA which have the purpose to collect all of his creations under one roof. The name was choosen on purpose. It tries to describe the designer's feeling about the original idea that stays at the begining of every project, to wit: it have to be always in 'liquid' form, to be transformed constantly in order to see every form it could take, to be kept alive till the idea became a solid product.
ORGANIZATION:
MAGMA

EDUCATION:
2001, Master of engineering, Technical University, Gabrovo, Bulgaria

EXPERIENCE:
2005 - 2006 - Graphic designer at Ideal Standard International NV
2006 - 2015 - CAD Engineer, Graphic designer at Ideal Standard International NV
2015 - 2017 - Technical Documentation Department Manager at Ideal Standard International NV
2017 - current - Media&PLM Manager at Ideal Standard International NV

AWARDS:
2012 - A' Design Award - Bronze Winner - Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware - “Desire“ Chair
2013 - A' Design Award - Winner - Bathroom Furniture and Sanitary Ware - "Versus" Toilet
2015 - A' Design Award - Silver Winner - Architecture, Building and Structure - "Quantum" Building
2015 - A' Design Award - Winner - Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware - "Ego" Armchair
2015 - Industart - Shortlisted - Furniture Concept Design Category - "Ego" Armchair
2016 - A' Design Award - Winner - Street Furniture - "Fairy Tail" Outdoor bench
2017 - A' Design Award - Silver Winner - Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware - “Galaktika" Armchair
2017 - A' Design Award - Runner-Up - Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware - "Sintegra" Chair
2018 - Industart - Shortlisted - Furniture Concept Design Category - “Galaktika" Armchair
2018 - IDA Design Awards - Honorable Mention - Home Interior Products - “Galaktika" Armchair
2018 - A' Design Award - Winner - Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware - “Karamba” Stool
2018 - A' Design Award - Winner - Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware - “Chic” Chair
2019 - Asia Design Prize- Award Winner - “Galaktika" Armchair
2019 - EPDA (European Product Design Award) - Honorable Mention - Home Interior Products - “Chic” Chair
2019 - A' Design Award - Winner - Street Furniture - "Lumino" Single bench
2019 - A' Design Award - Runner-Up - Furniture, Decorative Items and Homeware - "Hokkaido" Chair
2019 - Industart - 1st award Winner - Furniture Concept Design Category - “Chic” Chair
2019 - Industart - Shortlisted - Furniture Concept Design Category - “Karamba” Stool
2020 - Prize “Offical selection” at LICC, London International Creative Competition - Lumino Bench
2020 - Honorable Mention at SIT Furniture Design Award - Chair Hokkaido
2020 - A' Design Award Runner-Up - Fika furniture set
2021 - Winner at LICC, London International Creative Competition - Fika furniture set

PRESS APPEARANCES:
2013, "Desire chair", "Nash Dom" Magazine, August, Sofia/Bulgaria
2013, "Desire chair", "Bravacasa Magazine", September, Sofia/Bulgaria
2016, "Ego Armchair", "Curve Magazine", Lebanon
2019, "Rositsa", Local newspaper, Sevlievo, Bulgaria

BOOKS:
Data Cities: How Satellites are Transforming Architecture and Design - book by Davina Jackson includes my project building called "Quantum".

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Bulgarian, English

COMPUTER LITERACY:
Creo, KeyShot, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator

JURY MEMBERSHIPS:
Member of the Grand Jury - NY Product Design Awards, USA
Member of the Grand Jury - MUSE Design Awards, USA
Member of the Grand Jury - International contest "Bathroom of the year", Bulgaria

HOBBIES:
Traveling

WEB SITE:
http://www.magma-graphics.free.bg/

PORTFOLIO URL:
http://www.magma-graphics.free.bg/

REGISTRATION DATE:
2013-02-28 10:22:36

COUNTRY/REGION:
Bulgaria

ACCOUNT TYPE:
Professional

Awards received by Vasil Velchev


Versus Close-Coupled Wc

A' Design Award Winner for Bathroom Furniture and Sanitary Ware Design Category in 2013
Vasil Velchev for Magma Graphics
Ego Armchair

A' Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2015
Vasil Velchev for Magma Graphics
Fairy Tail Magical Bench

A' Design Award Winner for Street Furniture Design Category in 2016
Vasil Velchev for Magma Graphics
Karamba Stool

A' Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2018
Vasil Velchev for Magma Graphics
Chic Chair

A' Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2018
Vasil Velchev for Magma Graphics
Lumino Single Street Bench

A' Design Award Winner for Street Furniture Design Category in 2019
Vasil Velchev for Magma Graphics
Dominote Bluetooth Speaker

A' Design Award Winner for Audio and Sound Equipment Design Category in 2022
Vasil Velchev for Magma Graphics
Desire Chair

Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2012
Vasil Velchev for Magma Graphics
Quantum Building

Silver A' Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2015
Vasil Velchev for Magma Graphics
Galaktika Armchair

Silver A' Design Award Winner for Furniture Design Category in 2017
Vasil Velchev for Magma Graphics

Runner-Up status designs by Vasil Velchev


Sintegra Chair

Runner-Up for Furniture Design Category in 2017
Vasil Velchev for Magma Graphics
Hokkaido Chair

Runner-Up for Furniture Design Category in 2019
Vasil Velchev for Magma Graphics
Fika Furniture Set

Runner-Up for Furniture Design Category in 2020
Vasil Velchev for Magma Graphics



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