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Branding
agency
Modern World
Studio
Team of Creative Visionaries

Modern World Studio is a leading Bulgarian branding studio with a distinctive, 20-year presence in the visual and graphic design landscape. We are the first Bulgarian studio with sustainable, long-term international operations, successfully delivering packaging design and brand development worldwide.
Our portfolio spans projects from Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the USA, serving both large-scale manufacturers and niche brands seeking a powerful, recognizable market presence.

Our expertise & portfolio
The studio boasts a large portfolio featuring over 2,000 completed projects for global clients in the FMCG sector selling food and beverage, cosmetics, and household goods. We build comprehensive brand systems tailored for long-term growth – from strategy, positioning, and naming to visual identity and packaging. Additionally, we help our clients maintain a consistent brand presence across all modern communication channels by providing services in video production, animation, product photography, retouching, and digital marketing.

The strategic approach
We think not only as designers but as strategic business partners. What may seem like "intuition" is the result of rigorous market research, competitor analysis, and consumer behavior insights. This analytical, data-driven approach allows us to define the precise design strategy needed to make a product highly competitive on the shelf. By establishing a perfect symbiosis between global standards and a deep understanding of local markets, our visual identities deliver tangible business results: enhanced positioning, a stronger market presence, and increased sales.

Versatility & recognition
Our deep market expertise blends seamlessly with the artistic talent and technical proficiency of our designers, who consciously avoid the constraints of a single signature style. This flexible approach allows us to craft unique visual assets that speak the precise language of diverse consumer segments. In independent market studies, our designs consistently outperform the competition – the key reason some of the largest FMCG brands trust us as long-term partners.

A global outlook with local roots
"From the very beginning, we thought globally. We have never viewed design as something local because products today compete on an international stage," says Inessa Ankova, co-founder of the studio. According to her, exceptional packaging is more than just beautiful aesthetics – it is a powerful tool for driving sales and building consumer trust.

Today, a significant portion of our international contracts comes through client referrals across multiple continents. Despite this global success, our team remains proudly based in Sofia, driving forward the firm belief that Bulgaria has the potential to become a highly recognized hub for design and the creative industries.
I believe in the strength and heart 
of our team!
Inessa Ankova
managing partner
In 2003, together with Victor Ankov, we established Modern World Studio. At the beginning of our activity, we quickly turned our attention to international markets, as there was a real need for creative design that could fulfill strategic marketing tasks. Our first major international clients laid the foundation for our growth. Over time, we successfully expanded our presence in the U.S. market, and today we are proud to work with clients across all continents. It is a real challenge for us to work with clients with different cultures and market characteristics. Our successful and effective projects and years of work in extremely dynamic and demanding markets have given us a good advantage and know-how on how to surprise the client and the consumer. We always tailor our work style to the needs and desires of the market and never forget that commercial packaging design is not a picture hanging in the living room of a beautiful apartment, but a tool that must increase sales. Our advantages lie in the excellent quality of our files, product retouching, work with original fonts, photography, video production, and patient work until the project is fully approved. Over the past few years, we—the people who work at Modern World Studio—have become a powerful team that can meet the highest global standards in product and non-product packaging design. We don't just create packaging, we create a reality that makes the world a little brighter and more beautiful, and our customers successful.
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Graphic design
is life!
Victor Ankov
creative director, partner
This unbelievably gifted person is the one, I am privileged to have founded this company with. After all the years of our collaboration I am in awe of his incredible talent and his desire to constantly improve. I appreciate also his drive to develop the rest of the designers we work with and to move the quality of the work done by the agency as a whole to another level. He raises the bar very high. He is so devoted to the work he does on every project that he leaves both us and our clients impressed. This is the man who has created our most striking and most inspiring projects, the ones that made us what we are today. His knowledge seems boundless - it covers typography, retouching, design, drawing on tablet, composition, perspective - and he is always utterly meticulous and precise in his work. When he is working on any given project, he is completely immersed in pages containing the requirements and expectations of our client, and the fees and risks to them. Each and every design is a challenge of great personal importance for him. It is not an exaggeration to say that graphic design is Victor’s life!
Strategic Marketing is 
THE KEY TO SUCCESS!
Victoria Aleksandrova
strategic project manager
Victoria joined our team in 2019 as a strategic project manager. She is responsible for our corporate clients, as well as for creating relationships with new enterprises in need of the studio's services. She is a PR manager who graduated from the Kiev National University of Culture and Arts with a degree in Organizational Management. Her task is to expand the firm's reach. Victoria is the most important link between the client and the designer. She has to understand and "get a feel for" the project the client entrusts us, to transfer the idea to the designer, and to keep track of the task she's responsible for until it has been completed.
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Quick, precise and 
GORGEOUS!
Temenuga Vulkova
senior brand designer
Temi has been working with us since 2014. She is our leading brand designer, whose projects are all on par with the best globally. She's a true innovator who's not afraid of putting forward very bold ideas and of trying strikingly original approaches. Her task is to always come up with something new in a world where almost everything has already been created. She always proposes very bold ideas, she tries unexpected and original approaches, and works swiftly. Her work is very imaginative and is done at an astonishing speed. She has won numerous contests and is the designer behind many of the projects which have increased our clients' sales greatly. When we're working under a tight deadline, I know that I can rely on her to get the job done - she always manages. I am very confident in her because she was born a winner. Sometimes when I ask her if she wants coffee in the morning, I get the feeling she doesn't hear me at all. Usually she is immersed in the project and completely focused on her job. At the end of the day, when we look over and comment on what we've done, I see how much effort and hard work she's put in to get the finished result she presented. After years of working together I see her as a graphic designer with extraordinary potential. I am happy and grateful to work with a person of such grandeur!
Her vocation is
a Gift of Fate!
Liliya Nyagolova
senior brand designer and illustrator
Lily came to work for us in 2013. At first, I did not think that someone who had graduated from the National Academy of Art with a degree in Graphic Design only two months prior to joining the team, could start creating projects of value, which would compete with those of other companies. She soon surprised me. She is the author of successful projects which you can now find on the shelves of stores across the globe. Lily is a phenomenal illustrator who has an in-depth knowledge of every stage of brand and packaging design. Good illustrators are usually staunch individualists and this frequently becomes a problem, as graphic design means teamwork as well - but this is not the case with Lilly! Her unique personality and disposition to the job fit in perfectly in our tight-knit team! Thank you, Lilly!
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Inexhaustible 
ENERGY!
David Vakrilov
direction, video and animation
David is invaluable to our team. He very diligently and successfully helps us develop video production and animation, both for us and for our clients. David has been part of our team since 2023. He graduated from NATFIZ with a specialty - editing director. His many years of experience in leading companies, combined with uncompromising technique and the constant desire of the whole team to create creative working projects, make the end result of his robes extremely high quality. Behind his back, David has installed over 500 advertising spots, which were broadcast on all Bulgarian televisions. He runs the entire video department in our studio. On his shoulders falls the great responsibility for the entire process - from video shooting, editing, post production to audio editing. Incredibly talented, responsible and energetic, able to inspire the team and work very tightly on complex and responsible projects, David is a person you can really count on.
The master of design and 
ILLUSTRATION!
Velichka (Vicci) Jordanova
brand designer, illustrator
In 2019 a fantastic brand designer and illustrator joined our team - this is Velichka, or Vicci. She studied Graphic Arts at the National High School of Art Ilia Petrov in Sofia and went on to earn a BA in Publishing Design and an MA in Graphic Design at the National Academy of Art.
In 2008 she was awarded the third-place prize in the Polish competition XII Biennale Ekslibrisu and since then has taken part in the following art exhibitions:
  • Design Academy, which was part of the Sofia Design Week event in 2012
  • The second international biennale of bookplates and small-scale graphic works in Guangzhou, China in 2012
  • The Metamorphosis of Paper, part of Sofia Paper Art Fest 2013
  • Design Academy, part of Sofia Design Week 2013
  • An exhibition of works by lecturers, graduate and post-graduate students from the Publishing Design and Illustration and Graphic Design departments from the National Academy of Art hosted by the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Bratislava, 2017, as well as many others.
Velichka is a designer and illustrator with excellent taste and a talented artist whose works are brilliant. Her ideas are original and imaginative because her strive is to always create something beautiful. Creativity - this is the keyword which best describes her ability to become immersed in an imaginary world where she finds the most suitable and most original ideas for each project. What I like about her is that her sense of style is marked by delicacy and finesse and that she has an eye for different color combinations and hues. And what's most impressive is her attention to detail, which is very important for the outcome of her work.
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I love design where the end results
TELLS A STORY!
Anna Kirimova
juinor graphic desinger
Anna Kirimova is a Junior Graphic Designer with an educational background in Graphic Design and Art Management and a specialization in Brand Design from NABA – Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milan. She is a motivated and creative professional at the beginning of her career, with a strong interest in visual communication, branding, and applied arts. Anna is proficient in the core tools of Adobe Creative Suite, works with Figma, and shows a keen interest in AI-based creative solutions. She approaches every project with attention to detail, a desire for continuous development, and a strong team-oriented mindset. She draws inspiration from photography, fashion, and psychology and believes that good design combines aesthetics, meaning, and a clear idea.
I like to set goals
AND ACHIEVE THEM!
Irena Marinova
illustrator
Irena is an amazing illustrator. She can paint in many different styles and techniques. Everything comes to life under her magical hand. She works on projects for key clients of Modern World Studio and the result is always impressive.
She graduated from Southwest University "Neofit Rilski" with a major in "Graphics". Courageous, patient and inspired, she knows how to bring even the most complex projects to a beautiful end. Our team is impressed with the way Irena accepts corrections - she welcomes and sends everything with a smile.
"I like to set goals and achieve them. My work not only challenges me, but also helps me to reveal my potential as an artist, illustrator and designer. I admired the projects of "Modern World Studio" even before I started working for them, now I am proud to be part of the team that creates all this!”
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Experience in visual communication 
is invaluable in the realization of the brand strategy!
Veronika Nedelkova
designer, illustrator
Veronika is extremely kind and well-intentioned. She graduated from the National Academy of Arts with a major in Visual Communication. She works extremely conscientiously, with great attention to detail. Her image retouching work is key to our projects. She excels at translating brand strategy into visual communication and is invaluable to our team.
Protecting names
before they become brands!
Mira Hristova
Patent Attorney
Mira Hristova is a second-generation, long-standing Patent Attorney with an established practice in the field of Intellectual Property. She works with leading global brands, successfully representing them on the Bulgarian market and ensuring robust, strategic legal protection. Once Modern World Studio develops and proposes a naming concept, Mira Hristova conducts a thorough legal clearance of the selected name, analyzes potential risks, and guides the client through the entire process of trademark registration and protection. She provides full legal assistance, whether the registration is at the national level in Bulgaria, at the European level (EUIPO), or in other jurisdictions worldwide. Annually, Mira Hristova is nominated and recognized by World Trademark Review (WTR 1000) – an independent international organization that evaluates and ranks leading trademark attorneys and practices across the globe. This recognition is a testament to her high level of professionalism and international reputation. She actively monitors European funding opportunities and provides expert assistance even in the most complex legal cases related to the registration, protection, and management of trademarks and industrial property. For us, it is of utmost importance to provide our clients with the best possible legal security, as every brand and trade name must be reliably protected before being transformed into a finished and recognizable brand. Mira Hristova guarantees your legal protection, professional competence, and the long-term sustainability of every brand we create.
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Taking Responsibility
BUILDS TRUST!
Veronica Bikova
Client Manager US and Canadian markets
Veronica is our representative on the US and Canadian markets. She is the face of the company in a part of the world where the standards are very high, the competition is fierce and when it comes to design, there are some specificities which we have to be well-aware of. Her task is to maintain contact with our American clients. She has an excellent understanding of what is appealing on the American market and she makes working with clients at such a distance accessible to us. Veronica's educational background is truly impressive - in Bulgaria she graduated from the French Language School Alphonse de Lamartine and also completed her studies as a private student at an English language school at the same time. She acquired her first graduate degree in Bulgarian Philology from Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. She then went on to acquire an MA at the University of Miami and completed another undergraduate degree program in Finance and Business Management at the University of Toronto. She works for various Canadian financial institutions and speaks seven languages.
The challenges of life create
NEW OPPORTUNITIES!
Martina Bikov
Client manager Central Europe
Martina joined our team in 2022 and is responsible for our strategic development in Europe. She was born in Slovakia, Bratislava, and from 1994 to 2021 she studied, worked and lived in Austria, Vienna. She graduated in law from the University of Vienna, and at the same time graduated in the same specialty in Bratislava. After graduation she worked as a lawyer in various law firms, later in an international real estate group, and before moving to Bulgaria - for one of the largest companies in the Austrian residential real estate market. Arriving in Bulgaria, Martina was actively involved in the expansion of our company in Europe, becoming a representative of our company for the German and Slovak markets. She is cheerful, creative, organized and her marketing work is great. A true polyglot, a professional who brought the breath of the West in its most beautiful form: accuracy, correctness, loyalty.
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