Boris Savov and Soner Solakov standing against a light grey studio wall

One studio.One standard.

We’re Boris and Soner, the founders of best.studio. For over 5 years we have been designing and building websites, online stores and brands for businesses across Bulgaria. We believe Bulgarian businesses deserve world-class design, and we proved it with 2nd place worldwide at the Adobe Certified Professional World Championship.

How we started

We met at the Professional High School of Computer Programming and Innovation (PGKPI) in Burgas. We were both already passionate about design, and that shared passion brought us together: first in projects on the side, then in a way of working.

In 2023 we reached the world finals of the Adobe Certified Professional World Championship in Florida, USA, where Boris placed 2nd in the world out of more than 53,000 participants. After the finals we decided to turn our partnership into a design studio, and best.studio was born.

Today we bring over 5 years of experience in design and development: brands, websites, online stores, platforms and apps. Soner leads projects and clients and creates the base design; Boris takes on the hardest tasks, from complex front-end animation to back-end architecture. We usually see things the same way, in work and outside it, which is why every project comes out as one piece.

How we work

  • No templates.Every identity and every website starts from a blank page and your goals.
  • No hand-offs.The people you talk to are the people who design and build your project.
  • No shortcuts.We research, test and refine until the work is right, not just finished.

The team

  • Portrait of Boris Savov

    Boris Savov

    Lead designer and developer

    UI/UX, web design and front-end builds

    Boris takes on the hardest parts of every project: complex front-end animation, the details that make a site feel finished, and back-end architecture. In 2023 he placed 2nd in the world at the Adobe Certified Professional World Championship.

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  • Portrait of Soner Solakov

    Soner Solakov

    Designer and project manager

    Branding, logo design and running projects

    Soner runs projects from the first call to launch: he talks to clients, shapes the brief and creates the base design the rest of the work builds on. Branding and logo design are his home ground.

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Recognition

  1. AdobeCertified Professional World Championship2nd place worldwide2023

    Boris Savov and Soner Solakov both reached the world finals, and Boris finished second in the world, the first from Bulgaria to do so. The competition drew more than 53,000 participants from over 70 countries.

    Certiport: the 2023 world championsSofia University (in Bulgarian)