Nikolay Stefanov

UX/UI Designer in Sofia, Bulgaria

I design interfaces that respect the person using them.

Research before screens, decisions written down with what I discarded, and the result put in front of real people before I call it finished.

Role
UX/UI Designer
Based in
Sofia, Bulgaria
Skills
Figma, WordPress, Bricks, Claude Code

01 Selected work

Two projects, both still in motion.

One is a live client site I am rebuilding end to end. One is my own product, taken from research to tested screens.

The new Maska home page: the headline, two buttons and a photo from a Christmas party.

Client work, 2026, live

Maska

A full redesign of a party agency's website, from wireframes in Figma to a tested, live build in WordPress and Bricks: information architecture, SEO, and ongoing maintenance.

Scope
Redesign, wireframes, SEO, testing with real people, maintenance
Five Sola screens: home, breathing exercises, a morning meditation, a sleep sound and the screen that closes a session.

Self-initiated, 2026, ongoing

Sola

A minimalist iOS wellness app for people living with everyday anxiety. Built on one belief: support should feel like a sanctuary, never a sales funnel.

Scope
Competitive teardown, persona, storyboard, usability testing, design system
  • 3apps torn down, screen by screen
  • 4usability issues found and fixed
  • 1typeface, few colours, one calm path

Earlier work

Clever design system, Hidden Trails Bulgaria, KAII and course exercises. Concept work from before.

See more work 

02 About

How I work.

I bring a notebook to the first conversation. We talk, I write things down, and I try to understand what the business is really after: its goals and what drives the people behind it. The design is built around that.

Before building, I show two working variants with their pros and cons side by side. The client chooses by seeing, not by imagining, and we carry on with the stronger one.

I design for real phones first: 16 pixel minimum text, strong contrast, clear focus and photos that crop properly.

And it has to work for everyone: it reads aloud with a screen reader, works with a keyboard alone, and every photo, button and field has a name.

03 Contact

Open for work.

Full-time or freelance. Tell me what the problem is and I will tell you how I would approach it.