Hasan Halilov is a graphic designer based between
Sofia & Amsterdam. Specializing in typography,
editorial design, self-publication, and creative direction.
Sofia & Amsterdam. Specializing in typography,
editorial design, self-publication, and creative direction.
BA Visual Communication from NAA Sofia, BG
He is currently part of the Graphic Design Department at
the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, NL.
He is currently part of the Graphic Design Department at
the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, NL.
POST
Bulgaria boasts a large amount of noteworthy postmodern buildings. From 1989 onwards the style was purposely studied and built on a national scale. “POST” is a multidisciplinary project about the turbulent post-communist decade in Bulgaria and its first post-modern era: the 1990s.
The primary body of the project is a puzzle standing as an attempt to observe, rediscover and recontextualize the architectural heritage of the era. It is combined with a short guide book that also contains the manual for the game.
The publication includes articles by architectural historian, critic and publicist Aneta Vasileva and an interview with culturologist and media expert Georgi Lozanov.
Photography Vasil Germanov
Bulgaria boasts a large amount of noteworthy postmodern buildings. From 1989 onwards the style was purposely studied and built on a national scale. “POST” is a multidisciplinary project about the turbulent post-communist decade in Bulgaria and its first post-modern era: the 1990s.
The primary body of the project is a puzzle standing as an attempt to observe, rediscover and recontextualize the architectural heritage of the era. It is combined with a short guide book that also contains the manual for the game.
The publication includes articles by architectural historian, critic and publicist Aneta Vasileva and an interview with culturologist and media expert Georgi Lozanov.
Photography Vasil Germanov
2021
Multidisciplinary project
AFFIX is a bespoke typeface commisioned by the educational program for creativity and design processes — Know-How Show-How. The typeface is inspired by the dialogue between low and high brow, a dichotomy what is considered mature/canonic and what is childish & playful.
Features both Latin and Cyrilic script.
Features both Latin and Cyrilic script.
2023
Typography
Equivalence is an ambient album by the London based producer Bogdan Simeonov.
The concept of the album borrowsfrom the field of algebraic topology (the study of algebraic invariants of spaces), cosmic time and space order and disorder. The typography and creative concept is heavily based on the Cayley graph — a mathematical diagram.
The concept of the album borrowsfrom the field of algebraic topology (the study of algebraic invariants of spaces), cosmic time and space order and disorder. The typography and creative concept is heavily based on the Cayley graph — a mathematical diagram.
2022
Art direction and typography
Worth While Folks Live Here is a photographic publication delving into the societal and aesthetic influence of brick. It explores the pivotal role that brick plays in shaping the desires and aesthetic inclinations of various social classes, while also examining its representation across these diverse segments of society.
Contains 125 full spread pages mostly in CMYK and no text inside the publication.
Contains 125 full spread pages mostly in CMYK and no text inside the publication.
2023
Publication
Meeting a Vanguard researches the impact of fashion photography on the creative repositioning of a fashion magazine. The publication emphasize heavily on AI, all the showcased photographs are generated through the words of various fashion photographers from different generations and schools. These diverse perspectives are amalgamated, consolidating each photographer’s viewpoints and principles into a singular persona, thereby giving rise to the concept of the “ultimate visionary.”
2023
Publication