STELLA FILIPOV is a Bulgarian-American designer and art director based in sunny Los Angeles.

She explores visual culture through cross-medium practice and research. She has an affinity for work that intersects storytelling, culture, and digital media.



Nespresso Pop
Blue Bottle NOLA
PER—Fostering Curiosity
Samra by The Weeknd
Idealism
First Sip by Bon Appétit
Nestlé Health Science
Zephyrus Festival
American Ballet Theatre
Central Park Zoo
Flower Power Problem
Pavé & Co
Spinnaker Media



WORK
RESEARCH
PLAY
ABOUT

WRITINGS

2026 “Belonging Without Ground: Cinema at the Limits of Relation”
2025 “The Will to Play: Creation and the Shared Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons”
2025 “Simulated Selves: Performing Femininity in the Postmodern Image” Analysis of Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue
2025 “Purity's Paradox: How Modernist Formalism Constrains Artistic Expression”
2023 “PER: Interdisciplinarity & Lifelong Curiosity” MFA Thesis Case Study
2022 “Landscape of Our World: Acrylic on Planet” Art_Scientist Magazine
2020 “On Aliens & Representation of Otherness in Science Fiction”
2020 “Becoming the Black Swan” Analysis of Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan RESEARCH INTERESTS

graphic design
game design
film and music
literature
visual and cultural studies
philosophy of art
philosophy and cinema
postmodern art
aesthetics
psychology of curiosity
psychology of attention


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