I share what life between Bulgaria and Bali really looks like—and turn what I learn into useful apps, guides, books and independent products.
These are the apps, products and websites I am working on today—each born from something I know, use or have experienced myself.
Website · Practical guidesA website with practical guides for people over 50 who are seriously considering living, retiring or spending part of their life in Bali—based on real experience, real places and real costs.
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Voice · AI · Family storyA gift that helps your parents preserve their life stories. They speak naturally, AI helps turn their memories into editable written stories, and the family receives a book to keep.
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Objects · Mythology · TechnologyA collection of five small sterling-silver figures inspired by Balinese mythology. Designed using CAD and 3D printing, then traditionally crafted in Celuk, Bali.
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Learning app · BulgariaLearn to read the 30 Bulgarian Cyrillic letters and practise with real signs, menus and everyday words.
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Teaching app · BulgariaCreate personalised Bulgarian lessons using your own words, conversations and voice recordings. Built for teachers who want their students to practise between classes.
Create your teaching app ↗One practical guide to Bali and a two-part professional series on retail store design.
Bali · Practical guideA practical guide for people considering working remotely from Bali—from preparation and accommodation to everyday life and local realities.
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Retail design · Part IA professional guide to the fundamentals of successful retail store design, based on decades of designing and rolling out stores across Europe and Asia.
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Retail design · Part IIThe continuation of the professional retail design guide, covering how a store concept is developed, detailed and successfully implemented in the real world.
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A short visual story connecting Brussels, Varna and Bali—the personal change between the IMAGINIF history below and everything I am building now.
Start the 3-minute story ↗Stores, brands, destinations, early websites and complete physical-plus-digital businesses. The format changes; the job is still to make ideas real.
Technology was never the story by itself—always a new material for better businesses, places and experiences.
Computers as a design tool before they became normal studio equipment.
Moving freely between design, strategy, space and technology.
Proximus and an early website: no line between channels.
Randstad, Eastpak, Levi’s, Disney and repeatable retail systems.
A new way of working, Houbii Jakarta and a first visit to Indonesia.
Varna, Ubud and a growing family of apps, guides, books and tools.
Designer, omni-architect, retailer, author and app builder. Brussels gave me my start. Varna, Bulgaria gives me space. Ubud, Bali keeps opening new perspectives.
I build businesses, test ideas on myself and share what survives contact with real life.
Fine-tuning life after 60—from Varna, Bulgaria to Ubud, Bali. I share the life, the questions and the work in progress.
The same JP story continues on both social platforms.
Follow the stories, discoveries and builds—or begin with one of the products already here.