Alexandra Bulboaca
Interior Design Lead
Selected Works
(2021 - 2025)
My journey into design began long before I knew it would become my profession. Most afternoons after school were spent in my father’s workshop, where I built imaginary houses from leftover wood and landscaped their gardens with moss gathered from behind the school wall. When I was about eight, my dad built me a treehouse — the first space I ever decorated from scratch. I even sewed my own curtains using our grandma’s old Singer sewing machine. It was so old I had to stand on the old metal pedal and bend my knees in a skiing-like motion just to get it going.
That treehouse had flower curtains, a shelf, a table, and a make shift sofa. From there, my fascina tion with space grew into a habit of rearranging the furniture in our family home — much to my moth er’s dismay, and still something I do whenever I visit. These ear ly instincts for spatial awareness, storytelling, and hands-on crea tivity naturally led me into design.
Today, I bring that same curiosi ty, resourcefulness, and vision to every interior I create — blending aesthetics, function, and emotion to shape spaces people truly con nect with.
What I love most about designing is the ability to truly step into my clients’ minds — to understand their ideas, needs, and aspirations, often before they’ve fully articulated them. I’m deeply drawn to the psychological side of design, where listening and observing are just as important as sketching and building. My background in graphic design gives me a distinct advantage in this process — it has sharpened my ability to interpret visual cues, understand brand and lifestyle language, and translate abstract concepts into clear, compelling design solutions. I believe that uncovering the ‘why’ behind a project allows me to create spaces with real meaning and strong visual presence — designs that reflect who people are and how they want to live or work.
“Thinking out Loud” explores the solitude of our inner dialogue — how our thoughts can either build us up or break us down. The cliff represents the divide between self-awareness and ignorance. By stepping back and observing our thoughts, we gain clarity, insight, and the power to choose who we become.
“Thinking Out Loud” - 2024 “Eminescu” - 2022
Double exposure portrait inspired by the client’s love for poetry and nature. Created using advanced Photoshop techniques — including layer masks, blending modes, and adjustment layers — to blend organic imagery with emotional depth and visual softness.
Through my creative work, I’ve learned to master Photoshop layers, blending modes, and masks — skills that now play a key role in the concept phase of my interior design projects. They allow me to build clearer, more compelling visual presentations that help clients easily understand and connect with the design vision from the very beginning.
I led the design of a modern, Asian-inspired restaurant, balancing clean lines with natural materials to reflect the client’s vision. My role included site survey and measurements, design concept, moodboards, spatial planning, material selection, FF&E and overall creative direction.
I led the design of a modern, manga-inspired Japanese café in London’s Piccadilly Circus. The main challenge was creating a bold visual identity within a quirky unit, achieved through a striking ceiling feature combining flowing fabric and lanterns. My role included site survey, concept development, moodboards, and FF&E specification.
While every project follows a familiar process, no two are ever the same. Each brief brings a new personality, a new story, and a new challenge. I find genuine excitement in knowing I’ll once again help transform someone’s unique vision into a living, breathing space — and that I get to do it over and over, always with fresh perspective.
Thank you for taking the time to explore my work.
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