ABOUT US

THE HOME OF SUSTAINABLE THINGS [HOST] is one of a kind store and a design-led platform
specialising in products with zero or low carbon output. Our unique take on design addresses waste in the economy and demonstrates craft processes that tackle the issue.

Starting in 2018, with a modest showing of seven designers, non-existing market and no prior public knowledge of circular design, HOST has been at the forefront of this movement, providing the foundations, expertise and actively participating in developments designed to lessen the impact on the natural environment through better use of natural resources, reduction of landfilled materials, water and energy conservation.

Our range, diversity and services have evolved in exciting ways since then and first-hand experience have given us a profound insight of the industry. We now develop, design, also represent and retail the work of over 40 pioneers of circular and sustainable design with whom we share simple yet fundamental ethos – that of thoughtfulness, innovation and desire to protect and celebrate our environment. We reveal the possibilities of crafting not only aesthetically beautiful and useful objects, but achieving it without putting more strain on global resources.

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Petko Tashev
Co-Founder & Managing Director

Prior to co-founding The Home Of Sustainable Things [HOST], Petko managed and produced event concepts for a variety of brands from the hospitality industry and later the design industry in an event career that had spun over a decade.

Petko co-founded HOST in 2018 with the intention of supplying the event industry and the general market, with sustainable alternatives to those conventional goods of similar utility produced in a non-sustainable manner.

His role as Managing Director is to oversee operations and development, B2B collaborations, designers liaisons as well as retail and bespoke services.

Desislava Vangelova
Co-Founder & Creative Director

Desislava is a brand developer with passion for design, interior designs and arts. In her 20+ years of experience she has worked within a variety of roles, including finances, product development, project management, marketing, sales and administration. Her inexhaustible passion for art, design and detail however has direct implications on her brand management and leading up to a variety of concepts including set design and production.

Despite coming from different backgrounds, marketing and design, and hospitality respectively, the co-founders shared vision for detail, quality and differentiation that led them co-found their production business in 2010, followed by the launch of an Interactive Concept Store and the ever more ambitious concept to build a platform for the pioneers of Circular Design - The Home Of Sustainable Things.

At The Home Of Sustainable Things, Desislava oversees the brand development and its creative direction.