Personalities like Prof. Ivan Bochev seem to have the impulses of our native culture to be read as worthy of the European value of significant plastic solutions in book design and font.

When we try to look into his life and creative path, we invariably start with his birthplace, the Veliko Tarnovo village of Draganovo. We usually associate the characteristic of the picturesque village with the fact that it is famous as a "village of poets" - Asen Raztsvetnikov, Kamen Zidarov, Vladimir Rusaliev, Rumen Stoyanov, Yordan Atanasov and others. Such fine artists were born and took their first creative steps here, who rank in the phalanx of the classics, firmly connected to the Bulgarian verbal art. It is indisputable that we can also call it the "village of artists". Parallel to this significant phenomenon in the village by the meandering river Yantra, a dozen masters of the brush also found their appearance, among them the names of fine art lovers such as Nikola Bachvarov, Dimitar Rusanov, Dr. Petko Dachev and quite a few intellectuals who touched in their own original way with the colorful palette and reflected in their own way the vast nature of Draganov. we must note that there is another group of artists who stand more authoritatively and permanently in the fine arts. Here are the names of Atanas Popov - the first drawing teacher in the village school, who left his mark by painting the community hall curtain and the first theater set. Grigor Parvev, who successfully participated in national exhibitions, takes his place among the masters of painting. His attention is permanently drawn and engaged with the historical subject. From the whole amalgam of skilled artists in the field of speech and painting, the name of Prof. Ivan Bochev stands out with his handwriting and style for recreating the reality that is present in literary works.