Boris ILIEV, MA., PHD. Assistant professor at the University American College Skopje, School of Architecture and Design, Skopje, North Macedonia. He graduated from the Faculty of Forestry in Skopje, majoring in Design and Technology of Furniture and Interior (2008). He completed his master's studies at the Faculty of Design and Technologies of Furniture and Interior in Skopje, majoring in Furniture and Interior Design (2011). He defended his doctoral dissertation entitled "Furniture design in facilities for preschool education as a basis for healthy children's growth and development" in 2021. He worked in a furniture design and construction factory and as a horticultural designer in a public enterprise in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia (2007–2014), and as an interior designer in Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria (2014–2017). Since 2022, he has been teaching at the University American College Skopje, School of Architecture and Design, teaching furniture design at the Department of Interior Architecture. He publishes and lectures on topics related to the issue of furniture and interior design with an emphasis on furniture for preschool institutions, ergonomics, anthropometry, and design methodology. He is a member of the Croatian Ergonomics Society and Community of interior designers Croatia.