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Where design
influence is built.

A long-term partnership platform inside the interior design ecosystem. We connect brands with designers before preferences are fixed, while decisions are still being formed.

Alina Vîlcu and Omid Ghannadi, co-founders of Inside Academy
Alina Vîlcu ✦ Omid Ghannadi ✦ co-founders ✦
2.8M+
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210K+
followers across platforms
3
pillars, one platform

What is Inside Academy

One platform. Multiple moments of relevance.

01

Education

Where professional thinking is shaped.

Live brand interaction inside our courses, real project context and long-term exposure. Brands aren't presented — they're embedded in the learning.

02

Media

Where opinions and taste are formed.

Design Stories, the leading niche interior design podcast — a cultural reference point for authority, credibility and conversations that outlast the episode.

03

Community

Where trust is built.

Community-native content by trusted voices Alina & Omid, embedded in real projects and real conversations.

On air · The leading interior design podcast in Romania

Design Stories

Hosted by architects Alina Vîlcu & Omid Ghannadi. Long-form conversations with celebrities, visionary architects and forward-thinking brand leaders. A new episode every 1–1.5 months.

Hosts with a point of view.

Alina Vilcu

Founder of Piano Terra studio, co-founder of Inside Academy, six years on the architectural team of "Visuri la Cheie". Cheerful, empathetic, a mind full of questions.

Omid Ghannadi

Founded his architecture & design firm in 2010, co-founder of Inside Academy, TV personality. Shaped by Iran, Romania, Switzerland and England.

Guests ✦ Tudor Chirila · Maurice Munteanu · Domnica Margescu · Mihai Popescu · Marius Soflete · Andi Moisescu · Ileana Badiu · Amalia Enache · Alina Puscas · Dragos Bucurenci · Laura Boghiu · Victor Grosu · Guests ✦ Tudor Chirila · Maurice Munteanu · Domnica Margescu · Mihai Popescu · Marius Soflete · Andi Moisescu · Ileana Badiu · Amalia Enache · Alina Puscas · Dragos Bucurenci · Laura Boghiu · Victor Grosu ·

Community in action

Where brands meet our community.

Over 210K design enthusiasts follow Inside every day. These reels show how brands become part of that conversation: real projects, real products, told in our community's own language.

  • 210K+ followers
  • Native brand stories
  • Reels, carousels & stories

Education / Brand partnerships

What a course partnership can include

01

Live presentation & Q&A

Present your solutions in a relevant course module and answer the community's questions directly.

02

Partner visibility

Your brand in course materials, newsletters, website and social communication.

03

Custom activations

Showroom visits, product demos, welcome kits or content built around your goals.

Partnership options 2026

Pick your moment of relevance.

Foundation

2.900EUR
Education
  • — 30 min live brand presence in the Inside Academy Intensive Course
Media
  • — Logo in Design Stories visuals & episode roll-out
Community
  • — 1 dedicated story by Alina / Omid

Core

5.500EUR
Education
  • — 30 min live brand presence in the Intensive Course
  • — Partner mention in all Inside Business Masterclass promo
Media
  • — Logo in Design Stories visuals & roll-out
  • — 30 second partner mention insert
Community
  • — 1 dedicated reel by Alina / Omid

Premium

9.500EUR
Education
  • — 30 min live brand presence in two courses
  • — Premium partner status in one course
Media
  • — Design Stories exclusive partner
  • — 1 minute partner mention insert
Community
  • — 3 custom content pieces: reels or product demos

Personalized offer

Need something tailored?

Every brand is different. Tell us your goals and we'll build a custom package around them.

Contact us for a personalized offer →
  • Design Stories partnership
  • Dedicated episodes & mini-series
  • Social media content creation
  • Courses & workshops
  • Community events
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Be part of how design culture is built.

Help shape professional standards, preferences and future decisions.

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