Experience

NOOM

• Ukraine
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder & Creative Director

  • Dec 2017 - Present

  NOOM is a young and rapidly growing Ukrainian design company that produces lighting, decor and home accessories. We try to create timeless design products which will be passed from generation to generation. NOOM is a place where design meets art. The company was founded in 2017 by industrial designer Kateryna Sokolova and designer and successful entrepreneur Arkady Vartanov, who had 10 years’ experience of manufacturing and his own workshop Postformula Craft. NOOM is a young and rapidly growing Ukrainian design company that produces lighting, decor and home accessories. We try to create timeless design products which will be passed from generation to generation. NOOM is a place where design meets art. The company was founded in 2017 by industrial designer Kateryna Sokolova and designer and successful entrepreneur Arkady Vartanov, who had 10 years’ experience of manufacturing and his own workshop Postformula Craft.



SOKOLOVA DESIGN

• Kiev, Ukraine

• Owner and Creative Director

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  The design team working in a wide range of disciplines: furniture, lighting, hardware, electronics. Collaborate with European and Asian brands and manufacturers. Among clients: Ligne Roset, Forestier, Palau, Bolia, etc. The design team working in a wide range of disciplines: furniture, lighting, hardware, electronics. Collaborate with European and Asian brands and manufacturers. Among clients: Ligne Roset, Forestier, Palau, Bolia, etc.



Music Life Limited

• Hong Kong
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Industrial designer

  • Jul 2010 - Sep 2017

  The company created to develop and design musical hi-tech products around the name and the experience of Jean Michel Jarre. • Company based in Hong Kong, China. • Product development, design, and testing in Europe. • Manufacturing in China by a leading manufacturer. • 30 years license for all electronic product existing or not yet existing signed Jean Michel Jarre on June 2009 for the brand “Jarre Technologies”. The company created to develop and design musical hi-tech products around the name and the experience of Jean Michel Jarre. • Company based in Hong Kong, China. • Product development, design, and testing in Europe. • Manufacturing in China by a leading manufacturer. • 30 years license for all electronic product existing or not yet existing signed Jean Michel Jarre on June 2009 for the brand “Jarre Technologies”.



IDNT design for retail & banks

• Ukraine
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Director

  • 2010 - 2010

  IDNT Group is the company to specialize in elaborating and implementing functional design for financial retail. Clients of company are the leading Ukrainian and foreign financial retailers: banks, assets management companies, insurance companies, retailers. IDNT Group is the company to specialize in elaborating and implementing functional design for financial retail. Clients of company are the leading Ukrainian and foreign financial retailers: banks, assets management companies, insurance companies, retailers.



Itis Gallery

• Kiev, Ukraine

• Сhief interior designer

  • 2009 - 2009

  Designer of furniture and floristics stores «Itis Gallery» Creating design concept of a new retail format «Itis Flowers Cafe» Designer of furniture and floristics stores «Itis Gallery» Creating design concept of a new retail format «Itis Flowers Cafe»



Unitrade Group

• Ukraine
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief designer of «Unitrade»

  • 2008 - 2009

  Head of design department. Rebranding, сreating design concept of new retail format of electronics stores. Creation and implementation into production new trade equipment, opening new stores. Head of design department. Rebranding, сreating design concept of new retail format of electronics stores. Creation and implementation into production new trade equipment, opening new stores.



Torpal Co

• Ukraine
• Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Designer

  • 2007 - 2008

  Creation and implementation into production new trade equipment. Creating design concepts for retail companies. Creation and implementation into production new trade equipment. Creating design concepts for retail companies.