Ukrainian industrial designer Kateryna Sokolova was born in 1984. She graduated from the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts and held an internship at German Design University "Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle". She is co-founder and creative director of the brand NOOM and SOKOLOVA Design Studio working in a wide range of disciplines: furniture, lighting, hardware, electronics. Among the European design exhibitions and competitions that awarded Kateryna, the Red Dot Design Award 2015. Today, Kateryna is an internationally established designer based in Kiev collaborating with European and Asian companies.