SOGANI ‐ About

SOGANI is a signature brand of contemporary light installations.

At brand SOGANI, quality craftsmanship and creative design solutions that add value and beauty to everyday life are quintessential. Along with avant-garde aesthetics, the designs fuse innovative use of material with state-of-the-art technology to create customized lights that are bespoke and sculptural. The lights, bordering into light installations, are an eclectic mix of contemporary Indian artisanal skills and new technology. Personalized and exclusive, we deliver customized lighting solutions to suit the desired space and lifestyle. The studio’s eclectic repository of over hundred designs continues to grow as it explores broader avenues of concept light installations.

Spread across 35,000 square feet, the SOGANI studio, with its R&D center and flagship show-space is based in New Delhi, India. The studio also works on commissioned projects beyond lights to concept Light Installations depicting thought-provoking art, ‘Lights with a new dimension’.

SOGANI was felicitated with the ‘Decorative Wall Lighting Product of the Year’ for ‘UMBRA’ at the 6th Light Middle East Awards, Dubai.

Vibhor Sogani
Founder Director

Vibhor Sogani, born in Jaipur, Rajasthan, specialized in Industrial Design from the prestigious NID, Ahmedabad. Since 1992, he has engaged in various commissioned installations, design projects and conceptual art assignments. Vibhor is considered one of the few Indian designers to create a mark in the international lighting industry.

His works have been exhibited in various art and design shows in India and overseas like Australia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, S. Africa, Singapore, Germany etc. His exhibitions have often been supported by the Indian Government and the Governments abroad.

One of his most prominent works is the ‘Sprouts’, a 40 feet high Public Art Installation in stainless steel located in the heart of capital city, New Delhi.

Multiple EDIDA winner, Vibhor has also been awarded ‘Indian Art Icon of the Year 2014’ in Singapore. Vibhor is a governing member of the India Design Council nominated by the Government.

For a detailed profile, please visit www.vibhorsogani.com

Navdeep Sogani
Founder Director

With an extensive experience of over 20 years across the domains of design, art and architecture, Navdeep Sogani spearheads the creative enterprise of the signature brand ‘SOGANI by Vibhor Sogani’. While Vibhor’s design authorship forms the heart of the brand, her extensive understanding of the design and lighting industry brings with it a sensibility that infuses life into this combined vision of theirs.

Awards and Recognition

  • IIID Design Excellence Regional Awards 2018 for ‘Drape’
  • Best Lighting Designer of the Year Award at EDIDA India 2018 for ‘Casa’
  • Decorative Wall Lighting Product of the Year Award at Light Middle East Awards, Dubai 2018 for ‘Umbra’
  • Acetech Platinum Winner at Grand Stand Awards in Mumbai, India, 2015
  • Indian Art Icon of the Year Award at Camera, Catwalk and Canvas in Singapore, 2014.
  • Flame for Creative Genius at Index Mumbai, India, 2013
  • Star ‘The Abstract Iconoclast’ at Realty Awards, India for the year 2011-2012
  • Best Lighting Designer of the Year Award at EDIDA India 2011 for ‘Slice’
  • Gold Award for Joburg Easter Festival in South Africa, 2009
  • Best Lighting Designer of the Year Award at EDIDA India 2008 for ‘Chroma’ and ‘Golden Dew’
  • Best Applied Art Show at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India 2002

 

Lectures

  • Think Light Conference, Dubai 2018
  • IIID Knowledge Series at IIID Vadodara Regional Chapter, Vadodara, India 2018
  • NASA at Jaipur, India 2017
  • ID Symposium at India Design 2017, India
  • IIID Delhi Chapter, India 2017
  • Nine Dot Squares in Jaipur, India 2016
  • Isola (Earth and Upon) in Delhi, India 2014
  • DesignXDesign in New Delhi, India 2012
  • APSDA in Goa, India, 2012
  • Manthan in Delhi, India 2009

 

Events and Exhibitions

  • India Design 2019, New Delhi
  • Light First, New Delhi, India, November 2018
  • AD Design Show 2018, Mumbai, India, October 2018
  • Light and Building 2018, Frankfurt, Germany, March 2018
  • India Design 2017, New Delhi
  • India Design 2016,  New Delhi
  • iDecorama Trade Show 2016, Mumbai
  • India Design 2015,  New Delhi
  • India Design 2014,  New Delhi
  • Be Open, 2014
  • India Design 2013,  New Delhi
  • Index, Mumbai, 2013
  • Acetech 2012
  • Acetech 2011
  • Acetech 2010
  • Joburg Easter Festival, South Africa, 2009
  • Acetech 2007
  • Images Unwind, 2002
  • Bottle Show
  • Confluence
  • Rangoli