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MUMBAI:
INX Media has appointed Umang Hutheesing as director design
and style, for its bouquet of channels that it plans to launch
in the coming quarter.
INX
Media group executive director Indrani Mukerjea said, "It
gives me great pleasure to welcome Umang on board. He is one
of India's best known names in style, and I am sure he will
add immense value to our on-air content, ground events, and
more."
According
to an official release, Hutheesing has been associated with
design and style for over 25 years, has been a creative producer
for several top international publications like Vogue, Teen
Vogue, British Vogue, Paris Match and Travel and Leisure,
among others.
He
was also associated with the creation of India's first Fashion
Week, and has been a national judge at the India International
Jewellery Show hosted by Gems and Jewellery Export Promotional
Council of India in 2004.
In
2002, he was national judge for Design Excellence in Jewellery
at the World Gold Council's Swaranjali Awards.
He
was associated as creative consultant with the award-winning
Imax film on India's cultural heritage, Mystique India,
which won the viewers' choice award in 2006 in Paris from
among 200 Imax films produced.
In
2002-03, El Décor magazine ranked Hutheesing's work
alongside that of style and design stalwarts like Salvadore
Dali, Coco Chanel, Alda Fendi and Athena Wilson, amongst others.
Hutheesing
has been closely associated with the National Institute of
Design, for the past five years.
He
said, "It is great to join a team of visionaries who
are leading entertainment for the new India with a strong
focus not just on brilliant content, but also on the vital
elements of design and style. I am very happy to be part of
a team that will redefine the way television content is created
and received."
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