Hosted on behalf of the magazine’s Advisory Board, the event
saw the crème de la crème of the Design world descend at the venue - including
members of the interior design and fashion fraternity, leading artists,
photographers, socialites and industry big-wigs.
Advisory Board member
and prominent photographer Akash Das held a special photography exhibition
showcasing 60 of his fabulous works - spanning the genres of art wildlife,
fashion and fine art nudes.
The highlight of the evening was the traditional lighting of
the lamp ceremony - being lit by Rita Mody Joshi (Editor-in-Chief) as well as
Advisory Board Members Akash Das (renowned photographer), Sanjib Chaterjee
(renowned interior designer), Sanjay Bhattarcharya (renowned artist) and
Pradeep Gupta (Cybermedia Chairman).
In his short speech, Publisher and Managing Editor Hemant
Sud made three important announcements:
The ‘Dirty Dozen’ which made up the Advisory Board were now
officially the ‘Fabulous Fourteen’ - with artist Sanjay Bhattacharya and Sonjoy
Mohanty (Secretary General of the International Spirits and Wines Association)
being the two new additions.
The setting up of the Abraxas Trust - a new charitable
initiative - where the magazine would do its part in giving back to the design
fraternity.
The magazine going international from next month - starting
with Dubai.
This was followed by an evening of cocktails and dinner.
Guests at the event included leading names from several
varied professions.
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