Press Release:

First organization for minorities in Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design, and related industries launches with website, scholarship, and goals of becoming the premiere news, resource, and community network for designers of color.

The month of October marks the emergence of HUES: Designers of Color, a national organization committed to making an impact on creative design industries by providing a supportive and resourceful online community, increased networking and growth opportunities, and professional demand, for designers of color.

The organization's name HUES: Designers of Color is significant to its mission of bringing together Fashion Design, Graphic Design, and Interior Design professionals and students "of color"--peoples of underrepresented shades and hues--in creative industries that are extremely diverse yet lack a common environment for minorities to collaborate, be seen, network, and grow.

Its ambitious goals include providing a supportive and resourceful online community for designers of color, strengthening networking and communication, increasing demand and job opportunities, encouraging members to become entrepreneurs, spotlighting achievements and excellence among members, increasing media coverage, creating a self-sustaining organization, and becoming recognized as the leading national organization of design professionals of color.

HUES also strives to provide an array of services to its target members: African American, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, Indian, and Native Alaskan design professionals and students. The services will include portfolio listings, job listings, scholarship listings, internship listings, training listings, newsletter, magazine, member PR, original content, networking, member forums, and news.

Its website in its current developmental phase is accepting "Beta" membership applications and features outside scholarship links, a design blog and e-newsletter, a portfolio upload feature, and a "Blogger Scholarship" competition for college students. HUES: Designers of Color plans to officially launch its membership program and corresponding magazine in Spring 2008.