Sussanne Khan joins YOO as Creative Director
(India) – Sussanne Khan, one of India’s foremost design icons joins design company Yoo, as Creative Director.
Founded by international property entrepreneur John Hitchcox and Philippe Starck in 1999, Yoo has partnered with Khan to create sustained value through exceptional design, launching with an exciting project in India in Q4 of this year.
An inspirational meeting of huge talent and experience, the partnership will create desirable homes and hotels that result in increased value for developers and residents alike.
Khan is widely lauded as a leading interior designer, tastemaker and style influencer – with over 15 years’ experience working on international design projects. She obtained an Associate Art Degree in Interior Design from Brooks College, Long Beach, California in 1995 and is a self-proclaimed victim of a curious mind. Her signature is a seamless blending of industrial masculine tone with feminine classical bohemian chic.
As Creative Director of Sussanne Khan for YOO, her eclectic and sumptuous signature style and experience will resonate widely with both Eastern and Western aesthetic tastes.
Speaking about her new role as Creative Director of Sussanne Khan for YOO, she said: “I am completely honoured to be part of the YOO design family. I have always admired the work and vision of this exceptional company. Together, I hope to offer new dimensions in creativity to the global market. New India is a rich mother lode of style, structure and material and the world is now ready to explore these intricately. Design to me is a feeling and an emotion and when all such energies align, we will, hopefully, reach heights of intensity and balance.”
John Hitchcox, YOO Founder added: “We’re delighted to welcome Sussanne Khan to the YOO family in a collaboration that represents an exciting evolution for the brand. This partnership creates a unique opportunity to promote the very apex of contemporary Indian design across the world through one of its foremost figures. Sussanne brings enormous experience and talent to the collaboration and we see great potential in this incredible new offering.”
