Jack Morton Worldwide Wins Daytime Emmy Award For 'Martha' Set

NEW YORK, April 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Jack Morton Worldwide won a 2006 Daytime Emmy Award, the agency's fifteenth, for the set design of "Martha," the popular daytime television syndicated talk show hosted by Martha Stewart. The awards were announced on Saturday at a ceremony in New York.

The "Martha" set received the Daytime Emmy for "Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction, Set Decoration and Scenic Design," which was awarded to James Fenhagen, President of Jack Morton Design/PDG, Jack Morton Worldwide's in- house design team, and John Casey, Senior Design Director.

Design inspirations for the 10,000-square foot set include Stewart's home in Bedford, New York, as well as New York City. The multifunctional set features a two-story kitchen and fully functional prep kitchen, craft room, greenhouse and demonstration area.

Fenhagen joined Jack Morton in 2000, when the design firm he co-founded in 1990, Production Design Group (PDG), was acquired by Jack Morton. His work has been recognized with multiple awards including 14 previous Emmy Awards for broadcast design for clients including NBC, PBS, MSNBC and others.

As President of Jack Morton Design, Fenhagen oversees the agency's design practice in numerous channels, including in architectural and 3D environments, corporate, retail, tradeshow, theatrical, scenic and broadcast experiences. Recent projects range from broadcast sets for "The Colbert Report" on Comedy Central to a corporate museum for a major retail bank in Charlotte, North Carolina.

"We're delighted to bring home our fifteenth Emmy for design," said Laura Shuler, Jack Morton's US President. "Jack Morton Design's award-winning work in the broadcast industry is an indicator that design truly is a differentiator-for our clients and for us as an agency."

Jack Morton Worldwide is an experiential marketing agency that helps the world's leading companies improve performance, increase sales and build brands. The agency creates live events, branded environments and interactive experiences that engage, educate and entertain employee, business and consumer audiences, as well as large-scale, globally televised ceremonies. Jack Morton has a staff of 600 employees throughout the United States, Europe and Asia- Pacific, and is part of the Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. . More information is available online at http://www.jackmorton.com/.