Jefferson Hack

Jefferson Hack (born 1971) is a Curator, Creative Director and co-founder of Dazed Media, an independent[1] media company that produces stories across its print, digital and video brands.[2][3] The company's portfolio includes fashion bi-annuals Another Magazine and Another Man;[4] bi-monthly youth fashion and culture magazine Dazed, and websites Anothermag.com, Dazeddigital.com, Dazedbeauty.com[5] and Anothermanmag.com in addition to the creative wing Dazed Studio. Hack, who previously served as Editor of these titles, is also co-founder of global video channel Nowness.[6]

Jefferson Hack
Born1971 (age 49–50)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Alma materUniversity of the Arts London
OccupationPublisher
TitleCo-founder and CEO of Dazed Media
Children1
Websitewww.jeffersonhack.com

Early life and career

Hack was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and educated at Pangbourne College. He lived for much of his childhood and teenage years in Cliffsend, Kent.

In 1991, at the age of 19, Hack founded Dazed with photographer Rankin while a student at London College of Printing.[7] In 2001 Hack launched luxury bi-annual Another Magazine.[8] In 2005 Hack co-founded men's style bi-annual Another Man.[9]

In 2006 Hack launched dazeddigital.com, in 2009 he launched anothermag.com, and in 2017 he launched anothermanmag.com.[10][11]

In 2010 Hack co-founded Nowness, an independent luxury lifestyle video channel in partnership with LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.[12] In 2017 Dazed Media and Modern Media formed a joint venture titled Modern Dazed and acquired a majority stake in Nowness.[13]

In 2013, Hack launched Dazed Studio,[14] the creative agency wing of Dazed Media, which makes digital, video, print, events and social media for brands, Dazed & Confused was rebranded as Dazed in spring 2014.[15]

Hack has worked with Bjork[16] and as creative consultant to U2.[17][18]In 2015 he worked with Rihanna on a project with Alexander McQueen and Another Magazine that resulted in the world's first digital cover magazine and in 2015 with fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld which resulted in the world's first handcrafted hologram fashion magazine cover.[19][20]

Hack in 2015

Personal life

Hack was in a relationship with model Kate Moss in the early 2000s. Together they have a daughter, Lila Grace Moss-Hack[21][22] born in 2002.[23] He lives in East London.[7]

Books
  • Star Culture, The “Dazed and Confused” Collected Interviews. By Mark Sanders and Hack. Phaidon Press, 2000. ISBN 0714839558.
  • RankinWorks. By Kate Moss, Oliviero Toscani, Liz Farrelly, and Hack. Booth-Clibborn, 2002. ISBN 1861541619.
  • Another Fashion Book. By Hack. Steidl, 2009. ISBN 386521729X.
  • Another Art Book. By Hack. Steidl, 2011. ISBN 3865218601.
  • Dazed and Confused: Making It Up As We Go Along. By Ingrid Sischy and Hack, Rankin and Jo-Ann Furniss. Rizzoli, 2012. ISBN 0847836924.
  • Kate: The Kate Moss Book. By Kate Moss, Fabien Baron, Jess Hallett, and Hack. Rizzoli, 2012. ISBN 0847837904.
  • Another Man: Men's Style Stories. By Alister Mackie, Hack, Ben Cobb. Rizzoli, 2014. ISBN 9780847843275.
  • We Can’t Do this Alone: Jefferson Hack the System By Hack. Rizzoli, 2016. ISBN 978-0847847433.

References
  1. "Dazed Media - Discover Dazed Media's Company Page - The Business of Fashion". www.businessoffashion.com.
  2. "Cultural Blog/Website".
  3. Conway, Clare. "A Life in the Day: Jefferson Hack, co-founder of Dazed & Confused".
  4. "10 Men's High-Fashion Magazines You Should Knowanothermag". Complex UK.
  5. "Dazed Makes a Play for Beauty". The Business of Fashion. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  6. "Dazed wants to help brands build 'wonderful creative' as it repositions as Dazed Media".
  7. "The Observer Profile: Jefferson Hack - Comment - The Observer". www.theguardian.com.
  8. "DazedDigital.com to launch Blog Awards - Leads - News - Fashion Jobs, News, Business, apparel industry platform, Fashion New York, Los Angeles, Miami". www.fashionunited.com.
  9. "Dazed to launch new men's fashion biannual in autumn".
  10. "Jefferson Hack". showstudio.com.
  11. Marfil, Lorelei (12 June 2017). "Another Man Launches Web Site".
  12. "Ian Burrell: The multi-tasking Jefferson Hack reveals how he keeps". 25 November 2013.
  13. "News Bites - Modern Dazed Acquires Nowness Stake, Kérastase On-Demand, Elie Top Online". 15 May 2017.
  14. "Home | Dazed Studio". dazed.studio. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  15. "Subscribe to read". Financial Times. Cite uses generic title (help)
  16. "Gucci X Bjork's The Gate". Dazed Studio. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  17. "Jefferson Hack: 'The future of fashion is full of jeopardy'".
  18. "U2 > News > Films Of Innocence Premiere". www.u2.com. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  19. "Hacking Print: Dazed's Jefferson Hack talks tech and bringing Rihanna to life on the cover of AnOther".
  20. "AnOther Mag releases hologram cover featuring Karl Lagerfeld for its 15th anniversary". 9 March 2016.
  21. Tennant, Laura. "Living Review: Life Etc – What's in a name?" Archived 3 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine BNET Retrieved 28 January 2008.
  22. "Jefferson Hack: Having a kid made me a man". Evening Standard. London. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  23. "Kate Moss gives birth to a girl". The Telegraph. 30 September 2002. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
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