Jefferson Hack

Jefferson Hack
Born Jefferson Hack
1971 (age 44–45)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Occupation Editorial Director, Publisher and Creative Director

Jefferson Winston Hack (20 June 1971) is the editorial director and publisher of Dazed Group and creative director of MAD Agency London and Nowness. He co-founded the independent British fashion/culture magazines Dazed (formerly Dazed & Confused), AnOther Magazine and Another Man and their websites, Dazed Digital and Anothermag.com. He has worked in journalism, film, photography, television and digital media.

Career

In 1991, at the age of 19, he founded Dazed & Confused with photographer Rankin while a student at London College of Printing. Early cover stars included Björk, Thom Yorke and David Bowie. In 2001, Hack and Rankin launched luxury biannual AnOther Magazine, and in 2005 they launched Another Man, with Hack as editor-in-chief of both. In 2006 Hack and Rankin launched Dazed Digital to deliver daily exclusives in fashion, film, music and art. Three years later, Hack created Anothermag.com, a blend of high fashion and photography with features on the arts, politics and literature, as well as AnOther Loves, a luxury product recommendation stream chosen by a global network of contributors.

In 2013, Hack launched Dazed White Label, the creative agency wing of Dazed Group, which specialises in making digital, video, print, events and social media for brands, and Dazed Vision, the group’s video arm, to develop, produce and commission long-form video content. Dazed & Confused was rebranded as simply Dazed in spring 2014.

In 2013, Hack was appointed as U2's creative director.

Career overview

Personal life

Hack was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and educated at Pangbourne College. He lived for much of his childhood and teenage years in Cliffsend, Kent. He is the ex-boyfriend of Kate Moss and father of their daughter, Lila Grace Moss-Hack. He lives in east London.

Books

Exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/11216/1/foam-gallery-whats-next
  2. ↑ http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/11896/1/dazed-20th-anniversary-somerset-house-exhibition

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