Jefferson Hack (born 1971 in

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, Uruguay) is a

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, Creative Director and co-founder of Dazed Media, an independent media company that produces stories across its print, digital and video brands. The company's portfolio includes fashion bi-annuals ''

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'' and '' Another Man''; bi-monthly youth fashion and culture magazine ''

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'', and websites Anothermag.com, Dazeddigital.com, Dazedbeauty.com 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.

Early life and career

Hack was born in Montevideo,

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and lived for much of his childhood and teenage years in Cliffsend,

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. In 1991, at the age of 19, Hack founded ''Dazed'' with photographer

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while a student at

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. In 2001 Hack launched luxury bi-annual ''

.'' In 2005 Hack co-founded men's style bi-annual ''Another Man.'' In 2006 Hack launched dazeddigital.com, in 2009 he launched anothermag.com, and in 2017 he launched anothermanmag.com. In 2010 Hack co-founded Nowness, an independent luxury lifestyle video channel in partnership with

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Moët Hennessy

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. In 2017 Dazed Media and Modern Media formed a joint venture titled Modern Dazed and acquired a majority stake in Nowness. In 2013, Hack launched Dazed Studio, 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. Hack has worked with

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and as creative consultant to U2. In 2015 he worked with

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on a project with

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and ''Another Magazine'' that resulted in the world's first digital cover magazine and in 2015 with fashion designer

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which resulted in the world's first handcrafted hologram fashion magazine cover. Web Summit 2015 - Dublin, Ireland - 22778863776

Personal life

Hack was in a relationship with model

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in the early 2000s. Together they have a daughter, Lila Grace Moss-HackTennant, Laura
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Books

*''Star Culture, The “Dazed and Confused” Collected Interviews.'' By Mark Sanders and Hack.

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, 2000. . *''RankinWorks.'' By Kate Moss, Oliviero Toscani, Liz Farrelly, and Hack. Booth-Clibborn, 2002. . *''Another Fashion Book.'' By Hack.

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, 2009. . *''Another Art Book.'' By Hack. Steidl, 2011. . *''Dazed and Confused: Making It Up As We Go Along.'' By Ingrid Sischy and Hack,

and Jo-Ann Furniss.

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, 2012. . *''Kate: The Kate Moss Book.'' By Kate Moss, Fabien Baron, Jess Hallett, and Hack. Rizzoli, 2012. . *''Another Man: Men's Style Stories.'' By Alister Mackie, Hack, Ben Cobb. Rizzoli, 2014. . *''We Can’t Do this Alone: Jefferson Hack the System '' By Hack. Rizzoli, 2016. .

References

External links

Evening Standard: Still Dazed After All These Years
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