Dazed: 30 Years Confused: The Covers (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780847870738)

Celebrating 30 years of Dazed's boundary-pushing storytelling at the forefront of youth culture, this book reveals the past, present, and future of Dazed through its bold cover designs and manifesto-like headlines.

In 1991, the first issue of Dazed & Confused was released as a single A2 foldout newsprint by a then 20-year-old Jefferson Hack and the photographer Rankin. Now, 30 years later, what began as a print magazine has gone on to provoke a change in consciousness, becoming a vital cultural manifesto for today. Created for an audience that wants to be both informed and inspired to imagine, its radical approach to publishing means that Dazed is still at the forefront of youth culture today.

Split into ten chapters--taken from the magazine's most memorable cover lines--this book explores how these early manifestos reflect the magazine's ethos today. Time-traveling from the '90s to now, a new generation of image makers sit side by side with archival materials to showcase how Dazed has always interpreted celebrity through its own boundary-pushing lens: from Alexander McQueen and David Bowie's first official, recorded conversation and the designer's "Fashion-Able?" cover, to a rare appearance and guest-edit by Chelsea Manning, to rapper Young Thug shot by Harley Weir.

Author: Jefferson Hack, Katie Grand
ISBN-10: 0847870731
ISBN-13: 9780847870738
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Language: English
Published: 09/28/2021
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 4.50lbs
Size: 12.10h x 9.50w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/01/2021 pg. 89