House & Garden (magazine)

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House & Garden was an American shelter magazine published by Condé Nast Publications that focuses on interior design, entertaining, and gardening.

The magazine was launched in 1901 as a journal devoted to architecture, and its founding editors were Herbert C. Wise, Wilson Eyre, and Frank Miles Day, all Philadelphia architects.[1] The magazine became part of Condé Nast's publishing empire when he bought an interest in it in 1911; he became its sole owner in 1915. Nast transformed it into a magazine about interior design, as part of his trend toward specialized publications aimed at niche markets.

Among the editors in chief of House & Garden were:

  • Herbert C. Wise (1901-1905)[1]
  • Richardson L. Wright (1914-1946)[2]
  • Albert Kornfeld (1946-1956)[3]
  • Mary Jane Pool (1970-1980)[2]
  • Louis Oliver Gropp (1980-1987)
  • Anna Wintour (1987-1988)
  • Nancy Novogrod (1988-1993)[3]
  • Dominique Browning (1995-2007)

The magazine was renamed HG with its March 1988 issue, under editor in chief Anna Wintour.[4] Its new emphasis on mixing fashion and interior decoration in its pages led the revamped magazine to be derided as House & Garment by its critics; another derisive sobriquet was Vanity Chair.[5] Wintour became editor in chief of Vogue in 1988; HG ceased publication in 1993.

House & Garden was relaunched in 1995 under editor in chief Dominique Browning; its first issue of its second incarnation was September 1996.[6] Condé Nast Publications announced on 5 November 2007 that the magazine was being closed again, stating that "we no longer believe it is a viable business investment for the company."[4] The magazine's offices closed on 9 November 2007, and its last issue was December 2007.

Foreign editions of the magazine are published in the U.K. and South Africa. A Greek edition was launched in November 2007.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Herbert C. Wise; Editor of House and Garden Dies in Philadelphia at 72", The New York Times, 12 June 1945
  2. ^ "Richardson L. Wright Is Dead; Ex-Editor of House and Garden", The New York Times, 7 August 1961
  3. ^ "Albert Kornfeld, Dead at 61; A Writer, Editor, and Lecturer; Chief of House and Garden for Nine Years", The New York Times, 18 August 1962
  4. ^ Michael Joseph Gross, "Anna Wintour Leaving British Vogue for House & Garden", The New York Times, 15 August 1987
  5. ^ Susan Heller Anderson, "HG Is Not What It Used to Be", The New York Times, 8 June 1988
  6. ^ Deirdre Carmody, "The Media Business: House & Garden to Rejoin a Rich Club", The New York Times, 17 April 1995

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