LONDON — After months of hypothesis, i-D Journal has named a brand new editor in chief and chief model officer, plus a date for when it’s returning to print.
Thom Bettridge will oversee the journal’s print and digital platforms and new business ventures in his newly created function.
“Nobody embodies the way forward for i-D greater than Thom. His artistic intuition and cultural fluency make him the best particular person to chart the journal’s subsequent chapter. I belief in Thom’s imaginative and prescient and know the journal is poised to go away one more indelible mark on the world beneath his management,” stated Karlie Kloss, Bedford Media’s founder and chairwoman.
Charli XCX and Troye Sivan on the duvet of i-D Journal.
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i-D Journal will return to newsstands in March with a biannual run “in an effort to make room for extra print ideas and multiplatform initiatives,” the model stated.
Bettridge, beforehand vp of artistic and content material at Canadian on-line retailer Ssense, he might be constructing out a brand new workforce on the journal. He’s additionally held positions at 032c, Interview and Highsnobiety, the place he was editor in chief from 2019 to 2022.
“I consider that magazines are instruments for turning the chaos of the current into one thing iconic. And maybe no publication embodies this operate higher than i-D. Since its inception, the journal has been an early advocate for all of the cultural actions which have outlined our time. The obligation of my function is to hunt out the brand new and to present it a voice throughout all of the platforms during which concepts are made and communicated at this time,” he stated.
Jared Kocka/Courtesy Karlie Kloss
As editor in chief and chief model officer, Bettridge might be working carefully with Nicole Muniz, Bedford Media’s companion and CEO. “Thom is an unbelievable curator and storyteller which is precisely what i-D was all the time recognized for: a trusted vacation spot for the tales that matter throughout the cultural panorama. His means to mix cutting-edge editorial with a dedication to innovation aligns completely with our mission to push boundaries and encourage the following era of creators,” she stated.
Earlier this month, i-D Journal returned on-line after a seven-month hiatus with Charli XCX and Troye Sivan on the homepage of its newly relaunched web site.
