Min Hogg

Georgina Hogg (28 September 1938 – 25 June 2019 ), known as Min Hogg, was a British journalist, magazine editor, and interior designer. She was the daughter of Sir James Cecil Hogg K.C.V.O., an ear specialist whose patients included Queen Elizabeth II. She was the fashion editor of Harper's & Queen between 1974 and 1979, and then co-founded the World of Interiors in 1981, which became one of the most influential shelter magazines of the late 20th century. She died in June 2019.

Early life Georgina Hogg was born in London in 1938, and grew up in Regent's Park. She was a boarder at Benenden School and then went on to the Central School of Art and Design to study graphic design with Terence Conran.

Career Conran's wife, Caroline, who was already working at Queen, asked Hogg to come and join the magazine as a typist. This was her first job, introducing Hogg to journalism as a career. However, Willie Landels, the editor of Harper & Queen, stated that he employed Hogg because she was intelligent and articulate, and unusually for a fashion editor at the time, was able to both speak and write well. Hogg stayed on at Harper & Queen until 1979. She then went on to become fashion editor for Sheba, an Arabic-language magazine aimed towards the wives of Middle Eastern oil barons.

Hogg was the founding editor of World of Interiors, and held the role for 20 years from 1981 to 2001. Condé Nast made an offer to purchase it. In June 1982, Condé Nast eventually purchased a half-interest, and the magazine was renamed World of Interiors to avoid conflict with another American magazine also called Interiors.

Later life Until her death in 2019, at the age of 80, Hogg continued travelling in pursuit of inspiration, with homes in London and the Canary Islands. As of 2017, she worked as a wallpaper designer in collaboration with Nicholas Haslam.