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Luke Hayman was born in Hemel Hemspstead, England in 1966. He studied graphic design at Central/St. Martin's School of Art in London. Luke moved to New York City in 1992 and has been living and working here since. He joined Pentagram's New York office as partner in December 2006.



Prior to joining Pentagram, Luke was the design director of New York Magazine. Before that he was the creative director of Travel + Leisure magazine and the creative director of Media Central and Brill Media Holdings where he was responsible for a range of publication and conference projects including the redesign of Brill's Content Magazine. In addition, he was Senior Partner and Associate Creative Director in the Brand Integration Group in the New York office of Ogilvy & Mather. He has also been the Design Director for I.D.



Luke's work in editorial design is widely recognized and has been featured in many design publications and blogs. He has won awards from The Association of Magazine Editors (ASME), the Society of Publication Designers (SPD), American Institute of Graphic Art (AIGA), Folio: Magazine, the Art Director's Club, and the British design association D&AD. Notably, in 2006 and 2007, New York magazine was awarded the industry's highest honors, SPD's "Magazine of the Year" and ASME awards for Design and General Excellence.