Tyler Brûlé

Jayson Tyler Brûlé (born 1968 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian-born journalist, entrepreneur and magazine publisher.

The only child of Canadian footballer Paul Brule [Brûlé's father does not appear to have used any diacritical marks or accents on the family surname.] (of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Rough Riders, and Alouettes), and Virge Brule, an artist, [ [http://www3.sympatico.ca/farini/peacock/pages/Aexcerpts/MaterialBoy.html Material Boy] Shift magazine, May 1998] he moved to the United Kingdom in 1989 and trained as a journalist with the BBC. He subsequently wrote for "The Guardian", "Stern", "The Sunday Times" and "Vanity Fair". After being shot by a sniper while covering the Afghanistan war in March 1994 and losing the use of his left hand, Brûlé left journalism and launched "Wallpaper*", a style and fashion magazine which was one of the most influential launches of the 1990s. Time Warner bought it in 1997, and kept Brûlé on as editorial director. Two spin-off magazines were launched: "Line" addressing sports and "Spruce" covering fashion; both were discontinued after three issues. In 2001 he became the youngest ever recipient of the British Society of Magazine Editors' Lifetime Achievement Award.

In 2001 he was hired to design the "look and feel" of Swiss International Air Lines at their relaunch, after the collapse of Swissair. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/.stm PR flurry heralds Swissair relaunch] , BBC, 28 March, 2002]

In May 2002, Brûlé left "Wallpaper" and concentrated on Winkmedia (now Winkreative), a design agency he founded in 1998.

In 2005, Brûlé hosted the TV media magazine "The Desk" on BBC Four. In 2006, he co-produced "Counter Culture", a documentary series about cultural aspects of shopping, on the same channel.

He was a columnist for the "Financial Times", "The New York Times", and "Neue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag". His "Fast Lane" column, which appeared in the weekend supplement of the "Financial Times", covered his observations on travel, trends and high-end consumer goods gathered in the course of his travels during the week, which often seemed to involve visits to more than two continents.

In October 2006, he announced that he would create a new magazine, to be called "Monocle", which launched February 15, 2007. In December 2006, he announced in "Fast Lane" that he would be taking a break from the column to work on projects. On February 14, 2007, the "International Herald Tribune" announced a "new weekly column on urbanism and global navigation" by Brûlé, starting on the 3rd of March. [http://www.ihtinfo.com/pdfs/pr_TylerBrule.pdf]

On April 2nd 2008, it was announced that Brûlé will leave the International Herald Tribune to revive his weekly column, Fast Lane, on April 26, when FT Weekend relaunches.

According to UK fashion sources, Tyler Brule is rumored to be the main contributor in the forthcoming Abercrombie & Fitch Quarterly.

Personal life

On 11 May 1999, Brûlé gave an interview to Evan Solomon of "Hot Type", a print journalism program on CBC Newsworld, in which he announced that he was estranged from his father due to the latter's disapproval of Brûlé's homosexuality.

In 1997, the "Independent" reported that Brûlé was the companion of Patrick Cox, a British shoe designer, though the couple reportedly broke up a year earlier. Later, he referred to his partner, Mats, a Swedish banker in "Fast Lane" [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/20/.html]

On 3 July 2006, the British website pinknews.co.uk voted Brûlé 37th on its list of the most influential gays and lesbians in the United Kingdom. The year before, he came in 43rd on a similar list of influential gays and lesbians that was published in the "Independent on Sunday" (26 June 2005). He has also been ranked as one of London's most annoying residents by Time Out in 2008.

References

External links

* [http://www.internationalspeakers.com/speakers/Celebrity_Speaker/ISBB-68CNTK/Tyler_Brule/ Tyler Brûlé at the International Speakers Bureau]
* [http://www.iwantmedia.com/people/people43.html I Want Media interview]
* [http://www.winkreative.com/ Winkreative]
* [http://www.craftdesigntechnology.co.jp/e/index.html Craft Design Technology] - Luxury Stationery Brand by Winkreative
* [http://www.knittingcircle.org.uk/tylerbrule.html The Knitting Circle] - Bio & Press Clippings
* [http://www.thedesk.tv The Desk]
* [http://news.ft.com/comment/columnists/tylerbrule "Fast Lane" column in the Financial Times]
* [http://www.jaunted.com/tag/Brule Coverage of Tyler Brule at Jaunted: The Pop Culture Travel Guide]
* [http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?sortBy=gadatearticle&queryText=tyler+brule&y=5&aje=true&x=16&id= Last Column for the Financial Times]
* [http://www3.sympatico.ca/farini/peacock/pages/Aexcerpts/MaterialBoy.html Profile of Brûlé in Shift Magazine, May 1998]
* [http://www.qompendium.com/index.php?page=55&did=82 The Godfather of Magazines, Qompendium 2005]