Tyler Brûlé

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

Born to an artist mother (Sydney Morning Herald, 21 May 2004), 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, Brûlé left journalism and launched Wallpaper*, a style and fashion magazine which was one of the most influential new magazines of the 1990s. Time Warner bought the magazine 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. 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 (Swiss International Air Lines) at their relaunch after the collapse of Swissair.[1]

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 4. In 2006, he co-produced "Counter Culture" - a documentary series about cultural aspects of shopping - on the same channel.

He is a regular columnist for the Financial Times and The New York Times. His "Fast Lane" column, which appears in the Weekend supplement of the Financial Times, is a write-up of his observations on travel, trends and high-end consumer goods, gathered in the course of his travels during the week, which often seem to involve visits to more than two continents.

In October 2006, he announced that he would create a new men's magazine, to be called Monocle.

In December 2006, he announced in his "Fast Lane" column in the Financial Times, that he would be taking a break from the column at the close of the year to work on projects.

[edit] Sexuality

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. His father's approval notwithstanding, Brûlé has gone forward with his life and carved out relationships for himself. In his Financial Times column, for example, he has made frequent reference to his partner, Mats.

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).

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