Tyler Brûlé

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

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 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 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.

External links

[Tyler Brûlé at the International Speakers Bureau]
[I Want Media interview]
[Winkreative]
[The Knitting Circle] - Bio & Press Clippings
[The Desk]
["Fast Lane" column in the Financial Times]
[Coverage of Tyler Brule at Gridskipper: the Urban Travel Guide]

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