Jayson Tyler Brûlé (born November 25, 1968) is a

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journalist, entrepreneur, and magazine publisher. He is the editorial director of '' Monocle''.

Early years

Jayson Tyler Brûlé is the only child of

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player

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,Brûlé's father does not appear to have used any diacritical marks or accents on the family surname. and Virge Brule, an Estonian artist. Brûlé moved to

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to attend Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, but did not graduate. He moved to the

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in 1989 and trained as a journalist with the BBC. During this time, he subsequently wrote for numerous British press, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Magazine ventures and design work

In 1996, Brûlé took out a small business loan and launched ''

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'', a style and fashion magazine which was one of the most influential launches of the 1990s.

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bought it for £1m in 1997, and kept Brûlé on as editorial director. During this time at ''Wallpaper'', Brûlé focused his attention on a branding and

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he'd started, called Winkreative, which he still runs and whose clients included

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and

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. In 2001, he became the youngest ever recipient of the British Society of Magazine Editors' Lifetime Achievement Award. That year he and Winkreative were hired to design the "look and feel" of Swiss International Air Lines at their relaunch, after the collapse of

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. In May 2002, Brûlé left ''Wallpaper'' and concentrated on Winkreative. In 2005, Brûlé hosted the TV media magazine ''The Desk'' on

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. In 2006, he co-produced ''Counter Culture'', a documentary series about cultural aspects of shopping, on the same channel. In 2007, Brûlé launched ''Monocle'' Magazine, where he is the current Editor-in-Chief.

Journalistic work

In March 1994, Brûlé was shot twice by a

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in an ambush in

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while covering the

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for German news magazine, '' Focus''. Brûlé lost partial use of his left hand resulting in a long hospital stay, during which he read many home-design and cooking magazines. Brûlé was a columnist for the ''

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'', and has also written for the ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Neue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag''. His "Fast Lane" column – written for the weekend edition of the ''Financial Times'' – covered his observations on travel, international design trends, and high-end consumer goods. In 2006, Brûlé announced in "Fast Lane" that he would be taking a break from the column to work on projects. Shortly thereafter, the ''

'' announced a "new weekly column on

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and global navigation" by Brûlé, starting in the Spring of 2007. However, in 2008, Brûlé left the ''International Herald Tribune'' to revive his weekly "Fast Lane" column for the newly relaunched ''

'' weekend edition. Brûlé left the ''Financial Times'' in November 2017, after the '' Press Gazette'' published allegations that he had been

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former clients of his creative agency in his column. He served on Dopplr's board of directors, until Dopplr was sold to

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in September 2009.

Monocle

In October 2006, Brûlé announced that he would create a new magazine, to be called '' Monocle'', which launched February 14, 2007. Brûlé later stated "Monocle is the media project I always wanted to do".Monocle is the media project I always wanted to do
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'' He currently resides in

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Z ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, where one of Monocle's main bureaux is located, despite Monocle's head office in London.

References

Notes

External links

"Fast Lane" column in the Financial Times

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