Tyler Brule - activities of founder of Wallpaper magazine - Brief Article

Turned his dedication to the good life into Wallpaper magazine--and a growing empire

Sometimes you've got to get shot in order to make a few changes--just ask the late Andy Warhol (actually, don't bother, he won't respond) or Tyler Brule. Long a journalist focusing on fashion, celebrity, and--occasionally--gay and political issues, the Canada-born, London-based Brule was undertaking one of his more. "serious" assignments in Afghanistan in 1994 when he was shot. Twice. While recovering in a hospital, Brule decided to focus his attentions on the "good life" from then on. That drive led to his developing Wallpaper magazine, a superslick publication dedicated to dreamy interiors, luxurious living, fabulous furniture--in other words, style heaven. The magazine, which shed the stodginess of traditional "shelter" magazines, was an immediate hit, and Brule has since taken that success and built his own mini media empire. In February his publishing company was contracted to produce the "dowdy" U.K. department store. Selfridges' in-house magazine. Brule also runs an advertising company called Wink and a sports magazine called Line; a TV show called Wallpaper Television is also in the works. A dash across the firing range, any one?

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