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This is not an exhaustive list and features both in-depth and brief references. See also Jack Yan & Associates’ press page.

‘Columbeanu face nunta’, Liber Tatea, February 20, 2006
From Romania, Irinel Columbeanu and Monica Gabor together—and Monica’s rising profile, succeeding Nicky Hilton on the cover of Lucire.

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Till: ‘Lucire reports 80 per cent sell-through in Romania’, National Business Review, online edition, July 13, 2005
An original article, though it takes its title from a press release. Francis Till of the NBR reports on Lucire’s success in Romania and my attacks on the “tall poppy syndrome”

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Smith: ‘It's fashion on a global scale’, The Wellingtonian, April 21, 2005, p. 12
The Wellingtonian is a popular local tabloid in Wellington, New Zealand, and read in huge depth. Nice to be counted here, this time thanks to journalist Liz Smith, who bumped into two of the team the week before and thought we’d make a good story. Judging by the emails, she bet correctly. A good interview with a “global domination” theme!

Bond: ‘International fashion for those at home’, The New Zealand Herald, August 26, 2004, p. C4
Internally, we called this one of the most accurate articles ever written about Lucire’s print plans. Georgina Bond of The New Zealand Herald previews Lucire and its October 4 launch, in a piece that occupied practically two-fifths of a broadsheet page.

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James: ‘Memo Pad: Janice's Min-I Me … Fair Deals … Puffy Gets Musty …’, Women’s Wear Daily, June 15, 2004
Sara James interviews me for this New York fashion trade “bible” about my plans to take Lucire into print. It sure was nice to be compared to The Lord of the Rings.

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Hathaway: ‘Global Lucire energetically promoting Dunedin fashion’, The Otago Daily Times, ‘Fashion’ supplement, April 12, 2004, p. 10
I was very flattered to get this coverage from one of my favourite cities, since I do try to mention how down-home and genuine it is at every opportunity. Judy Hathaway is a heck of a nice journalist, too.

Haynes: ‘EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou wants to flex his branding muscle’, AFP, February 8, 2004
Deborah Haynes’s interview with Stelios Haji-Ioannou features quotation from me; report carried by Channel News Asia, Servihoo, Yahoo! News, The Tocqueville Connection and others.

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Enting: ‘Fashion statements’, Bright, no. 2, December 2003–January 2004, pp. 11–13
Carolyn Enting reviews the business angle of L’Oréal New Zealand Fashion Week, including my Fashion Lab speaking role with milliner Cozmo Jenks and New Zealand Fashion Quarterly founder Paula Ryan.

Botero: ‘Fuentes tipográficas, entre la piratería y la creación’, El Colombiano, July 21, 2003
Natalia Estefanía Botero discusses the legal protection of typefaces and the OpenType platform with me in an article that also features local experts such as Margarita Velasco Galindo and Camilo Umaña.

Booth: ‘We have ways of making you forget’, The Sunday Telegraph, June 8, 2003, p. 16
Thomas Matussek, the new German Ambassador to Great Britain, is leading his country’s efforts to rebrand—Simon Anholt, Chris Macrae and I comment.

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Leach: ‘A bid to make “green” fashionable’, Christian Science Monitor, June 5, 2003
How Lucire has begun to contribute to making environmental issues cool.

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‘Consumers “own Starship name”’, The New Zealand Herald, May 1, 2003, p. C4
My comments on the proposed name change for Auckland’s Starship Children’s Hospital and why there was a national furore over the proposed demise of the Starship name—a contentious issue in New Zealand.

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‘Lucire.com up for a Webby!’, NZoom, April 11, 2003
With quotations from me, TVNZ’s NZoom site details how Lucire will be going up against major international competition for Best Fashion Web Site at the Webby Awards.

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‘Wellingtonian nominated for Best Fashion Web Site in Webby Awards’, Smart Wellington News, April 9, 2003
Positively Wellington Business’s newsletter mentions me and spreads Lucire’s good news on being nominated for Best Fashion Web Site at the Seventh Annual Webby Awards.

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Kang: ‘Must-sites’, Vogue Korea, February 10, 2003
Korean Vogue’s Hélène Kang chooses Lucire as her site for the quarter, with a favourable review and a brief journey through the magazine’s history.

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Botelho: ‘The brand name game’, CNN.com, November 15, 2002
A few quotes from me along with Prof Kevin Keller of Dartmouth College and James Detoree of Brand Institute in this article by Greg Botelho on how tougher times for the 2002 holiday season have led to a greater focus on branding.

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Von Sydow: ‘Stor guide: bästa modet på nätet’, Expressen, September 13, 2002
Lucire is one of the best and most established online fashion magazines, according to leading Swedish newspaper.

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‘Essay says design is curative healing therapy’, Graphic Design USA, June 2002
JY&A Consulting’s Chase Rogers and I are quoted on the use of colour for healing.

Seeman: ‘Fun with fonts’, Smart Computing, May 2002
An introductory article about typography quotes me and my stance on copyright protection.

Young: ‘Stand and deliver’, New Zealand Marketing Magazine, March 2002
Point-of-purchase branding. My colleague, Chase Rogers, was also interviewed.

Jamieson: ‘Net opens world of virtual catwalk’, The Dominion, November 12, 2001, ‘New Zealand Infotech’ supplement, p. 23.
Lucire considered better than Fashion Net or style.com.

Bruckner and MacGregor: ‘Fashion dot com’, Fashion Magazine, November 2001
More acclaim for Lucire in leading Toronto- and Montréal-based publication.

Wheeler: ‘Bookmarks: fashion’, Access, April 29, 2001
The world’s leading magazine about the internet, distributed with 90 newspapers in key US markets, awards “A-list” rating to Lucire.

Ptasznik (ed.): ‘Fashion web sites: the year of truth’, Visual Arts Trends, April 2001
A fashion magazine analysis shows that Lucire is a power brand, ranked in the 30,000s behind Elle and Vogue’s style.com.

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Loubet del Bayle: ‘Protection des caractères typographiques: la problématique américaine’, Les Temps Typographiques, September 2000
Discusses the rationale behind TypeRight, the lobbying organization for typeface copyright I co-founded in 1997.

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Prætzel: ‘New faces’, Publish, August 1996
Leading San Francisco monthly on the desktop publishing industry profiles JY&A Fonts.


 

Många anses vara allra bäst

Genomarbetad, stor trendguide från New Yorks höstvisningar och extra rolig läsning från Jack Yan som hyllar svenska sportmärket Casall i en artikel om världens mest hysteriska modeslavar, nämligen svenska folket: ”Gå till Stockholm city en fredagseftermiddag, du ser inga tråkiga kostymer utan en levande modeparad … de otrendiga verkar liksom hålla sig undan, av ren pliktkänsla—för att inte dra ner stadens perfekta trendfaktor”.

On Lucire, excerpted from
von Sydow: ‘Stor guide: bästa modet pä nätet’,
Expressen
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September 13, 2002
 

 

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Chase Rogers’ ‘Healing with design and communications: an educational approach’ (originally published by Icograda)
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Press coverage about me individually
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