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Below is the last 12 months’ known coverage about Jack Yan & Associates, its team members and its properties. Some coverage on the Medinge Group is included.
   Generally, this page does not include articles authored by Jack Yan & Associates’ staff in various magazines.
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Last update 09/03/05

09/03/03 E. Pigott: ‘Men of Letters: Fonts and Their Creators’, Design Federation
Estelle Pigott reviews JY Alia and discusses Matthew Carter and Jack Yan

09/03/02 P. Griffin: ‘Thousands of Young People Flock to DC for Power Shift Conference’, MTV Newsroom
MTV’s newsroom summarizes Power Shift conference quoting Summer Rayne Oakes

09/03/02 ‘New Workhorse Serif Type Family’, CreativePro
Jack Yan’s JY Alia launched as a robust new typeface family, now on MyFonts.com

09/03/02 M. Dierenger: ‘Book Review: Style, Naturally’, Bradenton Herald, March 2, 2009
Maura Dierenger calls Summer Rayne Oakes’s Style, Naturally ‘a great source for fashion lovers and people with a passion for the environment’

09/03/01 A. Doan: ‘London Fashion Week: Estethica and the Roving Ethical Catwalk’, Inhabitat
Summer Rayne Oakes in London promoting Style, Naturally

09/03/01 Y. Yoneda: ‘Style, Naturally: Summer Rayne Oakes Débuts Book’, Inhabitat
Summer Rayne Oakes creates ‘a one-stop, at your fingertips, chock full-of-pics green fashion directory’

09/02/26 ‘UK Launch for Made-by’, Eco Textile News
Summer Rayne Oakes announced as face of Made-by

09/02/23 L. Siegle: ‘London Fashion Week: 2009’s Best in Eco-fashion’, The Guardian, ‘Ethical Living Blog’
The best in eco-fashion at London Fashion Week; Summer Rayne Oakes mentioned

09/02/23 ‘Interview with Author and Model Summer Rayne Oakes’, Green Muze
Summer Rayne Oakes interviewed about living in an eco-friendly way and about her new book, Style, Naturally

09/02/21 A. Dunfield: ‘The Read: Style, Naturally’, The Globe and Mail, February 21, 2009
A brief review of Summer Rayne Oakes’s new Style, Naturally

09/02/19 L. Sherman: ‘Forbes Life Find of the Day: Style, Naturally: The Savvy Shopping Guide to Sustainable Fashion and Beauty’, Forbes
A brief review of Summer Rayne Oakes’s new Style, Naturally in the Forbes blog

09/02/18 S. Vartan: ‘Style, Naturally, Summer Rayne Oakes' Guide to Green Fashion and Beauty’, The Daily Green
Summer Rayne Oakes practises what she preaches

09/02/18 ‘Enthusiasm Growing for Emerging Designers’, Otago Daily Times, February 18, 2009
Jack Yan quoted on his support for the Emerging Designers’ Awards at ID Dunedin Fashion Week

09/02/16 ‘New Zealand’s leading font foundry announces “workhorse” serif family, JY Alia’, Infonews
New Zealand news site details launch of JY Alia

09/02/15 ‘New Zealand’s leading font foundry JY&A Fonts announces workhorse serif family, JY Alia’, Dexinger
Jack Yan’s new typeface family marks a return to retail sales

09/02/15 S. Chavez: ‘Style, Naturally’, The Examiner, February 15, 2009
Sydney Chavez on the fashion beat reviews Summer Rayne Oakes’s Style, Naturally

09/02/15 A. Doan: ‘New York Fashion Week: Sublet Clothing Spring Preview’, Inhabitat
Inhabitat, favoured by the eco-conscious, is one of the labels worn by Summer Rayne Oakes

09/02/15 ‘New Zealand’s first digital foundry announces “workhorse” serif family, JY Alia’, Typophile
A new typeface family from Jack Yan, after an absence by him from the retail market

09/02/12 K. Samardak: ‘Just an Online Minute: Eclectic Method Rocks NYC Twestival for Charity:Water’, MediaPost
Kelly Samardak runs into Summer Rayne Oakes, as detailed in her media-industry blog

09/02/12 ‘The Antithesis of Greenwashing: “Greendirtying”’, The Daily Green
Style, Naturally launches at a party at Stella McCartney in New York

09/02/11 ‘Style, Naturally by Summer Rayne Oakes’, Greenmuze
A comprehensive review of Summer Rayne Oakes’s new book, Style, Naturally

09/01/11 N. Bateman: ‘Long-distance call’, Sunday Morning Post, January 11, 2009, ‘Post Magazine’ supplement, p. 6
Nadine Bateman interviews Jack Yan for Hong Kong’s leading English-language daily newspaper

09/01/11 The Golden Tide, part five, Radio New Zealand National, New Zealand, January 11, 2009, 3.30 p.m.
Jack Yan among those quoted by Sonia Yee in her five-part series on Chinese in New Zealand

09/01 A. Levy: ‘Summer Rayne Oakes’, Coco Eco, January 2009
Apple Levy interviews Summer Rayne Oakes in a 9 pp. feature

08/12/28 ‘Cultural identity and confusion’, The Golden Tide, part three, Radio New Zealand National, New Zealand, December 28, 2008, 3.30 p.m.
Jack Yan candidly discusses being a Chinese immigrant in New Zealand and the stereotypes confronted there. Presented and produced by Sonia Yee

08/12/28 ‘Indian image will become a world brand’, Dainik Bhaskar, December 28, 2008
Jack Yan’s positive comments about the Indian national brand noted in leading Hindi daily newspaper

08/12/28 ‘Simply Paris’, Sunday Star–Times, December 28, 2008, ‘About Town’ supplement, p. 29
Jack Yan and Tessa Bailey-Lont photographed at Simply Paris’s Newtown opening by Kevin Stent

08/12/27 ‘An opportunity for you to become a brand’, Dainik Bhaskar, December 27, 2008
A review of Jack Yan’s talks to the Proton Business School on December 26, on branding

08/12/27 ‘Transparency, cordial relations assets of Indian service industry’, Free Press, December 27, 2008
English-language daily newspaper in Indore summarizes Jack Yan’s keynote speech at the Proton Business School, which detailed how Indian brands make companies there ready-made international partners

08/12/26 ‘New Zealand’s Jack Yan addresses Global MDP’, Dainik Bhaskar, December 26, 2008, p. 1
Jack Yan is front-page news in Indore, India, for his forthcoming speech on branding and marketing strategy at the Proton Business School

08/12/25 Oduok (ed.): ‘Eco-chic, eco-sexy, eco Summer Rayne Oakes’, Ladybrille, December 25, 2008
Summer Rayne Oakes in a Q&A with Ladybrille on her thoughts about Africa and her other ventures

08/12/03 ‘China dolls’, Capital Times, vol. 34, no. 6, December 3, 2008, p. 19
Jack Yan pictured with Sophie and Douglas Voon and their children at the launch of the 2009 Chinese New Year Festival

08/12 ‘Labels mit Herz’, Jolie, December 2008, pp. 62 ff.
Summer Rayne Oakes and her career on values-based modelling

08/11/26 Rich: ‘Speech! Speech! But can you cut the price?’, The New York Times, November 26, 2008
Summer Rayne Oakes a more substantial—and more affordable—speaker than the likes of Al Gore

08/11/05 ‘Going up?’, Grist, November 5, 2008
What if one had a minute with Barack Obama in an elevator car? Summer Rayne Oakes gives her response

08/11 ‘Wussten Sie schon?’, Öko-Test, November 2008, p. 110
German magazine discusses Summer Rayne Oakes’ ‘eco-modelling’

08/11 ‘Sustainable beauty’, Natural Health, November 2008, pp. 18 ff.
Summer Rayne Oakes with her 14 tips on an eco-friendly beauty routine

08/11 Vartan: ‘A case for eco-fashion’, E: the Environmental Magazine, November 2008, p. 33 ff.
Summer Rayne Oakes appears on the cover of E, and quoted inside the issue

08/10/29 ‘Fresh ideas’, WWD, October 29, 2008, p. 15
Summer Rayne Oakes’ forthcoming book Style, Naturally previewed in WWD

08/10/11 Cass: ‘Payless to roll out sustainable shoe collection’, Footwear News, vol. 64, no. 39, October 2008
Summer Rayne Oakes’ licensing of her name to a Payless collection covered in industry paper

08/10/07 Larsen (tr. Orbe): ‘Voices without Votes observa el debate’, October 7, 2008
Spanish translation of Solana Larsen’s summary of blog posts about Sarah Palin

08/10/05 Larsen (tr. Flessel): ‘Le site “Voices without Votes” a suivi le débat Biden-Palin’, Global Voices en français, October 5, 2008
French translation of Solana Larsen’s summary of blog posts about Sarah Palin

08/10/05 Puente: ‘Eco-friendly books run the gamut of green’, USA Today, October 5, 2008
Summer Rayne Oakes’s Style, Naturally: the Global Guide to Sustainable Fashion and Beauty profiled among other titles

08/10/02 York: ‘What is Joe Biden up against?’, Global Voices, October 2, 2008
Jack Yan does not have much faith in the analysis that the US mainstream media will give in the vice-presidential debate

08/10/02 Larsen: ‘Voices without votes watch the debate’, Global Voices, October 2, 2008
Harvard University’s Global Voices notes Jack Yan’s defence of Gov. Sarah Palin against sexist media

08/09/29 ‘Earth Saver interview: Summer Rayne Oakes’, The Green Girls, September 29, 2008
Summer Rayne Oakes in a Q&A, syndicated at The Green Girls

08/09/19 ‘Sweet! Interview with Summer Rayne Oakes’, Greener Trends, September 19, 2008
Summer Rayne Oakes talks to Greener Trends after her speech at UCF

08/09/12 Daniels: ‘Planet Green host tells students to defy “Generation Q” label’, Central Florida Future, September 12, 2008
Summer Rayne Oakes’s UCF presentation covered in student newspaper

08/09/10 ‘The Medinge Group publishes second issue of Journal’, Dexinger
The Medinge Group, the think-tank behind the annual Brands with a Conscience, publishes the second issue of its online Journal

08/09/10 Lasota: ‘TV host discusses climate change, expanding role for youth’, UCF Newsroom
Summer Rayne Oakes discussed environmental issues at UCF

08/09/08 ‘Kodak Photokina panel unites diverse photographers around film’, CNN Money, September 8, 2008
Photographers get together to discuss their love of film at Kodak-sponsored event. Also running in other sources; Lucire cited as one of the publications in which panellist photography appeared

08/09 Te Kanawa (ed.): ‘Previously in Tū Mai’, Tū Mai, September 2008, p. 6
Jack Yan profiled with Piri Weepu and Miriama Smith, who had been in earlier issues of Tu Mai

08/08/03 Suddain: ‘It’s a beautiful thing’, Sunday Star–Times, August 3, 2008, ‘Sunday’ magazine, p. 18
Jack Yan defends Miss Universe New Zealand Samantha Powell in Matt Suddain’s coverage of the finals in Vietnam

08/07/18 Sieger: ‘„Kaum jemand opfert der Umwelt zuliebe seinen Stil“’, Financial Times Deutschland, July 18, 2008, ‘Weekend’ section, p. 4
Summer Rayne Oakes interviewed by Nadine Sieger in a fashion special for the newspaper

08/07 Allon: ‘Earth angel’, Access DirecTV, July 2008, pp. 8–9
Summer Rayne Oakes profiled in DirecTV magazine

08/07 ‘Sex, love and trees’, Men’s Health, July–August 2008, p. 106
Summer Rayne Oakes—with her connection to The G Wordon Planet Green—quoted

08/06/30 ‘Meet NZ’s Miss Universe hopeful’, Stuff.co.nz
Fairfax Press releases images of Samantha Powell at Miss Universe in Saigon, Vietnam, quoting Jack Yan

08/06/25 Sawetz (ed.): ‘Lucire publisher Jack Yan’s movie tip’, Fashionoffice.org
Jack Yan answers Karin Sawetz’s question: ‘Which movie has to be seen because of its great costumes?’, naming Stanley Donen’s Arabesque as his pick

08/06/22 McAuliffe: ‘Born to be green’, The Sunday Times (northeastern Pa.), June 22, 2008, pp. F1, F8
The print edition interview of Summer Rayne Oakes’s work on Planet Green

08/06/22 McAuliffe: ‘Former Montdale resident, model and activist becomes environmental reporter for new Discovery channel’, The Times–Tribune, June 22, 2008
Summer Rayne Oakes’s new gig for the Discovery Channel’s Planet Green profiled in local newspaper

08/06/02 Sawetz (ed.): ‘Jack Yan, publisher of Lucire, pays tribute to Yves Saint Laurent’, Fashionoffice.org
A brief intro on Lucire and Jack Yan’s tribute to the late Yves Saint Laurent

08/06 Tavares: ‘Summer Rayne Oakes: A porta-voz de natureza veste verde básico’, N*Style, June 2008
Patricia Tavares’ Q&A with Summer Rayne Oakes on the eve of her Discovery Channel gig

08/06 Stretton (ed.): ‘Miss Universe New Zealand judge hits back at criticisms of contestant’, Her Magazine, June 2008, p. 10
Jack Yan defends Rhonda Grant against attacks that she was hurting the feminist cause

08/05/30 Briggeman: ‘Victor ranch to host celebrity wedding shindig’, The Missoulian
Jennifer Siebel and Gavin Newsom to have their wedding in Montana; Lucire quoted by Kim Briggeman. Republished in the Independent Record in Helena, Mont.

08/05/21 ‘Miss Universe NZ spurs cooperation between rivals’, Scoop, May 21, 2008
About You Artistry’s Rebecca Connor to work on Miss New Zealand Samantha Powell’s make-up, a move supported by Lucire’s Jack Yan

08/05/10 Kheel: ‘Página verde’, Hoy, ‘En Sociedad’ supplement, May 10, 2008,
Summer Rayne Oakes profiled in Dominican Republic’s Hoy newspaper magazine

08/05/02 ‘Miss Universe NZ judge hits back at criticism’, Scoop
Jack Yan responds to criticisms of Miss New Zealand second runner-up Rhonda Grant’s Massey University interview by the Association of University Staff

08/04/22 Fitzsimons: ‘Horowhenua beauty’s bid for the universe’, The Dominion Post, April 22, 2008, p. A3
Jack Yan quoted on judging the Miss Universe New Zealand pageant, which Samantha Powell won

08/04/21 ‘Miss Horowhenua takes Miss Universe New Zealand’, Scoop
Samantha Powell wins Miss New Zealand 2008; Jack Yan, representing Lucire, quoted

08/04/08 Bowie (ed.): ‘Yan: Kiwi sovereignty under threat from China free-trade agreement’, Lawfuel, April 8, 2008
Jack Yan positions himself against the free-trade agreement with Red China, claiming that New Zealand sovereignty would be put under threat by Beijing

08/04/06 Schipp: ‘Immer mehr Marken verkaufen Bio-Mode’, Frankfurter Allgemeine, April 6, 2008, p. 63
Anke Schipp interviews Summer Rayne Oakes on green fashion

08/04 ‘Shape women who inspire us’, Shape, April 2008, p. 34
Shape previews Summer Rayne Oakes’s work on the upcoming Planet Green TV channel (the renamed Discovery Home Channel)

08/04 ‘Green hot list’, Allure, April 2008, p. 100
Summer Rayne Oakes on green hot list, giving Allure the low-down on what she’s wearing

08/03/28 McQuillan: ‘Feet first’, The Irish Times, March 28, 2008
The Irish Times’ fashion editor Deirdre McQuillian goes to South Africa to look at the TOMS venture to distribute 50,000 shoes—Summer Rayne Oakes part of the group

08/03/27 ‘No brand confusion expected from Jaguar, Land Rover sale to Tata’, Dexinger
Jack Yan says it will be business as usual for Jaguar and Land Rover after sale of the two brands by Ford to Tata

08/03/22 ‘专业舞蹈演员：像舞蹈博物馆’, Epoch Times, March 22, 2008
Stefan Engeseth quoted at Shen Yun—Chinese Spectacular

08/03/22 Saunders: ‘Party people’, Sunday Star–Times, ‘About Town’ supplement, March 22, 2008, p. 6
Jack Yan photographed at Bendon store launch in Wellington, New Zealand

08/03/22 Glucina: ‘Bendon geishas’, Herald on Sunday, March 22, 2008
Jack Yan and Casimira Kerr photographed at Bendon store launch in Wellington, New Zealand