The Briefing Room

Blue Room, the award-winning creative services agency, continues its expansion with the addition of Senior Designer Chieh Yen to its creative roster, it was announced today by CEO/Executive Producer Chris Gargani.

Chieh Yen comes to Blue Room having spent the last three and a half years as Senior Designer at post facility mad.house nyc where he worked on advertising, broadcast and film projects for clients including 2K Games, Advil, Canon, CitiBank, Electrolux, LG Electronics, Red Bull, Subway, Verizon, W Hotels, Macy’s, JCPenny, Fisher Price, NFL, HBO, FUSE Network, Food Network, and TV Land, among others.

From 2004 through 2007, Yen periodically freelanced as an art director/designer for a number of New York-based companies. He created branding design for Zooz, a non-profit community-building organization. For video content creators, United Vision, Yen created graphics and a video for Chicago house music DJ Bad Boy Bill’s American tour Behind the Desks, a live mix concert album, CD and DVD (for which Yen earned both a Telly and a Davey Award for Art Direction). Also through UV, he created live visual graphics and animations for DJ Vice, DJ Irie, DJ OB-1, DJ Echo, DJ Roctakon, DJ Big Syphe and DJ Eric D-Lux and their management company Skam Artists, and a graphics package for Bad Ass Bitches Vol. 2. He branded Nolita Films and created medical DVD sets, including DVD menu and packaging design, for their clients ZYVOX® and EXUBERA®. He worked on two short animations for Scion and their 2007 car models. And, finally for editorial house Redcar NYC, he worked on a variety of advertising and film projects including spots for Gucci and Verizon Espanol.

“Chieh is a design-sharpshooter, bringing a hip eye and masterful execution to all aspects of design, motion, and typography. He’s the guy who understands our clients needs before they do,” explained CEO/Executive Producer Chris Gargani.

On his joining the Blue Room team Yen stated, “As a creative individual you always want to be challenged, to grow. I learned a lot at mad.house and did many projects with them, but as a designer it was time for me to look for more challenging projects, greater opportunities and to be able to work with a first rate creative team as well.”

Yen joins a design team that includes Creative Director Brian Aumueller and Designers Steve Harper and Jorge Peschiera. To view Chieh Yen’s reel go to http://blueroomnyc.com/chieh/

Chieh Yen completed his Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art at Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester, England and moved stateside to attend Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY) where he earned his Masters of Fine Arts in Computer Graphics and Interactive Media.

Chieh Yen, 30, makes his home in Manhattan.

About Blue Room:

Blue Room, founded in 2002, is an award-winning creative services agency that delivers innovative, attention-grabbing design, motion graphics and production solutions for high profile clients like History, NFL, RCN, Here TV, Versus, and Fuse, among others.

The strong partnership Blue Room has formed with its diverse client base is largely due to the comprehensive services the company provides. From concept development to final delivery, all of the resources one could need can be found in house. That includes: animation, visual effects, live action production, script writing, editorial, and an in-depth understanding of branding strategies.

Blue Room is headquartered at 147 West 24th Street, 4th floor, New York, NY 10011. For additional information, or to see a reel, contact Chris Gargani at chris@blueroomnyc.com or by phone at (212) 243-5141. Visit the Blue Room website at www.blueroomnyc.com

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