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= Tin Yen = Tin Yen is an american graphic designer. He co-founded and worked as creative director for Yolk Magazine, a magazine published from 1994-2004 that gained recognition for its representation of Asian American youth culture.

Education and early career
Tin Yen majored in art at UCLA and graduated in 1987.

Although Tin Yen is most known for his work with Yolk Magazine, he also had success on his own as a graphic designer prior to founding the Magazine. He worked for Saul Bass for four years and also was the graphic designer for Lawry's Mexican Food and spices.

Contributions to Yolk Magazine
Tin Yen and Tommy Tam founded Yolk Magazine in 1994. The original staff of the magazine included Philip Chung and Larry Tazuma as editors and Amy Lee Tu as the financial director. The magazine reached around 45,000 readers nationwide. Tin Yen worked as the creative director of the magazine until 2000. He created the logo and masthead for the magazine and also was responsible for creating the proofs and general look for the magazine.

Artistic technique
Tin Yen worked with time-intensive techniques to create the graphic design for the magazine. For example, to create the proofs he would split the film into its different CMYK layers. These layers were then physically laid on top of one another so he could test how the magazine would look when printed. He described his vision for the magazine to the Los Angeles Times as " young, bold, experimental and irreverent".