The Partners...

Joseph Ven Garay Dumadag is a product of the University of the Philippines in Diliman (Landscape Architecture) and the University of Santo Tomas (Fine Arts Major in Advertising Arts). A graphic artist, he has won in many design and painting competitions (Rotary Club Makati, Levi's Jeans, Philippine Association of Landscape Architects, etc.). He was the chief proponent of Bank of Ideas, Bohol's first advertising firm. As chief designer of Attica International, the fashion jewelries he fabricated were exported to several countries abroad. He also worked as Product Development Design Consultant at the Department of Trade and Industry. He taught Advertising Arts for five years at University of San Carlos' Architecture and Fine Arts Department, and briefly at the University of Bohol. He recently concluded an 8-year stint with the urban and environmental planning firm EGD Lopez and Partners based at the Philippine Stock Exchange Center in Ortigas, whose bill of projects includes the Peninsula de Punta Fuego, Canyon Woods, Kawayan Cove, Lima Land, Xavier Estates, among others. He is the Senior Creative Partner of Blue Grass Project.









Michael Regis Yu attended the University of San Carlos (Commerce, Major in Accounting). He is also a graduate of ABS-CBN Manila's Center for Communication Arts Inc. and completed a gourmet cooking program with the International Correspondence School of Scranton, Pennsylvania. A consistent dean's lister, he topped the search for Cebu's Most Outstanding Graduates and was a Kiwanis International full scholar. He was the editor of Vistas Magazine, the Sunday insert of Sunstar Daily Cebu and wrote a lifestyle and leisure column in the same widely circulated paper while still in school. He edited the entertainment and society sections of Sunstar Manila (print and online) and was its news editor for 4 years. He regularly writes the column Island Blend in Bohol Chronicle's Lifestyle Bohol section. He held marketing, advertising and promotions positions at Penshoppe and Rustan's. As a publicist for Sony Music Philippines for five years, he has interviewed the likes of Sting, Julio Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias, Alanis Morrisette, Mandy Moore, Kenny Rankin, Savage Garden, Offspring, Coco Lee, Martin Sheen, Rob Schneider, Earth, Wind and Fire, etc. He is an active advocate of Greenpeace International and the Jimmy Carter Habitat for Humanity Mission. He is the Managing Partner of Blue Grass Project.