Image 8 Nineteen
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- Founded
- 2010
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About Image 8 Nineteen
Image 8 Nineteen is an American experiential design, motion graphics, and visual production studio based in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Founded around 2010, it creates animated content and interactive visual experiences for concert tours, broadcasts, branded environments, museums, and cultural events. Its work combines visual storytelling with the technical demands of large screens, architectural surfaces, and live performance.
The studio's capabilities span 2D and 3D animation, character animation, visual effects, projection mapping, real-time graphics, and interactive media. Projects can extend from initial visual strategy and art direction through content production, screen management, technical coordination, and onsite delivery. This range supports productions in which imagery must respond to a physical space, a performer, or an audience rather than function solely as a conventional video.
Visuals for live performance
Image 8 Nineteen has produced animated stage content for The Strokes' 2022–2023 worldwide festival appearances and collaborated with director Jon M. Chu on LED screen visuals for Justin Bieber's Believe World Tour and film. Its work for Jennifer Lopez's Feel The Light performance on American Idol used projection mapping to transform a dress into a visual surface. The studio also developed real-time character visuals for Skrillex's Mothership Tour.
Broadcast and event projects include four consecutive years of FOX Networks Group upfront presentations, animated visual packages for Billboard Women in Music, and graphics for Breakthrough Prize ceremonies. In the cultural sector, the studio created the visual content package for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture's 2016 dedication ceremony.
Interactive and spatial work
Beyond performance screens, the studio develops media for installations and experiential environments. Its portfolio includes Hopscotch's Laser Graffiti, an installation that lets visitors create digital artwork on physical walls. Gaming work includes promotional graphics, interface design, and engine assets. Across these formats, the studio connects creative development with production planning and the practical requirements of playback, display systems, and live delivery.
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Leadership and operating model
- Mat Hale is Founder and Creative Director. Catherine “Kitty” Minervini is Studio Director and Co-Founder, and Mehran Torgoley is Executive Producer.
- The studio describes a deliberately small core team that scales through vetted senior creative partners. Regular collaborators include experiential designers Todd Moyer and Rocio Zarate.
Production methods and collaboration
- Its production toolkit includes Unreal Engine, Unity, TouchDesigner, Cinema 4D, and After Effects. For live character work, the report describes an Xsens MVN Animate motion capture suit driving visuals through a pipeline involving 3ds Max, Unreal Engine, and TouchDesigner.
- The studio collaborates with game developer Studio 369 on promotional graphics, interfaces, and engine assets, and with Todd Moyer Design on experiential installations.
Local creative activity
The founders participate in Asbury Park's creative community and public arts initiatives. A 2021 animated music video project also involved a collaboration with local business Last Wave Brewery.
Notable credits
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Where Image 8 Nineteen is based
- 910 3rd Ave, Asbury Park, NJ 07712, USAAsbury Park, New Jersey, United States
Asbury Park office
HeadquartersMain studio and company headquarters.
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