February 2010
The site we developed for Saint Louis University’s Parks College of Engineering went live Friday. Following on the heels of our well-received Parks view book, we worked hand in hand with the SLU Parks team pulling off one of the largest, most complex sites we’ve ever designed and developed. And it’s all the better that, like McCarthy.com, it’s built on TOKY’s proprietary MYOS Content Management System, making it faster and easier for the SLU team to update. Great work by Jay, Tyler, Melissa, Kathy, Jacob, and the rest of the TOKY web team!
February 2010
Mary and I are still buzzed about making ALIVE Magazine’s BUZZ list for Midtown Alley, our not-quite-downtown urban neighborhood. We’ve been lucky to find a part of our city that’s ready for rebirth as that most elusive of alchemies: the residential/creative/dining destination that still manages to be free of pretension, over-investment by love-em-and-leave-em investors, or suburban chains. Mary and I, along with our friend Jassen Johnson and many of our neighbors, were wined and dined Friday night at ALIVE’s Buzz-fete. Join us in the neighborhood that’s been called St. Louis best restaurant district!
February 2010
From ABC News:
St. Louis, the city of red-brick, 19th century architectural jewels and diverse neighborhoods, has been named one of this year’s Dozen Distinctive Destinations by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The National Trust announced the winners of the annual contest Wednesday, but for the first time, the organization also invited the public to pick a “fan favorite” by voting online through Feb. 28 at http://www.PreservationNation.org/ddd.
Communities are chosen on the basis of their ability to “offer cultural and recreational experiences different from those found at the typical vacation destination,” the organization said. Dynamic downtowns, stunning architecture, cultural diversity and a commitment to historic preservation are among the criteria.
February 2010
We recently launched the online catalogue for the current Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts exhibit Urban Alchemy: Gordon Matta-Clark. This site serves as a permanent archive of the exhibition and how it relates to the space designed by Tadao Ando. TOKY designed and developed the site, outdoor pole banners, and some promotional materials for the event.
Visit the site: http://mattaclark.pulitzerarts.org/
January 2010
The first Pecha Kucha Night in St. Loo was an electrifying success tonight at BRIDGE, the new downtown (and under downtown) nightspot. Organized by members of HOK Architects, TOKY, Switch and lots of other great folks, the evening gathered a standing-room-only crowd (beyond the fire marshal’s liking) to listen to 14 great presenters talk about how to move our region forward. The beer was great, the conversation wonderful, the passion evident, the sparks tangible. Let’s do it again February 20 in a PK Night for Haiti. See pkstl.com for details.
January 2010
TOKY work has been nominated for 16 Addys in this year’s Ad Club of St. Louis “best of” review.
For us, the cool part is that we were nominated in so many different categories, for doing so many different kinds of things: web sites, print brochures, brand identity, photography, high-end invitations and holiday cards, posters and video storytelling.
Here’s a list of our nominations:
See you February 18th at the awards ceremony!
January 2010
TOKY will be included in “Typography 31″, the annual review of the Type Director’s Club, the leading international organization whose purpose is to support excellence in typography, both in print and on screen. We’re in with the banners that TOKY’s Katy Fischer created for the Saint Louis Public Library, art directing LA artist Noah Woods. This latest honor means that our Library work has now led to a regional Addy, a silver National Addy, Graphis Design annual, PRINT Design Annual, TDC Annual and AIGA-STL show wins. See more on TOKY’s Flickr set.
January 2010
Pecha Kucha is coming to Saint Louis! Look for many of us at TOKY to be there, and our own John Foster will be one of the presenters, talking about his collection of Accidental Mysteries. Each presenter gets 20 slides, at 20 seconds each, to talk about their big ideas or creative outlets.
The event is January 28th, at the Foundation in downtown St. Louis. Show up early, this event is limited to the first 200 people!
For more information, visit pkstl.com
January 2010
We got an emailed call for entries for the 2011 Design Annual from international design publishing powerhouse GRAPHIS this week, and it took us all of a few nanoseconds to realize that the image they were using to promote the 2010 Design Annual was one of our pieces. Specifically, it’s one of the banners we designed (and Noah Woods illustrated) for the St. Louis Public Library Foundation. The attaboys started rolling in from our friends and colleagues across the country, which made all of us in our humble loft in Midtown St. Loo feel very worldly indeed. Thanks, Graphis!
January 2010
I’m honored to have joined the Board of Directors of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. The Contemporary has long been a friend of TOKY, and we’ve spent a great deal of effort over the last several years in helping them promote their various fundraising efforts. Joining their Board will, I hope, allow us to make even more progress to help this vital institution gain the support and recognition it deserves in St. Louis, in the Midwest, and in the world of contemporary art. Check them out at www.contemporarystl.org
December 2009
Another year down! We all got together upstairs above Baileys’ Chocolate Bar last week and celebrated one wild year…
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November 2009
Brad & Maddie Maglinger (TOKY Account Manager) announce the arrival of their second child, Isaac Kingston. Congrats!
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‘Photo Friday’ is usually a weekly showcase of the photography work by TOKY Branding + Design’s Associate Creative Director, Geoff Story. But this week he gets to sit this one out.
November 2009
Last night RISD President John Maeda gave a talk on creative leadership at Washington University on the eve of his birthday.
Maeda delivered an inspiring talk as expected. He spoke of the importance of real in a flat, pixelated, digital world. Dr. Maeda described how critical thinking in design (problem solving) and art (question asking) can be applied to leadership. Once again proving that design can save the world.
John Maeda is a quirky little guy, with a great sense of humor and enthusiasm. I highly recommend you check him out.
Last night was the kickoff of a series of talks called Economies: Art+Architecture put on by the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.
