February 2010
Pecha Kucha Night once again made an appearance in St. Louis last Saturday, February 20th. This time the night was a bit unique, because the theme of the night was to highlight “creativity in light of tragedy” while also showcasing some of the lesser-known creative charitable organizations in the region. The evening was part of a greater global Pecha-Kucha night where over 50 cities participated. All proceeds from the evening went to Architecture for Humanity’s rebuilding efforts in Haiti.
It’s great to see a night where so many people can share ideas and inspire others. There’s a lot of great talent, good ideas, and people doing interesting things in this town to have these events more often than not, and we’re looking forward to the next PK night later this spring.
TOKY Associate Creative Director and Photographer Geoff Story volunteered his time and talent that night to capture the event, below are some highlights from the night. More can be found at Flickr.com
Donate to the PechaKucha for Haiti Fund from the PKSTL.com site. All proceeds go directly to Architecture for Humanity 501(c) and will be used solely to build buildings. Design work has already been paid for by donations.
February 2010
Recently the National AIGA updated its massive Design Archives web site. Now the site makes it easier to sort, search and create your own collection from over 20,000 selections in the last 80+ years. While at first glance some may think it may have lost a little sex appeal, when digging a bit deeper the tools built into this make up for it.
It’s nice to see such a large archive of works move away from the previous all Flash experience. The new site has much smarter search and sort methods, resizable thumbnails, its easier to share and easier to find specific works online.
AIGA Design Archives is one of the richest online resources available to those who practice, study and appreciate great design. It represents the quality of work being created, as well as shifting aesthetics and sensibilities of the designers of the day. Included in this resource are more than 20,000 selections from AIGA’s annual juried design competitions dating from 1924 through the present.
A look back at TOKY in the AIGA Design Archives
2008 Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts: Dan Flavin Web Catalogue
2004 FK Photo
1990 Demo Tape Label, “Street of Dreams”
1990 Stroube
1990 Wedding Invitation Pairs
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 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
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
The new HOW Magazine “In-House Design Awards” Annual competition features a book for Perkins+Will architects that TOKY Senior Designer Liz Mohl created last year. Liz designed the book while in P+W’s Chicago-based design department, before moving to St. Louis and landing at TOKY. Way to go, Liz!!
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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September 2009
We hope you can make it! The neighborhood we’ve called home for the last few years is all grown up, and there’s nothing like closing down the street and throwing a party to celebrate!
Saturday Evening September 26th
For more information click the image above or go to midtownalley.com
We’ll see you there!
July 2009
http://www.vimeo.com/5807828
We’ve recently completed design, development and install of new digital signage at the St. Louis International Airport. Using existing glass walls and interactive touch foil, we created 3 experiences for visitors to explore the arch ground activities. 4 weeks from concept this was up and running, just in time for the All-Star Game traffic. Take look if you’re coming in town or heading out, it will be on display until the end of the year.
June 2009
Graphis has been pretty good to us in the past, and 2010 is off to a good start. We’ve just learned that the banners we designed for the St. Louis Central Library will be included in the 2010 Graphis Design Annual. Click here to see the full list of winners, and see images of the winning work below.
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Illustration by Noah Woods
May 2009
TOKY will take home two National ADDY awards in the upcoming AAF National Conference in Washington D.C.! Out of the 4 regional winners, our card for the St. Louis Library Foundation and web site for Dan Flavin: Constructed Light went on to win in the National awards. Only five National awards were awarded to St. Louis firms.
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Updated:
2 Silver awards! Click here to see the full list of winners.
