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February 2010

Photographing the Pecha Kucha Night St. Louis Benefit for Haiti

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.

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February 2010

Still Buzzed about the BUZZ List

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!

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January 2010

Pecha Kucha Night Roars into STL

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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.

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January 2010

Pecha Kucha Saint Louis!

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

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January 2010

Geoff Hits the Newsstands

TOKY’s Associate Creative Director and photographer Geoff Story got the last word in the January 2010 St. Louis Magazine. Geoff’s collection of antique glass slides turned up a mysterious and silent little beauty, which the magazine ran on its “Flashback” page. TreeBoyLR

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January 2010

Eric Joins Board of Directors of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

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

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December 2009

TOKY’s Liz Mohl Featured in Design Annual

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!!

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December 2009

The TOKY Holiday Party

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

Photo Friday: Isaac Kingston

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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.

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October 2009

Photo Friday: Katy’s Wedding!

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Client: Katy Fischer! (Sr. Print Designer at TOKY). Congratulations Katy!
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‘Photo Friday’ is a weekly showcase of the photography work by TOKY Branding + Design’s Associate Creative Director, Geoff Story.

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October 2009

Urban Alchemy Screenprinting

For the promotion of the upcoming opening of Urban Alchemy/Gordon Matta-Clark, TOKY helped the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts implement a guerrilla marketing campaign, printing advertisements on scraps of debris (ceiling tiles, drywall, wood, wallpaper, etc.) and scattered them around St. Louis. Printing was done by the hands of our friends at the Pulitzer, which were printed at a local print shop, All Along Press.

The opening for the exhibition is this Friday, October 30th from 5-9pm. (more info/rsvp)

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Rachel ( from the Pulitzer) holds up a sample.

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Amy ( from the Pulitzer) testing out the screen.

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The invite placed amongst the media.

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October 2009

TOKY Designers Contribute Work to 3rd Annual ArtFix Art Auction

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The 3rd Annual ArtFix event is coming up this November 21st, and we’re pretty excited to announce that five TOKY designers will be contributing art to benefit Rebuilding Together – Saint Louis. Katy, Kirsten, Jay, Dan and Geoff will be contributing work for the auction and the money raised will all benefit elderly and disabled people’s homes that are in need of repair. TOKY designed the identity for the event several years back.

Tickets for the event are $35 per person and are available to purchase from the website:
http://www.artfixstl.com

See you there!

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September 2009

Presentation at the Association of Midwest Museums Conference

The Annual Conference for the Association of Midwest Museums is coming up in St. Paul, Minnesota. Eric will be speaking at this event in a joint presentation with Rachel Gagnon Craft, Communications and Web Manager at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts.

The topic of the presentation is below, and check back following the event for a recap!

Inside Out: Building Broader Audiences Through Public Curation
This presentation will focus on how the curatorial process a part of public dialogue through online documentation. We will discuss details of public-facing blog building, collaborations with artists and institutions, community engagement, staffing and training issues, and how websites can be re-imagined to become the nexus point for information.

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