April 2010
Recently, we launched a site for Metro Transit in St. Louis as part of the continuing “I’m On Board with Metro” campaign. As one small facet of this large branding campaign, we helped Metro tell the story of why Transit is so important for the region, despite whether you use it or not. The site shares the stories of seven Metro users to demonstrate that a vital public transit system is critical for the region’s economic well-being. For this site, we designed and directed the site and animation, as well as photographed all of the riders and locations. In addition, we produced the three videos featured on the site, one featured below.
Launch I’m On Board with Metro
And hey that looks like our own Becky Voboril in this video!
Special thanks to our friends at Driftlab for working with us on the development, as well as Hired Gun & 90 Degrees West for their expertise in filming and editing the videos.
April 2010
TOKY had a great night at the 15th Annual American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Juried Design Show last night.
We took home Best of Show for the “Stranger Than Fiction” invitation we did for the St. Louis Public Library Foundation’s annual gala.
Each of the three judges also chose one personal favorite for a “Judge’s Choice” award; we took two out of the three awards given.
The view book we wrote and designed for John Burroughs School was honored by judge Petter Ringbom from New York City’s FLAT Studio, who wrote “The… catalog is an elegant and inviting piece that combines well-composed typography, beautiful photography and ample white space to great effect. The catalog strikes a nice balance between telling personal stories through imagery and more formal texts. My first comment when I saw the piece was ‘I wish I went to that high school’… job well done.”
The 2009 “icon” posters we did for Opera Theatre of Saint Louis were judge Frank Chimero’s choice. He wrote “There’s this thing in design we don’t talk about very often. It’s called idea envy… That’s how I felt when I saw these posters. To the winner go the spoils. Great ideas, great execution, great fit, great posters. Congratulations.”
We also took home 9 other awards:
Metro | “I’m On Board With Metro” web site
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis | 2008 “The Ghosts of Versailles” subscriber poster
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis | Spring Gala “Feather” invitation
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts | “Old Masters: Prisoners at the Pulitzer”
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts | “Urban Alchemy” web site
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts | “Urban Alchemy” guerilla promotion
The Chase Park Plaza | Business Papers Suite
Thinking Cap | Business Papers Suite
St. Louis Public Library Foundation | Capital Campaign Collateral
Last but not least, our own Katy Fischer won the “More With Less” award for her wedding invitation, putting TOKY’s team four-outta-five for the top awards.
Congratulations to all of the TOKY team, our awesome clients and vendors!
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.
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.
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
June 2009
Coasters, posters and POP displays were created by Toky Branding + Design to promote Opera Theatre of Saint Louis’ Spirits of Versailles. This event brings together star mixologists to create exotic cocktails inspired by Opera Theatre’s production of John Corigliano and William M. Hoffman’s The Ghosts of Versailles. Cocktails will be followed by the opera.
Log onto ExperienceOpera.org or the Facebook event page for more details about the June 19th event.
June 2009
On April 30th, 2009 at FK Photo in midtown St. Louis, one hundred St Louisians stepped up to the line and threw their dart at the giant map of St Louis City. They then had a month to visit the block where their dart landed and make a photograph. Two TOKY designers stepped up to the line and entered their shots (below).
Click here to see all of the photos from the event, or read more at the FK Photo Blog.
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Geoff Story at 39th and Folsom:
Jay David at 20th and Clark:
May 2009
Client: Brown School of Social Work/ Social Impact Magazine
Title: Mayor of East St. Louis Alvin Parks
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‘Photo Friday’ is a weekly showcase of the photography work by TOKY Branding + Design’s Associate Creative Director, Geoff Story.
April 2009
Recent reviews regarding the Old Masters at the Pulitzer Web site launched weeks ago:
“The Pulitzer is currently showing Ideal (Dis-)Placements, Old Masters at the Pulitzer. It’s been up since October and it’s received rave reviews. The Pulitzer has just launched the show’s website. No one does single-shows-in-space websites better than the Pulitzer (witness: Dan Flavin, Water) and I wouldn’t miss a one of ‘em.”
Tyler Green, Modern Art Notes
”The show has been up since October…but it is now accompanied by a fascinating, elegant and in many ways exemplary online catalogue… This show — perhaps even more than most — needs to be experienced in the space and light of the real world. But the website offers its own richly involving experience, balancing looking, listening, reading — and looking again.”
John Wyver, Illuminations
The exhibition is currently running through June 20th, so don’t miss this before it is gone forever. More information on the exhibit can be found at the Old Masters Web site or the exhibition site at Pulitzerarts.org
January 2009
Graphis Design Annual 2008
The Private Residences at The Chase Park Plaza
Graphis Branding 5
Identity and marketing for downtown St. Louis’ Mercantile Exchange district
Graphis Brochures 6
Season ticket brochure for Opera Theatre
Also contains quote from Eric Thoelke on back cover
Graphis Posters 2007
Two Opera Theatre Posters
Graphis Logo Design 7
Opera Theatre
Downtown St. Louis’ Mercantile Exchange
Graphis Letterhead 7
Hill Investment Group Business Papers
January 2009
We’ve just heard that the Metro Board of Directors has finally awarded the contract for all the promotion, advertising and branding for the Arch, the Arch Museum and all the other properties (Old Courthouse, Old Cathedral, Helicopter Rides, and Riverfront) to the team of TOKY and Standing Partnership.
