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Design by Toko is a multidisciplinary design agency specialising in branding, strategy, visual communication and spatial projects. We assist brands, organisations and businesses in creating impactful design solutions.
BNO / AGI
Our poster submission for Algemene Beschouwingen, election posters that matter. Our submission is based on the iconography of Dutch voting ballets. With populism on the rise, we hope voters stay optimistic (considering current difficult times) and opt wisely during elections.
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Bas Schuit (BSA) and Steven Broekhof (Atelier NOU) merged to form Broekhof Schuit Architects, a practice for architecture and urbanism. We designed an identity based on the notion of two becoming one. Project images coming soon.
Light, Space, Place: The Architecture of Robin Gibson.
344 pages of detailed insights into the live and achievements of Australian architect Robin Gibson who built prolifically and at expansive urban scales, and his projects also helped to redefine the culture and identity of the major capital city of Brisbane.
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344 pages of detailed insights into the live and achievements of Australian architect Robin Gibson who built prolifically and at expansive urban scales, and his projects also helped to redefine the culture and identity of the major capital city of Brisbane.
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Reimagine the Result chair, a 1950s classic designed by Friso Kramer and Wim Rietveld for Ahrend. For the campaign and exhibitions, we created a colourful and bold identity channeling the iconic chair and the new contemporary colour palette conceived by HAY.
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Stop war. End poverty and climate change. Invest in Peace.
In light of the unfolding events in Ukraine, Eva created this work, which was sold to the highest bidder with all proceeds going to www.rescue.org
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In light of the unfolding events in Ukraine, Eva created this work, which was sold to the highest bidder with all proceeds going to www.rescue.org
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Design by Toko and Alvin Chan (Superlarge) conceived a mini-conference for Dutch AGI members and invited guests to celebrate creativity and friendships. Erik van Blokland, Lieneke van Campen, Marta Syrko and Jaap Biemans shared some beautiful insights at this very special event.
Signage and wayfinding system for the East Sydney Early Learning and Community Centre in Darlinghurst, Sydney. Our design solution inspired by children's building blocks is playful, functional, relatable, cost-effective and merges architecture and functionality through material and form.
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Design by Toko developed the name, brand strategy and visual identity for Cult following extensive collaborative research and workshops. Cult Design is Australia and New Zealand's leading destination for authentic designer furniture, lighting and accessories, carrying brands like Hay, Magis, Cappellini, Louis Poulsen, Karakter Copenhagen and many more.
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Art movements like minimalism, non-objective, reductive, op and pop-art, concrete, hard-edge and modernism are as relevant as ever, non-conformist and bold but foremost enduring. We presented works from our collection created in the early seventies.
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Identity and online platform for Futurematerials. Futurematerials will be a source of access to materials that can be specified on architectural and interior projects. The platform will launch as a comprehensive resource database and evolve into a consultancy business sharing knowledge for a future-proof and more sustainable future.
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The lifestyle brand Oscar Wylee is thriving and opening stores throughout Australia and Singapore revolutionising the optical market and fast making a name for itself utilising contemporary media.
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Identity for the UNSW Build Environment faculty and exhibition design for the annual Luminocity exhibition showing the next generation of city makers. UNSW Sydney (the University of New South Wales) is one of Australia's leading research and teaching universities.
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Workshopped, Euroluce, Arthur G and Luxmy Furniture commissioned Design by Toko to conceive an installation promoting the Hill Street Precinct as a design destination. We conceived a provoking statement in the shape of a 5-meter-tall bonfire of replicas.
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ShopAround, a creative rep based in Amsterdam and New York, asked us to overhaul their visual identity. We did not wander off far and found a handsome gift in price stickers thereby tapping into the vernacular of the supermarket. The Shop Around identity suite developed consists of several logos in 4 colour ways to be applied freely on agency collateral.
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Lucy written by Judith Neilson is a short story with some punch. A true story about a stray dog barely alive, adopted and eventually a lifesaver. We designed everything but an ordinary book and commissioned Paris-based Icinori for illustrations.
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In collaboration with Unit1, Design by Toko undertook a full visual refresh of the modern Australian fashion brand Trenery, the grown-up sibling to Country Road, including art direction, the re-design of core brand assets, and the online platform.
Identity design for one of the leading commercials production companies in the world 'Revolver". This is Revolver, This is Steve Rogers, This is a Showreel... the prefix 'This is' sits at the core of the visual identity and binds brand assets and doubles as a way of introduction.
For New Zealand-based Formway we designed and conceptualised a very special piece. Besides a brand book introducing the studio, revealing the process, and a product glossary the custom-made large-scale box contains a limited edition artwork.
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Brand identity for Sydney-based studio for architecture. Our approach was immediate but elegant, the rotated L represents both the lintel and the adventurous and supportive nature of this newly formed practice.
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Packaging design for Map of the Heart. Founded by Sarah Blair and filmmaker Jeffrey Darling, Map of the Heart draws on their passion for story and understanding that scent is as transporting and intoxicating as words and images.
Gallery by Toko is proud to have presented Eike König’s, arguably one of the most admired creatives in the world today, first artist exhibition down under. On show were Eike's trademark typographic screen-prints and large-scale unique works, all highly loaded and meaningful.
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Packaging design for Richard Harrod's limited edition carafe and Adam Goodrum's limited edition 'Tower' designed to mark the 20-year anniversary of premium furniture retailer Cult.
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Toko’s ‘Lace Revolution’ concept questioned the preconceived notions of lace through the execution of bold and provocative collateral and exhibition design. A truly ‘revolutionary’ identity for an extraordinary exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum.
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Design by Toko’s design direction underpins all Sydney’s Christmas decorations for years to come. Ranging from events and activations for 2018-2022 including the tree itself. The sunny aspect of Sydney’s Christmas informed our creative direction resulting in a concept featuring the unlikely but apt amalgamation of Christmas and beach balls.
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