About the Company - Studio 2108 LLC

Studio 2108 LLC is a professional graphic design, website design, website hosting and search engine optimization (SEO) company.

Wayne has been in business as a graphic designer in St. Louis since 1996 and has been offering clients a wide variety of professional graphic design, web site design and web site hosting and maintenance for over for over 19 years.

We are located at: 1808 Chouteau Avenue - located on the northern edge of Historic Lafayette Square - St Louis MO. Wayne has signed a 5 year lease for a new office space that is larger and that is designed to fit our needs.

In 1999, Wayne expanded his Freelance graphic design business and started a graphic design, web design and web hosting company by the name of Studio 2108 while working out of his house located at 2108 Lafayette Ave. After being in business as Studio 2108 since 1999 and achieving such high search engine rankings with the domain name studio2108.com it is too late to rename the company - see photos of the office space.

Where did the numbers 2108 come from? Click here to find out.

Meet the staff

Wayne M. White - As Owner/Creative Director - Wayne has over 19 years of graphic design experience - helping clients with the following items for printed graphic design projects: digital photography, hang tags, logos, stationery, brochures, post cards, house tour posters for local neighborhood events, event t-shirts, catalogs, package design and flyers for a wide variety of companies and businesses. Overseeing the printing for clients is also included for every printed project.

In addition to graphic design, Wayne has over 10 years of website design, website development and website hosting experience - completing everything for website needs from custom designed banners ads, flash animation, interactive flash projects, custom designed website, html newsletters, html e-mails, shopping carts and web hosting for a wide variety of companies. Wayne currently manages/maintains over 100 website's that are hosted by Studio 2108 on a dedicated web server located out of state (not subject to St. Louis black outs/power loses).

Wayne also has over 14 years of graphic design experience in the Sporting Goods Industry - completing everything for graphic design needs from line drawing illustrations of athletic uniforms, digital photography, hang tags, logos, neck labels, locker labels, stationery, html newsletter, web site, catalogs, package design and flyers for the following companies: TAG & TAG Team Uniforms, Rawlings & Legends Athletic (where Wayne met and worked for the owners of TAG Team Uniforms 14 years ago).

Wayne has been in business as a graphic designer for 13 years in St. Louis, MO and previously resided in Kansas City, Missouri after graduating with a BFA degree in Graphic Design/Illustration from Kansas State University in December 1992.

Wayne remains to be on the cutting edge of professional graphic design and web design while focusing on client satisfaction.

Jenny M. Oughton - As Art Director - Jenny continues to help Wayne/Studio 2108 present and deliver excellent designs for both print and web projects. Jenny helps Wayne with managing and completing all jobs for our clients on a daily basis along with working with co-workers, interns and freelancers.

Jenny started out with Studio 2108 as one of three summer interns during the summer of 2006. Wayne was so impressed by Jenny's talent, skills and work ethic he offered Jenny a job with Studio 2108 to start after graduation May 2007.

Jenny graduated from Truman State University with a BFA in Visual Communication and a BA in Printmaking May 2007 and was hired as Studio 2108's first official employee in May 2007.

Professional Experience

Art Director - FINE ARTS PUBLICATIONS - 2005 - 2007
Truman State University, Kirksville, MO

Fine Arts Publications is a student managed Design Studio for the Division of Fine Arts at Truman State University. It completes all design needs for the art, music, and theatre departments as well as other campus publicity requests. Designers work closely with clients to produce posters, brochures, web sites, and other multimedia projects.

As the Art Director of Fine Arts Publications Jenny oversaw eight designers and their creative processes from concept to pre-press. In addition to managing the studio, she became proficient with time management and designing to a client's specification. She was also responsible for the final design layouts and production of all projects.

Katie Rhea (soon to be Katie Stokes!) - As a Graphic Designer - concepts and develops solutions for the print and web here at Studio2108. New to St. Louis, Katie joins us from the lands of sweet tea, fried chicken and Elvis. She graduated from Auburn University in Auburn, AL in May 2008 with a BFA in graphic design and a minor in Business Administration.

Nate Haskins - As Flash/Web developer - Nate helps Wayne, Jenny and Katie out with flash and database, php ALL WEB & CODING projects. Nate has been helping Studio 2108 since February 2008.

Sarah Thiele - As Graphic Designer - Sarah helps Wayne, Jenny and Katie out with both print and web projects. Sarah has been helping Studio 2108 since June 2007.