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We offer our clients design solutions that span the depths of both the digital and print landscapes. We are: Design, Development & Creative Direction from one of Chicago's most dynamic agencies.

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• Discipline - web

  Allston Trading approached Killswitch for a new website earlier in 2010. We worked with them to develop new content for the firm, as well as to provide them with an updated logo and website design. It was a rather simple project for us technically, but really speaks volumes to their new brand look and feel.
  Allston Trading / web

• Discipline - print

  Following our previous catalog campaigns for the Vosges Haut-Chocolat product line, our most recent catalogs for Fall/Winter 2008 consist of five separate catalogs that take on the theme of “travel the world through chocolate.” Colorful collages of people, spices, and icons from locales all across the globe, coupled with stories from Vosges' creator, Katrina Markoff, narrate the ideas and inspirations behind many of the exotic chocolate creations. Organic flourishes, typographic swirls, and fairy-tale-esque narrative elements give these catalogs a fresh, whimsical vibe.
  Vosges Haut-Chocolat Fall/Winter 2008 / print

• Discipline - print

  October 30, 2008 announced the inauguration of Exhibit A, an annual charitable event for the benefit of one of the many non-profit institutions of St. Louis. This year’s Exhibit A event took place in conjunction with the grand opening of architecture firm Cannon Design's new St. Louis offices in a revitalized, historic powerhouse. The concept behind Exhibit A was to auction off original sketches by notable architects around the world and to donate the proceeds to the chosen charity, this year’s selection being De La Salle Middle School in north St. Louis. We worked with Cannon to come up with the name for the event, and once a name was chosen, we developed the Exhibit A logo, along with all postcards, invitations, programs and banners for the event.
  Cannon Design :: Exhibit A / print

• Discipline - web

  Grab your glue gun and your lucite high-heels, and get ready for a new generation of drag superstars. RuPaul's Drag Race, a new reality competition series which features the glamour queen RuPaul herself as host, mentor, and judge, will hit the airwaves with the help of their new casting site, designed and developed by Killswitch. The site allows the done-up and fabulous to sign up as hopefuls and vote for the next superstar drag queen. With a content management system powered by Ruby on Rails, the site combines our unique knowledge of the high traffic site model with the long-term objectives of the client. Sashay, shante, ladies and gentlemen. Visit Website +
  LOGO :: RuPaul's Drag Race / web

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Expanding Your Web Typography Arsenal Use sIFR and Safari Embedded Fonts to expand your Web typography arsenal. Development Automatic Admin Interface with ActsAsAdminable Automatically generate an admin interface for all your oddball, non-model site content. Development Researching Training Options You have your new killer app, now what? Time to research ways to train your staff. Research Organized Logs with LogCabin Free yourself from tedious searching in production.log by using LogCabin to organize your log files. Development + More From Our Blog	Sunny with a chance of Productivity Finally spring has sprung in Chicagoland! The weather is getting warmer and we're all settled in our new office. Big Changes The Killswitch Collective is gearing up for some big changes this month! Check out February's news for the scoop! + MORE FROM OUR NEWS	Killswitch Tweets via @PSFK Pantone Unveils 336 New Colors: http://t.co/hqdyqmT1 Posted 12:43 PM on 04/24/2012 via @neatorama Hokusai’s The Great Wave Painted Using Coke: http://t.co/LoI1J335 Posted 10:05 AM on 04/24/2012 + Follow us on Twitter + Download our Twitter Skins Interview: Scenes from Behind the Wheel Killswitch had the pleasure of interviewing Artist and former Chicago Cab driverDmitry Samarov. Click here to read more. + Read More