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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 - branding

  ZS Associates sought a single identity mark that would represent the range of products in their software suite, all of which deal with a variety of sales and marketing issues. The final mark expresses elegance, action, precision, and advancement (all qualities of successful marketing techniques), as well as the history of a javelin as an object in motion. The forward trajectory shows the driving movement of the sales process, while the positive lean references successful outcomes. The identity was designed in colors that work well with current company collateral.
  ZS Associates :: Javelin / branding

• Discipline - web

  Total Immersion, one of the industry’s leading Augmented Reality (AR) firms, approached Killswitch for our services in partnering on the development of a microsite for Disney's Halloween Nights. The task was to develop a user experience that served as an interactive “Mirror On The Wall" application. Killswitch designed and built the user module where Villains are selected by the user. After a Villain is selected, Total Immersion's Augmented Reality plug-in appears. An illustrated mask for the selected Villain is transposed onto the users face and their hands are captured and used in real-time on the screen to play a series of games.
  Disney :: Halloween Time / web

• Discipline - web

  We collaborated with Pitchfork before their site relaunch to help them come up with ways to make their content-heavy site more organized. The challenge was to re-imagine the home page, re-work the Pitchfork.tv section, develop better sidebars and help them create new ways to distribute and show content. We worked closely with the Pitchfork team to find a good balance and clear hierarchy in terms of showcasing a lot of different types of content in ways that are clean, well-organized and compelling. We felt users should be able to find reviews of their favorite artists quickly, discover new music easily and keep up on the latest entertainment news. Scroll down to take a look at what we came up with!
  Pitchfork Redesign / web

• Discipline - print

  New York-based artist Monika Weiss' exhibition catalogue "Monika Weiss: Vessels" was published in 2004 by Chelsea Art Museum in New York. "Monika Weiss: Vessels" included installation "Limen Meadow" in collaboration with Stephen Vitiello, video and sound sculpture "White Chaclie (Ennoia)," series of drawings, and video documentation of earlier works. The exhibition was curated by Nina Colosi. We created a simple and clean design intended to showcase her work and create interest in her show.
  Monika Weiss :: Vessels / print

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