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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

  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 - broadcast

  Akash Khokha, Killswitch's Executive Producer, produced this spot with the assistance of some of the best editors and directors in the business. Conceptually the commercial highlights the traditional Wyoming experience and lures potential tourists to this amazing destination state. View Spot +
  Wyoming Tourism :: Promotional Spot / broadcast

• Discipline - multimedia

  Killswitch was hired by Hoffman York and the Wisconsin Lottery to execute the creative storyboards and development of the Lottery's newest, online ad campaign. Killswitch set the tone with the creative while receiving creative direction from Hoffman York and worked closely with Digital Kitchen to ensure the web experience matched the TV experience. This campaign consisted of a variety of word plays on the "Powerball" brand and had the goal in mind of educating the consumer on the latest lottery jackpot amount. Jackpots are updated in real-time in the banners using an XML strategy that is integrated with feedburner. These interactive, web-ready Flash advertisements will run in various sizes throughout a number of different networks this Fall.
  Wisconsin Lottery :: Flash Banner Campaign / multimedia

• Discipline - multimedia

  In conjunction with Killswitch's design of the 2010 quarterly course catalog covers for The University of California at San Diego's Extension program, we executed four sets of corresponding flash banners for the UCSD Extension website that reflected both the appropriate season and a series of correlating themes: "Assuring a Globally Competitive Talent Pool," "Improving the Quality of Life," "Fostering Community-Building Conversations" and "Accelerating Economic Vitality." The catalogs we designed illustrate four themes, one for each quarter. In our exploration of a fresh, unique approach that UCSD Extension had not done in the past, Killswitch decided to illustrate each theme with an abstract watercolor painting. For the web, we took these watercolors and animated them in a way that blends well with the watercolor theme, yet also reinforces the theme for each quarter. The end result is a set of artistic and colorful creations that evoke a fun, musical vibe, yet reinforce the ideas of community, competition, conversation and growth.
  UCSD Extension :: Quarterly Website Banners / multimedia

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