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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

  West Coast Fashion Designer Jenni Kayne was unhappy with certain elements of her existing site, including a clunky design and some limitations in functionality. She approached Killswitch with a request for a clean and modern look for her new site. In addition to creating a content management system programmed in Ruby on Rails, we provided a sophisticated look in a black and white color palette. Visit Website +
  Jenni Kayne :: Collection Website / web

• Discipline - print

  Vital Spark is an entrepreneurship that brings simple, effective, and economical services to improve the health and well-being of individuals and organizations. Its services include various programs such as Pilates, Yoga, Nutrition, and Massage. Killswitch assisted the company in establishing a name, created the logo and designed the marketing collateral and website to reflect the vital and healthy spirit of thecompany. The bold logo design and the flourishing illustrations of individuals and nature in tune reflect the wide spectrum of the company’s health services and effectively bridge this new brand with its innovative health concept and the consumer desires in a visually interesting way.
  Vital Spark Collateral / print

• Discipline - web

  Tessoro is an inspiring Minnesota jewelry studio founded by Deborah Bushinski. Moved by the earth, sky and sea of the Mediterranean coast in Spain, her aim is to create art jewelry for every day, every woman. Killswitch designed and built a clean, simple site, with varying gray tones and a strict grid, allowing Deborah's stunning salvaged birchbark jewelry to be the central focus. Users can browse her jewelry either by collection or jewelry type. The variations in photographic approaches for the various page types give the site a fresh, dynamic vibe. Users can browse through products, view details, add them to favorites list, keep up with events and retail locations, and wholesalers can login with their wholesale account and order their selections. Our custom CMS allows Tessoro to easily update the site with new products, new events, new retail locations, and new collections. Visit Website +
  Tessoro Jewelry :: Website / web

• Discipline - print

  Continuing our relationship with The University of California at San Diego, Killswitch was tasked to design four catalog covers for the university's Extension program for the 2010 school year. UCSD requested that the cover art for each quarter reflect both the appropriate season and a series of corresponding themes: "Assuring a Globally Competitive Talent Pool," "Improving the Quality of Life," "Fostering Community-Building Conversations" and "Accelerating Economic Vitality." In our exploration of a fresh, unique approach that UCSD Extension had not done in the past, we decided to illustrate each theme with an abstract watercolor painting. The end result is a set of artistic and colorful creations that evoke a fun and musical vibe that reinforces the ideas of community, competition, conversation and growth.
  UCSD Extension :: Quarterly Catalog Covers / print

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Fencing Off Your CMS with Controller Namespacing Use Rails' Controller Namespacing to separate your Content Management System from a site's front end. Development Assessment, Containment, Elimination This trouble-shooting method for development testing helps maintain stability and client expectations. Research TDD, BDD and Using RSpec Consider the differences between TDD and BDD, and how using RSpec can revolutionize your Rails testing. Development The Social Summer One of the great perks about living in the city of Chicago is the gorgeous summers that always seem to surprise us after the dreadful, long winters. Research + 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