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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.

Featured Projects

• Discipline - web

  In our second project with a Lightbank-funded startup, Killswitch was hired to design a travel deal site for the Facebook community's ever-popular Where I've Been. As their Facebook application, which allows you to let the world know where you come from, where you've been and where you want to go, has become hugely successful, the Where I've Been crew has taken things to a new level. Now that they know where their users want to travel, they've come up with some pretty sweet deals to bring those experiences to life. Below are a few designs we came up with which give each type of destination its own, unique vibe. Whether you're into rugged adventures, urban getaways or something a little more exotic, Where I've Been has an experience for everyone. Where have you been lately?
  Where I've Been / web

• Discipline - web

  The ArtThread Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides hope and strength for cancer survivors through the merging of art and technology. The foundation works to build a global art-based community by making it possible for people to share and communicate via art. Because of the diverse demographics amongst users, Killswitch designed the foundation website, the ArtThread Interactive Online Gallery, to be expressive, colorful, inviting, and easy to use. We are excited to be a part of something that allows people to experience healing through creative expression. Visit Website +
  ArtThread Foundation :: Online Gallery / web

• 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 - multimedia

  In additional to Killswitch's Team Colors flash banner campaign, NikeID approached us to produce and develop a set of in-store promo videos for purposes of display and brand recognition from within Nike Town's across America. These videos were part of a larger campaign "Before you wear the colors, you have to be a team", which included online advertisements and other materials. View Video 1 + / View Video 2 + / View Video 3 +
  NIKEiD :: Promotional Video Campaign / multimedia

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We Are Into Post-Digital Creation Culture Musings and photos from the Killswitch design team, who travelled to Lisbon for OFFF 2008. Design Super Easy Number Tracking with FatNum.com What's the big, fat number you have to keep track of? Time to give FatNum.com a try! Development Assessment, Containment, Elimination This trouble-shooting method for development testing helps maintain stability and client expectations. Research 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