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Discipline - multimedia
Killswitch was hired by Hoffman York and the Wisconsin Lottery to execute the development of the Lottery's newest, online ad campaign. This campaign takes the realm of the online ad campaign to a new level with 3 synched ad units working together to introduce the lottery's Casino Game Book. The top ad unit housed 3 reels and a coin slot from a slot machine. Another unit underneath housed a lever that when pulled, drops chips out of the top coin slot, they tumble down over the web page itself and fall into the lower unit that housed the lever, stacking up in various piles. The Casino Game Book slides up from behind the piles of chips and the advertisement ends with the Wisconsin Lottery logo.
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Discipline - print
Killswitch loves to represent the West Side (of Chicago) when we can, and we had just such an opportunity when the Wicker Park & Bucktown Chamber of Commerce approached us to create this walking map. The map was included as an insert in an issue of TimeOut Chicago, so beyond serving as a guide for those walking the streets of the two neighborhoods, it needed to fit seamlessly with the motif of the hip monthly. The end result is a fun, accurate and visually engaging map that reflects the ambiance of Wicker Park & Bucktown. -
Discipline - web
MiddleSeatBlues is a website built by Killswitch for Concur with the goal of bringing business travelers together to share their travel stories and help each other out when they’re on a trip and in a jam. The goal of this project was not to simply create a social network for business travelers, but to create a network that offered business travelers tools that they would find indispensable when planning trips and actually traveling. To do this, Killswitch worked with Concur to identify what features MiddleseatBlues would offer that would be unique to the site and how to present information in a way that separated the site from other travel-orientated sites. Our solution was to allow users to rate nearly everything on the site, beyond just the restaurants, hotels and airlines. Users can rate other users, or “heroes” blog articles, “True Travel Stories” and photos. The rating system allows for the highlighting of exceptional content and, eventually, the site itself will be able to make suggestions to users. -
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.
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Cheers to New BeginningsKillswitch is starting off the new year on the right foot. With new work blooming and the office back to full speed ahead, there is lots to be excited about this month. We are proud to announce the new Jenner & Block website has officially launched and the result is an outstanding product. In a collaborative effort with Faust Ltd, the design firm on the project, we managed to surpass expectations of what a law firm website should and could be. View Project + Fall Wrap UpThe Killswitch office has been very focused and hard at work in the past couple of months, working on redesigning and developing the new getschooled.com (which launched in August). Get Schooled is a non-profit organization that is aimed at engaging young people in activities to improve overall high school graduation rates and college success rates. View Project + |
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