Light the flaming cheese! Killian & Company moved to Chicago's hip and hot Greektown. We packed up our computers, pencils, and other weapons of mass persuasion, and relocated.

What made us migrate?
Food! Weary of hiking to lunch, we took off for tastier terrain. As the map suggests, we're a 5-minute walk to 20+ good restaurants. (Great for creativity, bad for the waistline.) But ... we will admit there was more to our move than menus.

For one thing, we're almost totally paperless. Electrons just don't fill up storerooms and file cabinets as they used to: a year's worth of ones and zeroes – text, digital video, accounting, everything – fits on a disk drive. No need for a library either. Or drawing boards, spray booths, exacto knives and other antiques.

It’s another brick and timber loft, but with better parking, a shorter run to the airports, and even higher ceilings (17 feet vs. a mere 12) - to promote even loftier thinking.

Our philosophy's still a classic.
We're in our 21st year of helping clients build powerful brands: helping each one deploy a unique combination of Brand Assets to become more visible, more differentiated, and more relevant than all their competitors. Stronger brands = increased sales and margins = higher profits = long-term agency relationships = mission accomplished.

The offices have a wide-open space plan (no cubes, thanks), a sloping purple wall, and a 17-foot-high phone booth (seriously), but some things remain the same: our phone number, our web address, and our passionate pursuit of client success.

 

It's not that we got stale after looking at the lake and the river in three different decades, but a creatively driven organization needs change to keep the juices flowing. That logic is bearing up.

When you come to visit us, part of the fun is a neighborhood with bouzouki music, stuffed grape leaves, ouzo and charcoal-grilled octopus, not to mention some of the less-nasty Greek wines. Would you like directions by car or train? Or, perhaps by flying saucer? More fun than the 'hood is the creative work, which (like saganaki) continues to be combustible, disruptive, and effective.

For your continued support, as our new neighbors say,