The future is something which everyone reaches at a rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. - C.S. Lewis

WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT

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1. A decisive or critical time which a usually significant or notable event is scheduled to take place.
2. A notable time when a vital decision or decisive change must be made.


ZeroHour Studios is a hip little web design and multimedia studio based out of the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago Illinois. We could have been more aptly named ALL Hour Studios due to the fact that we are always working to take your thoughts and ideas from conception to production. Whether its web design, digital brochures, corporate branding, graphic design, print production, logo desogn, or advertising we design each project to maximize overall impact and take you through each process.

ZeroHour Studios Key Competences and Services
  • Website and interface design
  • Flash content development and web design
  • Flash based Digital Brochures
  • API Integration
  • Website Back-end Development
  • Website Ecommerce Solutions
  • Brand Identity and Strategies
  • Existing websites redesign .
  • Logo Makeovers.
  • Freshen up current websites with new design concepts and functionality.

We are a focused design team of two here to reinforce your company's visibility and potential in reaching out to new customers. We work tirelessly to ensure that your website or graphic design project reflects your individuality, target vision, and distinctive identity of your company. Let us develop a strategy that will make you stand out from the rest.

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WEB DESIGN

Our Design Process

DEFINE PROJECT

Feature 1 This first step typically starts with a client briefing to determine what the scope of the job entails. Here our team we will review your thoughts and ideas of what your ultimate vision is for your website or graphic design project. We will also review project timeline, functionality, color schemes, and budget. We will go over web site hosting options and pricing as well.

CONTENT

Feature 1 In this step we will work with you to understand the amount of pages you require for your website as well as the content contained within each. This is where you will supply us with what you want to say to the world. This can include information about your business, services you offer, background history and how visitors can reach you. From here we can develop a website diagram on how your website will flow.

VISUALS & STRUCTURE

Feature 1 Here we will provide you with visual designs and refine the concepts based on your feedback. Once decided on an aesthetic that suits your companies overall look and feel we will move onto the next step.

DEVELOPMENT

Feature 1 Although it still exsists on some machines, please be informed that ZeroHour Studios DOES NOT design websites for Internet Explorer 6 - sorry folks! We design and develop website for new browsers like FireFox, Safari, IE7 and above.

EXAMINATION & ANALYSIS

Feature 1 Here we will test your website for functionality, quality assurance, feedback, analytics (if added) and more. At ZeroHour Studios making you look good means we look good. We rigorously test all our websites to make sure they fit the newest web standards. We offer extras like Google Analytics to help give you overview on what words are being searched for, geographic location, and relevance of your website. We can also assist with Google Adwords to help bring more customers to your website.
We will offer our professional advice on what we see, along what we believe should be modified or added to your website.

LAUNCH

Feature 1 Upon launching your website ZeroHour Studios will continue to help with the steps in Examination and Analysis. This is the part where we will offer even more advice on what we see based on Analytics Statistics. ZeroHour Studios will discuss anything new that we feel is pertinent to content, keyword density, the design, overall layout, or code behind on the website.

BREAKDANCE

Feature 1 Celebrate and dance with us! Bust out your air-flares, hollowbacks, moonwalks, air freezes, 180 dives, or whatever style you prefer. You did it! The task is over, and the journey is about to begin.

LOGO DESIGN


CORPORATE IDENTITY & BRANDING

The old adage, perception is reality couldn't be more true when it comes to your corporate image. The way your company is perceived by the general population hinges heavily on how well put together and thought-out your branding campaign is. The main purpose of a branding campaign is to stand out from your competitors, convey credibility, and to expand loyalty. ZeroHour Studios can help you create that image through high quality logo design, business cards, and stationary.

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Our broad range of capabilities and graphic design experience extends to flyers, brochures, postcards, leave behinds, sell sheets, posters, and custom materials. If you have project in mind, give us a call because chances are, we've done it.

PRINT PRODUCTION & ADVERTISTING

Our eye for design can help you stand out from your competitors. Allow us to take the weight off your shoulders and let us do all the heavy lifting for your next ad campaign, marketing event, magazine layout or in-house project. ZeroHour Studios brings passion to every project we do and want to make every project a remarkable success.

MIXED MEDIA

ABOUT US

BRIAN DINTER

Brian Dinter My name is Brian Dinter and I'm a web designer/developer, artist, dreamer, superhero and part-time Lamaz coach.(kidding) Since I was a child I've always been curious about how things work. This includes the creative process, the technology behind it all and the end result. I've always had a passion for all things artistic and creative and have considered myself an artist for as long as I can remember. I inherited the gift of art from my father and I feel fortunate that his passion for art was passed along to me. I love to design, create, experiment, manipulate, tinker, reverse engineer anything and everything I can get my hands on. From erector sets and door actuators to logo design, web development and design.

Yes, I work in the industry but I don't consider myself a graphic artist. I like to consider myself a multimedia artist, due in part to the fact that I am completely self-taught and have no formal training. I take on every job with a fresh set of eyes and strong work ethic - never satisfied until every detail is as it should be. Challenging projects motivate me. I feel much of what I've learned comes from the challenges I've encountered on some of the more difficult jobs I've worked on and clients I've worked with. With that being said, no project and no client is too big or too small. Whether you are a multi-million dollar company selling thousands of products or a local artist trying to make a name for yourself, I give 110% all the time and do whatever it takes to bring your vision to life.
• Please note that although my picture is scary, I really am a nice guy.

ALLEN PANAKAL

Allen Panakal I am an Artist. Regardless of what I thought I wanted to be or what people expected me to be, I am an Artist. I'm genetically coded for this. Artistic talent runs in my blood. Over the years I've worked in many forms of art and as I grew older I felt a strong attraction to technology as well. Both these reason led me to earn 2 degrees; a Bachelors of Fine Art from the Illinois Institute of Art and the other, a Bachelor of Science in Networking and Communications management from Devry University. I also have Certificates in Digital Graphic Design, Web Development and Flash Actionscripting.

I love to design, draw, paint, sculpt, make music, write, film movies and work on a plethora of other activates that are considered artistic. I suppose I fall into the category of Multimedia Artist or Techno Geek. I mean I could go out on a limb and give myself a title like Multi Techno Artist or how about Techno Artist? Ok, I'll stop. Point is, I do what I do and I do it well.

I started pursuing more freelance, through my own company DeadLast Media, mainly to build my portfolio at first, but now I find it keeps my skills going strong too. The work was great but overwhelming. I had so many potential clients but so little time. After all I was only one person. I have now merged with Brian's company 30NewTwenty to form ZeroHour Studios. This has helped us, not only take on larger projects, but gain even more knowledge from each other. Working with Brian has motivated me to enhance my skills further. To never settle for good enough and strive to achieve greatness with every project we take on. No matter if I'm creating a website for a big name company or a logo design for a small business I will always be dedicated to bringing your vision to fruition.

Referrals

Read what others have said

Here is a small list of some testimonials that we have recieved from our clients.


I would like to give a special shout out to Brian Dinter for re-designing my restaurants' website! It looks AWESOME! I hired Brian to completely re-design and re-create our website. Take a look yourself! GREAT JOB TO BRIAN and his company, Zero Hour Studios!

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- Tammie Brydun Ragan, Joey's of Chicago

Your work ethic and communication was very professional and your attention to detail made the final project look polished.

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- Melinda Joseph, Applus Technologies, Inc.

Allen Panakal is born from the egg of renaissance men, adapting his craftsmanship to entice any circumstance envisioned.

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- Curt Clendenin, Curt Clendenin.com

The service was tremendous; change requests were honored and done very quickly

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- Karen Kurka, Safeguard Basement Technologies, Inc.

DIG IT! Allen created for me an excellent website.

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- Doobie McDonald, DoobieMcdonald.com BAY BEY!

Brian Dinter/ZeroHour Studios was a pleasure to work when it came to creating my website.

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- Joe Ward, Legend Exteriors & Construction

Contact Us

Got a question? Please use the form below for general inquiries and if you should need a quote on a new or existing project please feel free to give us a call or send us a direct email at: [javascript protected email address] we would be happy to discuss it in more detail with you. Thanks!