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What makes you different is what makes you.

You want a brand philosophy? That’s ours.
We're Contrast & Co., an award-winning brand strategy, design, and digital agency driven to create the smartest, most strikingly different brand experiences on the planet. The brands we create transform organizations, rattle industries, and crush conformity.

Let’s create some contrast.

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We help organizations of all sizes define and express themselves in ways that are unique, motivating, and powerful.

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Brand Strategy & Development

Before a brand is a brand, it is an idea and the set of beliefs that inspired it. During this first phase, we shape the foundational visual, positioning, and messaging signals necessary to tell your organization’s distinct story.

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Brand Activation

In its early stages, a brand is fragile, susceptible to interpretation and manipulation. During the brand activation stage, we apply the brand strategy to specific use cases to ensure it’s consistently perceived by your target audiences.

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Brand Integration

A brand is an exercise in purpose first, consistency second. During the brand integration stage, we accelerate the brand’s growth potential through ongoing creative partnership in order to ensure the original vision persists.

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Dharma Pachner
October 20, 2023

The unique challenges and opportunities of legal branding.

Why focus our efforts on law firm branding? That’s easy. Because it’s hard. The challenges—and opportunities—in legal sector branding are unlike any other.

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This industry will always be filled with constraints. But real opportunity usually lies deeply buried within the insurmountable, and that is exactly the space you will find us exploring. 

Dharma Pachner, Founder + President

What clients say about our team

Our branding has met with resounding success and
our rally cry has been csited 
in global arenas.
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The final recommendations floored everyone! The direction felt authentic and really captured the look and feel we were looking for.
Executive Director, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
The creatives and operatives at Contrast & Co. successfully activate and enliven brands in sectors least known for creativity, such as law firms.
Director of Marketing & Business Development, Willcox Savage
Contrast & Co.'s team has exceeded all of our expectations; they've listened to our input and created a brand look that feels incredibly personal to us.
Co Founder, Sixth Wing LLC
Contrast unleashed the power of connection by bringing magic to every moment, big and small.
Co-Founder & CEO, Vegetable + Butcher