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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
August 10, 2023

We're going Federal.

When it comes to real impact, it’s hard to beat the Federal space. As citizens, our daily lives are continually influenced by the underlying actions of Federal agencies. So we’re thrilled to announce our 8(a) status and listing on the GSA schedule.

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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

We exist to create brands that are noticed. Brands that are inspiring. In short, brands that are limitless.

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