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Metaphor as Our Sneak Path to Truth

Brand‑building is often framed as a linear exercise—logo, tagline, guidelines, launch—yet the lived experience of a brand is anything but linear. It is felt in heartbeats and muscle memory, in the quiet confidence of a good fit and the rush of belonging. To illuminate that multidimensional journey, we borrow from terrains that, at first glance, […]

Jul 23 2025 by Nancy Lerner in Editorials
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Branding in the Fifth Dimension: A Metaphysical Guide to Multi-Layered Meaning

At Otherwise, we’ve always been drawn to the spaces between disciplines — where metaphor becomes method, and strategy is stretched through unfamiliar dimensions. So today, we ask: What if a brand isn’t a flat identity, but a dimensional construct? It’s easy to think of a brand as a surface: a logo, a voice, a palette, […]

Jul 6 2025 by Nancy Lerner in Editorials
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Popcorn as Metaphor

For the holidays, we gifted our clients the most delicious popcorn we’ve ever tasted. Embedded in the story of these kernels is a metaphor for the New Year.

Oct 20 2011 by Nancy Lerner in Editorials

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Since 1992, as an integrated strategic branding agency and Chicago graphic design firm, Otherwise Incorporated has worked with client companies to develop marketing, branding and rebranding strategies and has implemented those strategies through visual identity design, name development, website design and development, graphic design, marketing communications, marketing collateral, print and digital ad campaigns, digital marketing, social media marketing, signage design, environmental graphics and packaging.

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