Red canvas sneakers on a bright yellow ground
Three coffee bags with bold geometric packaging on a shelf
A woman walking through a corridor of red light lines
A street wall covered in bright campaign posters
Five coloured perfume bottles in a row on a dark table
A figure draped in white cloth against a dark red backdrop
A pink and cyan painted bike against a concrete wall
Two women by a red car on salt flats at sunset

Independent brand studio · Lisbon / New York

We build brands people stop scrolling for. Identity, campaigns and digital, made by one senior team.

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Campaign

Ruby Run

Ruby Run

Footwear campaign

2026

02

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Identity

Halden Coffee

Halden Coffee

Packaging system

2026

03

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Motion

Signal

Signal

Music video

2025

04

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Print

City Posters

City Posters

Street campaign

2025

05

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Packaging

Eau Atelier

Eau Atelier

Fragrance range

2025

06

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Film

Veil

Veil

Fashion film

2024

07

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Identity

Velo Pink

Velo Pink

Bike brand

2024

08

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Film

Salt Road

Salt Road

Car campaign

2024

OTRA

(01) The studio

We are OTRA,   twelve designers, writers and   directors in two cities. We make brands that people   remember, share and   buy again.

Since 2012

Lisbon + New York

50 brands

launched or relaunched

One team

no hand-offs, no juniors

(03) What we do

Four things, done properly.

Four things, done properly.

We keep the list short on purpose. Every project gets the same senior people from the first call to launch day.

We keep the list short on purpose. Every project gets the same senior people from the first call to launch day.

Screenprint of bold overlapping curves in blue, red, green and yellow

01

Identity

Identity

Names, marks, type and the rules that hold them together, so the brand looks like itself everywhere.

Naming · Logo · Type system · Guidelines

A street wall covered in bright campaign posters

02

Campaigns

Campaigns

Launch ideas that work on a billboard, a phone and a shop window in the same week.

Concept · Art direction · Photo & film · Media kits

Five coloured perfume bottles in a row on a dark table

03

Packaging

Packaging

Boxes, bags and bottles people keep after the product is gone.

Structure · Print · Range design · Retail

Brand identity poster, phone and card laid out on a yellow board

04

Digital

Digital

Websites and apps that feel like the brand, not like a template.

Web design · Framer build · Motion · Content

(04) How a project runs

Ten weeks. Four steps.

Ten weeks. Four steps.

01

Listen

Workshops, interviews and a hard look at the market. We leave with one sentence everyone agrees on.

02

Shape

Three routes, then one. Sketches, type tests and real-world mock-ups, not mood boards.

03

Make

Shoots, systems, files and code. Everything built at once so it all fits on day one.

04

Launch

Guidelines, training and a launch plan. We stay on for the first ninety days.

A design studio at dusk with drafting tables and posters

Weeks 1–2

Sketchbook with line drawings and a white model on concrete

Weeks 3–5

A photo shoot on set with a yellow backdrop and softbox

Weeks 6–9

A street wall covered in bright campaign posters

Week 10

Halden

lumo/bank

velo.

Eau Atelier

Paloma

FORM—BANK

(05) What clients say

Portrait of a woman in a cream shirt against a dark backdrop

“They asked better questions in week one than our last agency did in a year. The new identity paid for itself before launch.”

Ana Ribeiro

Founder, Halden Coffee

Portrait of a woman with short platinum hair in a red shirt

“We gave them a brief for a logo and got a brand our team actually believes in.”

Mei Tanaka

Head of Brand, Lumo Bank

Portrait of a smiling woman in a black turtleneck by a window

“Fast, calm and never precious. The campaign ran in nine cities without a single re-shoot.”

Sara Lindqvist

Marketing Director, Velo

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Tell us what you are making. We reply within two working days, with a person, not a form.

Red canvas sneakers on a bright yellow ground
Three coffee bags with bold geometric packaging on a shelf
A woman walking through a corridor of red light lines
A street wall covered in bright campaign posters
Five coloured perfume bottles in a row on a dark table
A figure draped in white cloth against a dark red backdrop
A pink and cyan painted bike against a concrete wall
Two women by a red car on salt flats at sunset

Lisbon

09:41

Rua das Flores 28

1200-195 Lisboa

New York

04:41

87 Grand Street

New York, NY 10013

Lisbon

09:41

Rua das Flores 28

1200-195 Lisboa

New York

04:41

87 Grand Street

New York, NY 10013

Lisbon

09:41

Rua das Flores 28

1200-195 Lisboa

New York

04:41

87 Grand Street

New York, NY 10013

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