Inside Ostra
Ostra is a 24-person studio that makes brands unforgettable.
Clients served since 2016
Senior-led on every project
Launches a year
Clients who return
Four disciplines, run by one senior team
Brand, motion, art direction and web, planned at one table so every touchpoint looks and sounds like one brand.
Identity systems that earn trust on first sight. We start with an audit of what you already own, then build the logo, icons and guidelines your team can use without calling us every week.
- Logo design
- Brand audit
- Icon systems
- Guidelines
Animation that gives your brand a personality and points people where to look. Ads, product UI and explainers, all moving to one set of rules so the brand feels alive.
- Promos
- UI animation
- Idents
- Explainer
The visual tone that ties print, photography and campaigns together. We write the brief, cast the look and stay on set until every frame feels like yours.
- Campaigns
- Photography
- Concepts
- Print design
Sites that load fast and turn visits into enquiries. Landing pages, web apps and SaaS, designed and built by one team, ready to grow.
- Web apps
- SaaS
- WordPress
- Landing pages
The 2026 showreel
Cut in-house
Made in Lisbon
Track record
Why brands stay
Ostra®
( Founded — 2016™ )
Median conversion uplift
3xMeasured after a web relaunch. We agree one success metric in discovery, then design, build and test against it right up to launch.
Countries we work across
12A Lisbon studio and a remote team across Europe give clients in 12 countries overlapping hours and a weekly review.
/ 003 /Projects
Recent launches, measured in results
Three recent launches for product brands, each with a result the client can count.
001 /Product design
Vela Audio: 3x the pre-orders
Brand and launch site for a brushed-aluminium speaker line. Pre-orders hit three times target.
Scope of work
Brand identity
Launch site
Art direction
Pre-order flow
Brand identity
Launch site
Art direction
Pre-order flow
002 /Hardware
Kiln Lighting: +64% online
Identity and online shop for a burnt-orange desk lamp. Online revenue is up 64% since launch.
Scope of work
Brand system
E-commerce
Product photos
Store build
Brand system
E-commerce
Product photos
Store build
003 /Consumer tech
Hexa Labs: 1.2M film views
A motion launch film and website for a black hex wearable. The film has now passed 1.2M views.
Scope of work
Launch film
Website design
UI animation
Motion system
Launch film
Website design
UI animation
Motion system
Senior design on tap, one monthly fee
Pick a plan, send your first request and see work back within days. Pause or switch tiers anytime; yearly saves 15%.
200+Clients since 2016
Rated 4.9/5 by clients
Starter
For brands that need steady design help, one request at a time.
$4,999/ month
Everything to get going:
Growth
Most popular
For teams shipping campaigns and sites every month, with motion and build included.
$8,999/ month
All of Starter, plus:
Partner
A dedicated Ostra team that works like part of your company.
Custom/ scoped to you
All of Growth, plus:
Client voices
“Ostra rebuilt the Vela Audio brand and launch site in one push. Demand roughly doubled after the relaunch, and the work still feels like us, only sharper and far more sure of itself.”
Elena Rostova, Head of Brand
“Within two weeks the team felt in-house. They learned our lamps, our buyers and our tone, and the new Kiln store showed it: online revenue is up 64% since launch.”
Sam Whitfield, Founder
“Our Hexa Labs launch film went from brief to release in weeks, not months. It passed 1.2M views, and the launch page converted three times better than our last one.”
Kenji Arai, CMO at Hexa
What work do you take on?
Brand identities, websites, motion and art direction for product and consumer brands. Many clients start with one project, then stay on a monthly plan.
How long does a typical project take?
Most take 6 to 11 weeks from discovery to delivery, plus 30 days of support once you launch.
Can we pause or cancel a plan?
Yes. Starter and Growth pause anytime, and yearly billing saves 15% on the monthly rate.
Do you build sites, or only design them?
Both. Our web team builds what we design, so the site you approve is the one that launches, tested and fast.
of clients return for a second project
Journal
Notes from the studio floor
Short, practical reads on brand, web and motion from the people doing the work, with real numbers from real projects.
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