Turtle Labs

Turtle Labs · since 2014

Grow the way nature does: slowly, and for good.

We are building an ecosystem for people who want their career, their business, their life and the way they treat each other to add up to the same thing. Learning, design, growth and honest trade, in one place, because good for people, good for the planet and good for profit were never actually three different goals.

The group behind the work

Why four, and not one

Turtle Labs started in 2014 as a branding and design firm, with one stubborn idea: a business should carry the same responsibility a decent person does.

  • Started 2014. A branding and design firm, on one stubborn idea: a business should carry the same responsibility a decent person does.
  • Grew through the work. 12 years of it, for first-time founders and national institutions alike.
  • Found the gap. Design was only ever a quarter of the answer. People also needed to learn, to build something of their own, and to buy from makers who deserved it.
  • Became a group. Four businesses, one set of standards: learning, growth, design, and trade that is fair to whoever made the thing.
250+brands Impacted since 2014 Branding, design and growth work across 12 years.
5,000+lives Touched by the work Founders, teams, makers and the people they serve.
1,000+products Products and services endorsed Assessed before we put our name anywhere near them.
12years Building since 2014 Started as a design firm. Still designing.
5countries India, UAE, Australia, Singapore, EU Four Indian studios, one way of working.
0trackers On any Turtle Labs site No advertising cookies. Nothing sold on. Ever.

Choose your entry point

One group. Four doors.

Start with the question closest to your life today. They connect, but you only need one to begin.

A Turtle Labs company Running

Make it tough

Turtle Labs Studio

The design practice. Brand strategy, identity, websites and film for people who would rather be understood than explained.

For Founders and teams ready to commission the work, not just discuss it

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A Turtle Labs product Running

Grow it deliberately

BrandOS

Everything the studio knows, turned into something you can run yourself. Start with a free brand score and go as far as you like.

For Small and growing businesses that want the work done, not just advised on

Score your brand free ↗
A Turtle Labs company Taking shape

Know yourself first

Natural Intelligence

Self-awareness, first. How your mind, body and energy actually work, and how to work with them rather than against them.

For Anyone who wants to understand themselves before optimising themselves

Join the waitlist →
A Turtle Labs company Taking shape

Buy it honestly

US - The Useful Store

A marketplace that gives small, impact-driven makers the visibility they have earned, alongside the established names that set the bar.

For Buyers who want products worth owning, and makers worth backing

Register interest →

How it came together

One idea, twelve years, four ways in

Nothing here was a launch plan. Each venture exists because the last one kept running into the same wall.

01 2014

Turtle Labs Studio

We started with design

A branding practice built on one idea: a business should carry the same responsibility a decent person does.

02 2024

BrandOS

Then we made it reachable

Good branding should not need a retainer. So we turned the method into a free score, workbooks and tools anyone can use.

03 2026

Natural Intelligence

Now we are teaching it

Self-awareness before self-improvement. Ayurveda, permaculture and practice, written down and given away.

04 Next

US - The Useful Store

And we are backing the makers

A marketplace where small, impact-driven businesses get the visibility the big brands simply buy.

What we are actually for

A commons, not a corporation

Six written commitments hold us to this: on evidence, independence, privacy, access, curation and correction.

Read the standards →

From the journal

Ideas worth taking into next week

Writing from BrandOS for now. Natural Intelligence and Useful Store join as they open.

Read the BrandOS Journal ↗

Find your starting point

Three questions, one honest answer

No score, no funnel, no call booked without you asking. Just the part of Turtle Labs actually worth your time.

1First, who is asking?