
We collaborated with Pollinate Labs to build a motion system and a suite of visual assets for Star Health, one of India’s largest health insurance providers. The objective was to create a motion identity that feels trustworthy, warm, and youthful, one that works seamlessly across TVCs, digital campaigns, product interfaces, and internal communications.
Our role was to extend the brand through motion. We began with hands-on experimentation, exploring shape, movement, depth, and rhythm. The final visual language and assets emerged organically from this process of exploration and play.
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Pollinate Labs
Rsquare
Raz Gadhiya
Rishabh Gandhi
Bardan Gurung
Mohmed Siddique
Nehal Modi
Raz Gadhiya
Rishabh Gandhi
Siddhanth Devdas
Nehal Modi
Raz Gadhiya
Rishabh Gandhi
How should care move?
That was the first question we asked. Star Health stands for trust, care, protection, and reassurance, so the motion needed to feel calm, intentional, and human. We translated these ideas into motion attributes: soft easing, gentle pace, meditative rhythm, responsive but never jumpy, uplifting rather than abrupt.
We also created a word-set that stayed with us through the entire project: embrace, support, pulse, breath, path, growth, rest, cyclic.
These became the backbone of the motion philosophy and shaped every decision that followed.
We built a modular library of assets, all derived from the star’s geometry. Each asset family had its own visual and motion guidelines, but they all shared the same emotional DNA.
We explored a range of motion directions for the logo animations. For every logo animation, we begin by defining the key use cases, where the logo will appear, how it will be used, and the type of context it needs to support. These considerations directly influence our creative approach, as well as practical decisions like duration, pacing, transition behaviour, and how subtle or expressive the motion should feel. By clarifying these aspects early, we ensure the final animations feel intentional, functional, and consistent across touchpoints before we move into execution. We proposed 3 logo animations for star health, each fit for a varied use case.
Below is a collection of early R&D explorations, motion sketches, and discarded directions, all of which helped shape and inform the final set of three logo animations.
Star Trails became the brand’s primary motion graphic asset — a set of fluid, soft, rhythmic forms derived from the star silhouette. We delivered 10 reusable Trail animations, designed to work seamlessly with typography, imagery, and a range of layouts. Since the source files are included, the assets are fully customisable, users can easily adjust the angle, speed, and crop to fit different formats and applications. The goal was to give teams a strong starting point, rather than fixed assets that can’t be adapted or expanded.
Our motion identity for the star trails is inspired by the fundamental rhythms of human life - breathing, beating of the heart, relaxation, meditation. These are combined in different ways to make the final set of animations.
We took inspirations from nature & life and explored a number of different visual and motion treatments, some of them can be seen below.
The Star portal uses the shape of the star to highlight moments, acting as viewing frame all of lifes special memories. This portal holds images & videos of varied durations. We designed the files as flexible templates to make it easy for both internal and external teams to edit videos and images efficiently. The system was built with ease and scalability in mind, allowing even aspect ratios to be adjusted effortlessly.
These principles are core to how the portals work and serve as best practices for both internal and external teams.
We knew we wanted to create a system that could showcase imagery or video, supported by typography. Before finalising the style, we experimented with different compositions and design treatments to find the right balance between functionality and visual appeal. These are some early explorations we did to understand what works and what doesn’t. They were meant to be quick and dirty, just enough to help us learn and move forward.
Star Embrace was designed to literally wrap the brand around people. It blends Star Trails with photography through layered parallax: the trail moves gently around the subject, while the “camera” drifts subtly.
Typography also needed a motion logic of its own, expressive yet calm, structured but flexible. We developed two behaviours + templates that allow both internal and external teams to easily add motion to text. These templates are designed for ease and scalability, and can be seamlessly integrated into any file. The motion language is led by upward, uplifting movement, enhanced with dimensional depth to create visual synergy with the other assets.
This system was designed to live well beyond launch, so adoption was a key focus from day one. We built a comprehensive 60+ page motion guideline with clear do’s and don’ts for every asset family, supported by ready-to-use AE files, PNG sequences, and MP4 exports. Detailed handoff notes covered file structure, plugins, and ratios, ensuring a smooth transition across teams. The result is a modular, living system that even non-animators can use, instead of rebuilding motion every time, teams simply plug in and go.
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