SmartLab is a diagnostics service by SmartMed Investment, operating from Riyadh. Real-time results, home sampling, one digital platform.
A patient handing over a sample is extending clinical trust. That trust is read in signals nobody thinks about. How the brand looks. How the interface behaves. Whether the result arrives as promised. SmartLab was new, with no track record to lean on.
(01) Project Overview
Client
SmartLab® by SmartMed Investment
Sector
Healthcare & Wellness
Deliverables
Brand Identity · Brand Guidelines · Website · Mobile App · Marketing Collateral
Credits
Brand Strategy · Positioning · Content System · UX & UI Design · Digital Marketing
Engagement
Storm Start™ → Storm Partner™
Website

(02) Challenge
Two standards, opposite directions
Healthcare earns trust through visible caution. Digital products earn adoption through visible ease. Lean medical and the product reads as institutional. Lean digital and it reads as a consumer app handling clinical results. Trust in Saudi healthcare has historically been built on legacy. A new entrant does not have that, so the brand itself had to carry the credibility from the first interaction.









(03) Decision
Design for clinical trust.
The position
Clinical credibility and digital accessibility held as one argument, with rules that keep both intact at every touchpoint.
The consequence
The brand and the product are one system. An identity signalling rigour means nothing if the booking flow feels careless. So identity, UX and app were designed together.
What was built
- Designed to read as medical without reading as institutional
- One voice across patient-facing and clinical communication
- UX and UI across the full journey, from booking to result
- An app built around the moments where trust is won or lost
- A website inside the same system, not beside it
How it launched
Brand, platform and marketing went live against one standard, with digital marketing running on the system rather than alongside it. Started as Storm Start™, continues as Storm Partner™.



(04) Impact
$40 million in revenue, within 18 months.
(05) Client
“As the CEO of a leading medical laboratory in Riyadh, I wholeheartedly endorse Storm Design Studio for their outstanding marketing services. Their expertise in branding, digital marketing, and strategic campaigns has been pivotal in our success. With Maamoun’s professionalism and the team’s dedication, we generated an impressive $40 million in revenue within 18 months. This collaboration is an investment we’ll never regret.”
Dr. Mohamed Azzam
CEO, SmartLab®