About
Us

We are a very friendly bunch of creative tinkerers!

We add value to your brand and products by delivering useful and beautiful solutions.

We aim for creative thinking, technical discipline, and pragmatism to deliver successful products.

We have a 25-year proven track record in designing successful, award-winning, revenue-generating products.

Above all, we are passionate about what we do!

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Jörg Schlieffers

Managing Director/Father/Adventurer

Thinkable Studio was founded by Jorg Schlieffers in 2005. As former European Design Director for Symbol Technologies, the global leader in enterprise mobility and data management systems, he spent almost a decade designing award-winning user-centric barcode-scanning and data management systems for a broad variety of retail and industrial applications.

Over 15 years
of innovation

We are an international product design firm specialising in consumer, industrial and medical products, located in Offenburg, Southern Germany.

OUR
CLIENTS

3M logo in grey
WaveOptics logo in grey
Scott Safety logo in grey
Siemens Healthineers logo in grey
Checkpoint logo in grey
Gardin logo in grey
Zebra logo in grey
Symbol logo in grey
Motorola Solutions logo in grey

OUR
AWARDS

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Our work has been awarded major design awards, including two IDEA Gold Awards, Silver awards, iF Awards, Red Dot Awards and multiple Good Design Awards. Our work has been exhibited by museums and widely published. To date we hold over 60 design and utility patents.

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Red Dot Award

DS8100 Healthcare Zebra Technologies
Ultra-Rugged 3600 series Zebra Technologies
MC18 Mobile Computer Zebra Technologies
HC1 Headset Computer Motorola Solutions

IF Design Award

Rhino DS 3600 Zebra Technologies
MP6000 Bioptic Imager Motorola Solutions
LS1900 Cobra Barcode Scanner Symbol Technologies

Good Design Award

Rhino DS 3600 Zebra Technologies
LS1900 Cobra Barcode Scanner Symbol Technologies
Phaser P460 Barcode Scanner Symbol Technologies

IDA Award

Helios 1.0  Gold
Project OMNI Silver
Man In A Cage Honorable Mention  

IDSA International Design Excellence Awards

HC1 Headset Computer Finalists for Motorola Solutions
LifeStick concept SILVER Award, Datascope
P460 Phaser Barcode Scanner GOLD Award, Symbol Technologies
MK9 Motorcycle GOLD Award, Machineart

Other Design Awards

Focus Open International Design Award Gardin Phenotyping Sensor (Special Mention)
Edison Bronze Award HC1 Headset Computer, Motorola Solutions
IJL Editor's Choice award
 'Impossible Jewellery' range SAXONS OF OXFORD
Jewel Street Men's Jeweller of the year SAXONS OF OXFORD
CES Innovations Award HC1 Headset Computer, Motorola Solutions
Chrysler Design Award finalist for Corporate Design Group recognition
Smithsonian Institute, Washington, Permanent Collection and Retail Futures Exhibit for Symbol Technologies, Personal Shopper System 
ID Magazine Annual Design Awards Design Distinction
for Symbol Technologies, P460 Phaser Barcode Scanner