We are an international product design firm specializing in consumer, industrial and medical products, located in the Upper Rhein Valley, Southern Germany.
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.
Jorg's work has been awarded major design awards, including two IDEA Gold Awards, Silver awards, iF Awards. Red Dot Awards and multiple Good Design Awards. His work has been exhibited by museums and widely published. To date he holds over 60 design and utility patents.
IDSA, Commercial & Industrial Products IDEA Finalists 2014
(Motorola Solutions HC1 Headset Computer 2014)
IDSA/BusinessWeek SILVER Award 1999
(Datascope Corp LifeStick concept)
IDSA/BusinessWeek GOLD Award 1998
(Symbol Technologies, P460 Phaser Barcode Scanner)
IDSA/BusinessWeek GOLD Award 1996
(Machine Art MK9 Motorcycle)
iF Product Design Award 2003
(Symbol Technologies LS1908)
iF Product Design Award 2014
(Motorola Solutions Bioptic Imager)
Red Dot Design Award 2016
(Zebra Technologies Ultra-Rugged 3600 Series)
Red Dot Design Award 2015
(Motorola Solutions MC18 Personal Shopper)
Red Dot Design Award 2013
(Motorola Solutions HC1 Mobile Headset Computer)
Good Design Award 2001
(Symbol Technologies LS1908)
Good Design Award 1999
(Symbol Technologies Phasor P460)
CES Best of Innovations 2013
(Motorola Solutions HC1 Mobile Headset Computer)