Design Sprints Studio

Design Sprints Studio is a product design, strategy, and innovation studio that specializes in using Design Sprints and other Design Thinking workshop techniques for ideation, decision-making, and problem-solving to support our partners with product design and strategy, as well as rapid innovation. The studio is run by award-winning designer & consultant Martin Backes. He is a certified Design Sprint Facilitator by Jake Knapp (the creator of the Sprint at Google Ventures) and AJ&Smart. His portfolio comprises over twelve years of experience in consulting and designing for brands, mobile and website platforms, in-vehicle infotainment systems, music soft- and hardware, financial services, and museums. His passion for design spans all known (and some unknown) forms of media, for major companies such as VW, Škoda, Miele, Bayer, Google, YouTube, Linde, MINI, BMW, Native Instruments, and Blinkist. Since 2009 he has been working as a lecturer at various universities worldwide. Martin founded Design Sprints Studio as a way to apply Design Thinking, Business Strategy, Innovation, Behavior Science, and of course Design Sprints to larger-scale problems. His passion is helping companies work better together and empowering individuals to make real change in their organization.