Design

Avoiding the obvious and aspiring to enable new user experiences - we use state of the art technologies in order to create outstanding, successful products for our clients.

Development

With years of experience in the specification of materials for sports products, shoes & apparel, our team has the competence to complete material development with suppliers in a broad range of industries.

Production

Our innovative strength comes from our team constantly pushing the envelope and our close links with developing partners around the world. Our collaborations cover topics such as textiles, composites, polymers, injection molding and additive manufacturing.

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14 February 2026

Fascinating day at the German Athletics Pentathlon Championships in Halle.
5 disciplines in one day with ups and downs.

4 February 2026

Special and successful meetings in London, Manchester and Nottingham for future projects and collaborations.

23 January 2026

12 years of “dream design do” at DQBD GmbH and 2026 is already packed with incredibly innovative and inspiring projects.

17 January 2026

Congrats to JAKO AG. The DQBD GmbH team is extremely proud to be part of this milestone in performance footwear.

15 January 2026

Ready for the men`s EHF Handball EURO 2026? When artwork becomes reality and perfection drives the game.

28 November 2025

Today it looks like everyone can be a designer using the latest AI tools. Yes, it is true that AI can generate good-looking designs and AI surely has become an integrative part of a design workflow.

6 November 2025

Great meetings at the A+A, the fair to be for safety workwear. We are still around, so just send us a short message to meet up, whether for apparel, footwear or helmet design.

31 October 2025

DQBD GmbH FOOTWEAR DESIGN INNOVATION @ EICMA and A+A – Internationale Fachmesse und Kongress

17 October 2025

DQBD GmbH EICMA and A+A – Internationale Fachmesse und Kongress. What does motorcycling have to do with workwear & safety or other way around?

14 October 2025

The FANGMASCHINE CYBERTEC in action. What an energy in yesterday`s European Qualifiers match between Germany and Northern Ireland. Thanks to Oliver Baumann for his incredible catches and saves with his pair of uhlsport GmbH Fangmaschine CYBERTEC.

9 September 2025

Support your locals! Sport is our passion. We are proud to have supported this project with the design of the SG Schorndorf 1846 e. V. sneakers.

20 August 2025

This is how shooting sessions at a high-tech performance footwear factory nearby Porto look like.

11 July 2025

FANGMASCHINE cyberTEC – new UHLSPORT gloves at EURO 2025! At this week’s France vs. Wales match, two goalkeepers already took the field wearing the new cyberTEC Uhlsport gloves — and tomorrow, we’re excited to see Østergaard in goal for Denmark, also with the gloves!

25 June 2025

DQBD GmbH at the EUROBIKE – We are passionate cyclists, designers and first critical users of the products we create together with and for our customers.
We design & develop cycling products from head to toe for brands from all over the world -helmets, protection, footwear and gear.

16 February 2025

Tolle Kollektion für gelebte Abenteuer und 4-Rad-Liebhaber. Das sind die Projekte, die wir als DQBD GmbH Team liebend gerne mit Design nah am User unterstützen.

7 February 2025

DQBD X CUBE German Design Award winners 🏆🏅 Congrats to the entire CUBE Bikes team for their multiple award wins in different categories for great products.

21 January 2025

GERMAN DESIGN AWARD for DQBD X CUBE. Great collaborations lead to great products. The jury statement: “This cycling shoe focuses on functionality and materiality to meet the high demands of marathon, cyclocross and gravel bikers.

20 December 2024

Dear customers, Dear partners, Dear friends, the DQBD team wishes you all a wonderful, relaxing and inspiring Christmas and a great start in 2025.

19 November 2024

Great day at Formnext – Where ideas take shape! Once again we note how valuable strong collaborations and partnerships are to create innovation.

15 November 2024

DQBD GmbH at FORM NEXT in Frankfurt. The world of additive manufacturing will come together at Formnext – Where ideas take shape in Frankfurt from November 19th to 22nd -the show for AM you should not miss.

7 November 2024

The John Doe ONE helmet! Beautiful launch of the modular John Doe ONE helmet at the Eicma, underlining the full commitment of the John Doe team to step into the helmet category with such an innovative and nicely designed product.

6 November 2024

Passionate about 2-wheel riding? In these days the EICMA in Milano is the place to be. As 2-wheel enthusiasts and passionate designers, team members of DQBD GmbH are right here.

2 November 2024

DQBD at EICMA Milano – Indian Summer in Schorndorf_The two-wheel world is stepping into the last beautiful riding season of the year where you can meet great Red Bull riders like Adrian Guggemos aka AG141

6 September 2024

3D sketching in VR and AR space – A new era of shape generating, turning great ideas into strong visible results in a VR (virtual reality) or AR (augmented reality) space has been changing the everyday workflow and design process at DQBD GmbH using Gravity Sketch.

26 July 2024

DQBD GmbH wishes the best of luck and “cool runnings” for the SG Schorndorf 1846 e. V. team at the GERMAN JUNIOR TRACK&FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Koblenz.

15 May 2024

GOLD WINNER German Innovation Award for Somnosync sleep mask by DQBD and GEMTEC Laseroptische Systeme GmbH

14 May 2024

The DQBD team is honoured to participate at the German Innovation Award ceremony tonight at the Futurium in Berlin as a Gold Award Winner together with the innovator Gerhart Schroff

28 April 2024

Great to see that design and innovation make a difference in such important topics. As DQBD team we are happy to see that our design and AM solution for manufacturing of the HomeBraceGermany GmbH „my ecc pupil“ tracking eyewear device is such a success and helps improving life quality for those that need and deserve it.

15 April 2024

Congrats to Leverkusen and Lukas! We at DQBD are proud to have worked on the design and development of the gloves together with the uhlsport team.

14 April 2024

Where there is sports there is DQBD. Sunny running weather in Schorndorf, enthusiastic sportspeople and a fantastic atmosphere on the city piazzas make the „Altstadtlauf“,

19 March 2024

In the quest for materials that give our products the edge – DQBD @PERFORMANCE DAYS 2024. As designers, we expect the textiles in our products to meet a wide range of requirements:

9 March 2024

Last day at Taipei Cycle and Taispo – Thanks dear customers, partners, friends and former colleagues for the good meetings we had in Taipei and Taichung this week.

1 March 2024

NEWS from DQBD: meet us in Taipei/Taiwan. DQBD at the upcoming German-Taiwanese Conference on Sporting Goods, Fitness, and Leisure Equipment in Taipei.

16 February 2024

DQBD at Lineapelle in Milano for footwear innovation, latest shoe manufacturing technologies, textile & leather solutions and networking. Just the right place and opportunity to meet us and have a talk on Wednesday 21st. Looking forward to seeing you there.

26 January 2024

Greetings from the German Design Award 2024 in Frankfurt! We are happy to participate in this great international event and are inspired by the huge diversity here today!

24 January 2024

DQBD receives the German Design Award 2024 – On Friday, January 26, the German Design Council will be honoring the winners of the German Design Award 2024.
The German Design Council has been operating since 1953 as one of the world’s leading centers of expertise in communication and knowledge transfer within design, branding and innovation.

22 January 2024

DQBD Team Summit Winter – Fresh powder, sunshine and beautiful locations with an inspiring atmosphere were the perfect ingredients for a part of the DQBD team to spend 2 fantastic days in the mountains combining snowshoe hiking with workshop sessions.

16 January 2024

The story behind the Kempa KOURTFLY shoe. DQBD shares some insights of how a handball shoe actually comes to life and what steps and processes were taken by the DQBD and uhlsport GmbH team. Quite a journey a shoe needs to take…

10 January 2024

Proud to see the reveal of the new Kempa KOURTFLY Handball shoe supported by DQBD with design and development. Launched at the perfect moment for the European Handball Championships 2024. We wish all players great success.

20 December 2023

Dear customers, Dear partners, Dear friends, the DQBD team wishes you all a wonderful, relaxing and inspiring Christmas and a great start in 2024.

5 December 2023

We are happy to receive the prestigious German Design Award for the innovative sleep mask SOMNOSYNC. Together with GEMTEC a technology has been designed and developed that will be changing the “world of sleep and dream”.

4 December 2023

Great play! Congrats to the whole team! What a final, what a success! And what a goalie! Great also to see that the gloves designed and developed by DQBD made it to the finals and possibly made the „little difference“ when it came to the penalty shootout

23 November 2023

DQBD at ISPO in Munich: We are looking forward to seeing innovative products and new trends in the sports world and meeting some of our customers. Feel free to use this opportunity and meet part of the DQBD GmbH team on Wednesday, November 29th.

10 November 2023

Yesterday we had the honour to participate in the winners ceremony of the Focus Open Design Award in the Design Center Baden-Württemberg, returning to the Baden-Württembergs origin of Design, after a 17 years period of external ceremony and exhibition. We are very happy to receive the Focus Silver Award for the Somnosync Traumbrille together with our customer GEMTEC Laseroptische Systeme GmbH. Thanks Gerhart Schroff for the great collaboration.

26 October 2023

A+A 2023 in Düsseldorf. Thanks again for the great meetings and inspirational talks throughout the different fields of workwear and protection in the last two days.

25 October 2023

Great A+A fair for safety, health and workwear in Düsseldorf! Good to see how sports inspired design and sustainability are coming in the play for workwear.

18 October 2023

Innovation in personal protection and workwear – the fusion of sport product and workwear design: As an innovation driven design development firm, DQBD is always ready to present new solutions in sports and workwear as well as personal protection.

16 October 2023

DQBD for SG Schorndorf handball: Successful teamsports at SG Schorndorf 1846 e. V. Not only have we got a long time design development partnership with and for the iconic handball brand KEMPA, DQBD also loves supporting teamsports, passionate handball talents and ambitioned athletes from our neighbourhood.

26 September 2023

LOCAL FOR LOCAL TO GO INTERNATIONAL: Cratoni Helmets GmbH has presented its all new MTB Enduro helmet designed by DQBD GmbH, featuring a RECCO system and MIPS technology at the IBF Italian Bike Festival in Misano and at the Sea Otter Europe in Girona.

22 September 2023

DQBD GmbH at alphacAM EXPO 2023: On September 27th the world of additive manufacturing comes together at the alphacAM EXPO in Schorndorf to experience and exchange on new AM technologies and latest innovations in AM.

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