20 years
Stimulo was born in London in 2003, the result of many hours of reflection and litres of coffee at Paddington Station.
2003
Stimulo Foundation
Four university classmates dream of changing the world through design and found Stimulo.
2004
Exhibiting in Guangzhou
We are the pioneers in exhibiting at the Canton Fair representing Barcelona design.
2005
8 million units produced
The MiniBIC has an output of more than 8 million units produced.
2007
Guanxi
If you want to do business in China, it is important to establish a network of personal relationships and this is precisely what Guanxi is all about.
2010
Talented team
The team is growing, incorporating talented professionals, but better people who have ended up creating a family.
2011
Office in Xina
Stimulo is the first industrial design agency to establish itself in Canton… and to promote the brand Diseño Barcelona.
2012
Top partnership
The various Asian partners open doors to new challenges and we end up establishing Stimulo Unlimited in Hong Kong.
2013
Lighting everywhere
This is the most creative time where we work on a wide range of projects in different sectors, especially lighting.
2014
Vallès Oriental
It is also the territory’s recognition of an international trajectory.
2015
Okka Arzum
We received our first international awards such as the Red Dote Award and the Plus Award for the OKKA Turkish coffee machine.
2016
Co-creation
Clients come to the Llinars studio for interesting co-creation sessions and to work on strategic aspects of new product launches.
2017
Summer videos
Interestingly, our summer videos go viral long before the social media boom.
2018
Spark H2020
We have the opportunity to be part of the SPARK consortium, a large European Community H2020 project on Augmented Reality and co-creation.
2019
Medical field
We became part of 5 strategic clusters in Catalonia to get closer to the reality of the territory and deepen our understanding of its industrial, digital and social ecosystems.
2020
Knowledge
The knowledge gained in global projects attracts the attention of Catalan design institutions such as the BcD and the ADI FAD.
2021
COVID
We move in a world of entrepreneurship and disruptive innovations marked by great complexity and growing uncertainty accentuated by COVID.
2022
Deep tech
Artificial intelligence, photonics, drones, robots, microelectronics… we are immersed in an exciting field, deep tech.
2023
Betting on the future
Celebrating 20 years of Stimulo, we face the next 20. Ready for the revolution?