Interactive custom objects
One-offs and small-series pieces combining fabrication, embedded electronics, lighting, sensors, software and web control.
Technical realisation studio
Unusual problems.
Working solutions.
We combine fabrication, electronics, software and infrastructure to turn difficult ideas and awkward systems into working physical results.
Hopkins Bosch Engineering
One studio for projects that refuse to fit into one discipline.
Clients bring the idea, artwork, machine or problem. We engineer, fabricate, integrate and test the system around it.
Our work crosses physical objects, embedded electronics, software, networking and interactive presentation—without passing the difficult seams between separate suppliers.
Capabilities
Built across boundaries.
Legacy-system integration
Practical interfaces that connect specialised older equipment to modern networks, software and workflows.
Installations and exhibits
Technical realisation for public spaces, museums, events, artists and creative teams—from prototype through reliable operation.
How we work
Clear thinking. Hands-on building.
- 01Understand the real problem and its constraints.
- 02Find the simplest credible technical route.
- 03Prototype early, then build and integrate.
- 04Test the complete system in the real world.
The studio
Two complementary disciplines. One shared result.
Hopkins Bosch Engineering is a founder-led technical build studio working around Stuttgart and Cologne, across Germany and in nearby regions of the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
Thorin Hopkins
Hardware · electronics · fabrication
Kai Bosch
Software · infrastructure · operations
Start a conversation
Ideas welcome. Problems too.
Tell us what you are trying to make, connect or rescue. Early sketches and incomplete technical descriptions are completely fine.
hello@hopkinsbosch.engineering