Prototype tested in 23 days. Why teams choose Humbleteam over STUDIO DUMBAR/DEPT®
Studio Dumbar is a Dutch identity studio inside the DEPT® group, known for motion, sound, and coded brand systems. We are a 49-person product design company that takes banking, health, and AI products from brief to a user-tested prototype within weeks.
Facts about STUDIO DUMBAR/DEPT® from their own site and LinkedIn · October 7, 2026
How each company describes itself
STUDIO DUMBAR/DEPT®
Studio Dumbar’s services page sums up the approach as “Pure. Simple. Powerful.” It offers integrated branding: strategic positioning, visual design, motion design, sound design, and creative coding, with naming done alongside external partners. The about page lists creative coders, sound designers, motion designers, and strategists on the team.
The studio is part of DEPT®, which its site describes as 4,000+ digital experts in 30+ locations. LinkedIn puts the studio at 11–50 employees, based in the Netherlands. Work shown includes OpenAI, Instagram, PostNL, and Feyenoord.
Humbleteam
A banking prototype for ING went from brief to designed and user-tested in 23 days with us. When the pressure is higher, we go faster: a B2B banking MVP reached a tested product in 5 days.
The products we test are mostly regulated ones. We have designed for 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks and studied 30+ healthtech platforms for our UX research. Since 2017 we have run 200+ projects from Prague and Dubai, and clients rate us 4.9 on Clutch across 35 reviews.
Three reasons product teams pick us over Studio Dumbar
They matter once the identity has to carry a logged-in product.
Real users within 23 days
We designed and user-tested a small-business banking prototype for ING in 23 days, and an ING B2B banking MVP went from zero to tested in 5 days. Our briefs average 2 weeks to a first clickable prototype. Enquiries get an answer inside 24 hours, and kickoff can be next week.
Screens with rules attached
A bank or health app is mostly states: KYC checks, card limits, failed payments, device errors, consent. We have designed those for 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks, and for Eko Health we mapped every regulated state of a digital stethoscope. The in-house teams at 5 YC-backed fintechs include our designers.
Seniors on every project since 2017
On a Humbleteam project the seniors average 9 years of experience, and the designers from the first call are the ones drawing your screens. We have shipped 200+ projects since 2017, and 70% of clients come back for a second one. Our Clutch reviews keep repeating three words: speed, flexibility, and structure.
Humbleteam vs STUDIO DUMBAR/DEPT®, side by side
Every STUDIO DUMBAR/DEPT® fact here is from their own site or LinkedIn page. Where they publish nothing, the row says so.
| Compared on | Humbleteam | STUDIO DUMBAR/DEPT® |
|---|---|---|
| Time to a tested prototype | 23 days to a designed and user-tested ING banking prototype; 5 days for a B2B MVP | Not published on their site |
| Brief to first clickable prototype | 2 weeks on average | Not published on their site |
| How fast you can start | A reply within 24 hours and a start as early as next week | Not published on their site |
| Fintech and regulated depth | 56 fintechs and 30+ major banks | Banking and fintech not named on the studiodumbar.com pages we read |
| Healthtech or sport depth | Eko Health’s regulated stethoscope states designed; 30+ health platforms researched | Health products absent from the studiodumbar.com pages we read |
| AI in delivery | AI agents installed in your design team, plus 20–40% faster design work | Explores AI and builds its own creative-coding tools for brand systems |
| Best known for | Logged-in products for fintech, healthtech, sport, and AI teams | Bespoke brand identities with motion, sound, and creative coding |
When STUDIO DUMBAR/DEPT® is the better call
Two briefs their studio is staffed for.
A brand that moves and sounds
Studio Dumbar lists motion designers, sound designers, and creative coders on its team, and offers sound design as a service. For an identity built around motion and a sonic logo, that mix is rare in one studio.
Identity backed by a big network
As part of DEPT®, which its site describes as 4,000+ digital experts in 30+ locations, the studio can hand a finished identity to a large marketing and technology group for rollout across many markets.
Proof from the product side
Three numbers from our own record.
23 days
to a user-tested prototype
small-business banking for ING
30+
healthtech platforms studied
for our healthtech UX research
200+
projects since 2017
18 published as case studies
Work that shows the product side
Brand and interface designed by the same team.
Put us on the shortlist.
Send your product and the decision you are trying to make. We reply with the cases closest to it, a timeline and an estimate — and we will say so if the other option is the better fit.
Questions?
Is Humbleteam a good alternative to Studio Dumbar?
For a product, yes. We designed and user-tested an ING banking prototype in 23 days and have worked with 56 fintechs and 30+ banks. Studio Dumbar’s site describes integrated branding with motion, sound, and creative coding, for clients such as OpenAI, Instagram, and PostNL. If the identity already exists and the app is next, our team is the closer fit.
Humbleteam or Studio Dumbar: who delivers faster?
On published numbers, we do: 5 days to a tested B2B banking MVP, 23 days to a user-tested ING prototype, and 4 weeks to put Logitech’s booking app, website, and design system into production. Our briefs average 2 weeks to a first clickable prototype. Studio Dumbar’s site does not publish project timelines, so ask for a dated plan.
Can one team do both the brand and the product?
We can, and we do it as one system. For One Bank we designed the brand and the digital experience together, and Tinder Black got brand and UX/UI from the same team. Studio Dumbar’s site describes identities that work across touch points, including in-product motion. Ask each studio to show a logged-in screen they have designed, not only brand applications.
How big is each team, and who does the work?
We are 49 people in Prague and Dubai; the senior designers on your first call do the work and average 9 years of experience. LinkedIn lists Studio Dumbar at 11–50 employees in the Netherlands, and its about page names designers, motion designers, sound designers, and creative coders. It sits inside DEPT®, a group of 4,000+ digital experts.
How much does each cost, and how soon can we start?
We don’t publish a price list, and neither does Studio Dumbar. We work as a fixed-price audit, a scoped implementation, or a monthly retainer, with the estimate on the first call. A new enquiry gets an answer within 24 hours, and a project can start next week. Their site does not state lead times.
Other comparisons
Same structure, same sourcing rules, one page per shortlist we keep meeting.
What we checked, and when
Everything stated about STUDIO DUMBAR/DEPT® on this page comes from their own public pages, read onOctober 7, 2026. We describe what they are strong at, not what they are bad at. If something here is out of date or wrong, write to hi@humbleteam.com and we will fix the page.
- studiodumbar.com — home, services, and about · read October 7, 2026
- LinkedIn — STUDIO DUMBAR/DEPT® company page · read October 7, 2026
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