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Monado

A studio built around making things.

I founded Monado, an independent software studio in Auckland, and created its website and first published Apple product, SoberPath. I independently handled the product thinking, design, architecture, development and release.

My role
Founder, designer & engineer
Responsibility
Studio identity, website & independent products
Result
Active studio · Published Apple product
Monado’s light-theme website with a pixel-art portal and the headline Press start on something new.
Monado’s live studio website: a retro-inspired identity with a lightweight, responsive implementation.

The challenge

Give an independent software studio a credible public presence and an identity of its own. The site needed to explain a focus on mobile and web products, applied AI and interactive software, while leaving room for future releases.

I wanted the studio to feel curious and personal, with a website that would stay straightforward to maintain as the product work developed.

What I built

I defined the studio’s presentation, designed and developed the public website, and independently created SoberPath under Monado.

  • A distinctive studio identity

    A retro-inspired system interface, paired portal landscapes and restrained motion give Monado a recognisable character. The copy explains the studio’s work in plain language.

  • One website, two themes

    Light and dark modes share the same content, structure and interactions. Responsive layouts, keyboard navigation, visible focus states and reduced-motion support keep the presentation usable.

  • A small, maintainable web stack

    Semantic HTML, CSS and JavaScript are deployed as static files on Cloudflare Pages. The implementation keeps the hosting and day-to-day maintenance simple.

  • Product ownership through release

    SoberPath connects the studio’s mobile and applied-AI focus with a published product. I handled its concept, design, native engineering and App Store release myself.

The result

Monado has a live public website and a published Apple product. The studio gives my independent product work a home alongside the client products I deliver through 7glyphs.

For clients, this is another view of how I work: consider the product and its users, choose a practical technical approach, then take responsibility for getting it out into the world.

Built with
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Cloudflare Pages
  • Native Apple development
  • Applied AI
Next case: SoberPath

Available for remote contracts

Let’s build
something.

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Based in Auckland. Working with teams internationally.