Founder · Own studio
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

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.
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- Cloudflare Pages
- Native Apple development
- Applied AI
Available for remote contracts
Let’s build
something.
Tell me about your product, the help you need and your time zone.
Based in Auckland. Working with teams internationally.