Monika Polus

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Monika Polus

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Designer creating digital products, brand identities, and illustrations that balance clarity, craft, and purpose.

Services

Digital Experiences

Product Design

Web Design

Design Systems

Brand Identity

Art Direction

Illustration

EchraBrand & UI, 2025

Echra is a free, open-source transcription app built for people who think out loud. The brief was clear: private, fast, offline-first. No accounts, no cloud, no subscriptions — just a record button and your voice turning into text on-device. I worked on the brand and UI, building a visual language that felt calm and purposeful. The challenge was making something technically serious feel approachable without losing the integrity of what makes it different.

LUMNRBrand Identity, 2025

LUMNR is a concept project. The brief was self-initiated — an exploration of what a minimal, typography-driven brand identity could look like when there's no client to negotiate with. It became an exercise in restraint: how much can you strip away before it stops communicating anything, and where exactly is that line. The result is a system built around a single strong idea, carried through type, spacing, and very little else.

The Culture NightWeb Design, 2024

Culture Night is one of Copenhagen’s biggest cultural festivals, bringing museums, theaters, and galleries to life for a single evening each year. I led the UI/UX redesign of Kulturnatten.dk, creating a platform that better reflected the festival’s energy while making it easier for organizers and visitors to engage with events.

Various ProjectsBrand, Product, Illustration, 2022-2025

A collection of work from the past few years that doesn't fit neatly into one category. Web design for Humblebee, illustrations, a visual identity for Copenhagen's Culture Night, branding for Danish angel investment platform AngelInvest, and a handful of other projects. Different clients, different scales, same approach — find what's essential and build from there.

Experience

2024-now

Freelance

Product & Brand Designer

2022-2024

Humblebee

Product Designer

2021-2022

Mohi

Product Designer

2018-2021

Envitae

UI Designer

2018-2020

Series Eight (S8)

Illustrator

Currently

Started in industrial design, moved into graphic design, and began my career as an illustrator before gradually shifting into UI and visual design. Most of my work has been remote, mainly with American companies and startups. I also spent some time at a design studio in Gothenburg, and now I’m independent again.

I focus on digital products, especially where branding and product are closely connected rather than treated separately. With the rise of AI and automation, I believe a return to craft and thoughtful visual design will matter more than ever.

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Contact

studio@monikapolus.com

New projects

I'm available for brand identity, web design, and art direction projects. If you're looking for a visual designer, let's talk.

Contact

studio@monikapolus.com

New projects

I'm available for brand identity, web design, and art direction projects. If you're looking for a visual designer, let's talk.

Contact

studio@monikapolus.com

New projects

I'm available for brand identity, web design, and art direction projects. If you're looking for a visual designer, let's talk.