Hi, my name is Michael and I am the owner of mono voce. I have been working with designs for digital media since I made my first company in 1996.
During those years I have gained a lot of experience in building website, from early conception of an idea to reinventing or updating an exciting presence. In projects, mono voce aim to start work on projects as soon as possible in the process, and have great experience from starting with the initial planning, all the way though UX and UI, to the final development and implementation.
We see ourselves primarily as a designers, and our approach to website development is to merge design-principles with the dynamic possibilities that that digital media has to offer. In that regard, At mono voce we believe that design and code goes hand in hand, and we believe it is reflected in our solutions. Specific skills are listed to the right, or below if you’re reading this in a narrow browser window.
Besides digital media mono voce has also worked with brand and visual identity design and development. Both redesign of already established brands or the development of totally new concepts. The structured thinking of digital design systems lends itself very well to the development of brand bibles and design guides, and we have found that development in one field inspires the other.
As much as mono voce love designing for digital media, we have a soft spot for print. There is a special satisfaction in having a finished product in your hands, and we love working with prints as often as possible. At mono voce we create designs from small flyers to large outdoor displays.
Below you can see samples of print designs and other design projects that aren’t presented in the portfolio. For larger cases, please consult the portfolio.
My skils and experiences
Digital development
HTML
Semantic HTML for template or prototype development.
CSS and SCSS
Building comprehensive design systems with variables and arrays for fast development and maintenance.
Javascript and libraries
Authoring small helper scripts or adjusting functions to suit web-solutions.
PHP for WordPress
Custom theme development for clients to support their corporate identity and, strategic and tactical goals.
Ebook development
Ebook development for Epub and Mobi solutions
UI and UX design
Adobe XD, Sketch and Figma
Used for design of the user interface and for development of wireframes, interactive prototypes and other UX related products.
Adobe Illustrator
Design of graphical elements, usually embedded SVG illustration for logos, icons or short animations.
Adobe Photoshop
My designer work-horse, used for photo optimization and manipulation, graphic design, mock-ups, concept development, visualization etc.
Adobe Premiere Pro
Video edition, grading and lightweight effects for embedded videos or short looping films for local hosting.
Print design
Adobe InDesign
Essential for almost any print design. It’s used in anything from small brochures or flyers, to large magazines or billboard posters. It is also the basis for development of Ebooks.
Adobe Illustrator
Graphic elements, illustrations and all kinds of vector based content – a real workhorse for me when designing for print.
Adobe Photoshop
Grading and preparing photos for prints. I also use it for more creative works like cover illustrations and the like
Work experience
Digital Editor
POV International
Primary role is maintenance and development of the news website.
Owner / Digital Creative
mono voce aps
Owner of the design company
Art Director
Rovsing A/S
Redesign of the company identity, from logo to all printed and digital media, including development of a new website, form design to coding and implementation.
Owner of private company
bernth.dk
Various design projects for print and digital
Freelance and projects
Various assignments as Art Director, UX and UI designer and Front-end developer.
Guest teacher at Danmarks Journalisthøjskole and IT-competence, UX design and development.
Game-tester at IO-Interactive A/S for the game Hitman.
Consultant / Art Director
Capgemini Danmark A/S
UI and UX design and front-end development at their innovation department.
Designer and front-end developer
Profil Web Service
UI and UX design and front-end development.
Partner and co-owner
Debug Production ApS
Art direction, UI and UX design, front-end development, cd-rom development etc.
Languages
Danish
My mother language, fluently in speech and writing.
English
My second language and one I used every day. Fluent in speech and writing.
Swedish and Norwegian
Can read and understand.
German
Can order a meal and other light conversation but otherwise pretty helpless.