I create interfaces with coded design systems and run the whole process combining UX with BABOK, Lean, Scrum and my own AI workflows — closing the design-to-development gap and shipping the right product for the right people.
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Manual UI work wastes designer time
When designers recreate basic patterns from scratch, they lose time that should go into product thinking, UX problems, usability tests, and decisions that are specific to the business.
Design covers half the states,
dev guesses the rest
When design handoff stays incomplete, developers have to guess, patch, or rebuild the missing parts on their own, which creates inconsistent UI and lower usability.
Documentation as a communication wall
Traditional heavy specs are outdated before implementation even starts. Real shared understanding requires not only regular meetings, but also a living, portable source of truth that evolves with the product, not a static document that complicates every change.
The failure of AI integration
Without a portable source of truth for context, they hallucinate interactions and requirements, shipping broken code that needs a lot of manual rework.
Product design across the full cycle — from UX research and business analysis to design and working code.
Design handoff
without guesswork
Developers get working code and LLM-ready doc at handoff, so there’s nothing left to interpret — stakeholders see it live before sign-off.
Backlog
that stays current
I manage the backlog following Scrum and UX practices, so priorities can shift without the backlog falling out of date.
Accessible
by default
Designed to meet WCAG 2.1 AA requirements, tested and built to WAI-ARIA and semantic HTML standards.
Research
that supports business strategy
I combine UX research with Lean business analysis, so findings shape business strategy and the product backlog.
Autonomy
across the cycle
From discovery through design to working code, with recurring handoff and post-launch testing built in.
Interfaces
built to industry standards
Interaction patterns follow Material Design 3 and NN/g usability guidelines, so components behave the way users already expect.
I collaborate with start-ups, tech B2B companies and social organisations.
The biggest challenge for me before starting the project was my lack of experience running online sales and understanding how e-commerce works. The approach Monika proposed made it possible to quickly launch the shop as an MVP, which let me test online sales in practice.
What I appreciate most about the process is that, despite the short project timeline, we managed to build a shop that meets my customers’ expectations.
We have worked with Monika Zapisek Studio since our company Live Media Crew started in 2014 — together we have delivered the visual identity and the website livemediacrew.com.
Since launch, we have seen a clear positive shift in how our brand is perceived. We appreciate the high visual standard and the working methodology, and the solutions Monika proposes support our business goals.
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