Hi, I'm Malwina
I am a designer and artist, dividing my time between pixels and paints. I trained at Central Saint Martins in London and the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and since graduating, I have been helping clients from diverse industries around the world transform their needs & ideas into beautiful form which brings them confidence, pride and joy. I work across graphic and motion design, animation, video editing, illustration, web design, branding, art direction, performance design, you name it, and I also have extensive writing experience. People who seek bespoke approach, attentive communication and beautiful solutions love working with me – I still collaborate with clients I met years ago.
Finding a good designer ain't easy
Today's world is dominated by 3 types of designers: 1) the smug hipster type who sits in a café drinking cold brew and charges you lots of money before he even turns on his shiny Mac; 2) the self-proclaimed designer who "learned" his skills from a YouTube video and charges well below the market price for work that is, erm, well below an acceptable standard; 3) the copy-and-paste type who works with one favourite template, churning out identical generic websites that tell us nothing about their owners.
Well, I'm neither of these types (and not just because I hate cold coffee and love my mighty Windows workstation). I care deeply about great user experience design and it pains me to see people investing in something that is simply not good – think websites with headache-inducing jumping animations and a set of mismatched fonts, "lorem ipsum" sloppily left in the footer, fonts not supporting diacritics; or a flyer with so much information crammed in that you've no idea where to look or what it's all about.
Your money is precious and you don't want to throw it on a subpar quality. This is where I come to help.
Why you'll love working with me
I approach every project with the creativity and open-mindedness of an artist so I can really understand your needs. I’m not a corporate designer or a copycat, and treat every project like a unique painting. Instead of locking myself in one style, I like to experiment with all sorts of tools, styles, shapes and directions – keeping in mind that less is more. I respect that everyone has a different budget and I believe that good design should be affordable. People who value creativity, dedication and professionalism are very happy with my work and approach – please see testimonials.
I am an OCD-like perfectionist so everything is polished to the very last detail, and I am always available to discuss anything before, during and after the project. Unlike many other designers, I don't have a daunting list of terms and conditions with do's and don'ts – I am flexible and always keen to find a way of working together that suits us both. I live in The Hague, Netherlands, and work remotely so wherever in the world you are based, I’ll be happy to create something unique for and with you, be it a one-off project or a long-term collaboration. Oh, and I’m VAT-registered.
I listen. I create. I deliver.
We begin with a conversation and this conversation continues throughout the whole project. While my job is to give you the best possible design solution, I fully respect and listen to your own ideas and feedback. Among my clients, there are both people who don't have a specific vision and are therefore happy to rely entirely on my ideas, as well as those who are pretty clear from the beginning about what they want, and my role is to give this vision the best possible form that is both beautiful and practical. Nothing makes me happier than delivering a product that brings you confidence and pride.
Software & skills
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign & After Effects / Figma / WordPress / HTML & CSS / Mailchimp / Trello / Microsoft Office
Web design: from setting up domain, hosting, MySQL databases & SSL, to designing, building, UX, content writing & SEO. And you get a bespoke guide to updating the site yourself!
I'm an author of +100 pieces (articles, blog posts, academic writing) and 2 books (+150,000 words in total). You can trust me with your web copy.
I speak English (fluent), Polish (native), French (intermediate), Dutch (B1, eagerly learning) and Portuguese (basic, but survived in expat-free suburbs of Lisbon for a year).