About
Copenhagen, Denmark
I’m Elias — a product designer who has spent nine years turning messy requirements into software people can use without thinking about it.
Based in
Copenhagen, DK
Experience
9 years
Focus
Product & systems
Elias Marlow, 2026
Copenhagen
The short version
I started in editorial design, laying out long articles and learning that hierarchy is a form of kindness. Then I moved into software and found the same problems: too much on the page, no clear order, no respect for the person reading.
Since then I’ve worked inside logistics, banking, furniture and healthcare — usually on the unglamorous screens that hold a product together. Dispatch consoles. Transfer flows. Clinical tables. Places where a confusing label costs someone time.
I like small teams, honest briefs and the point in a project where the problem finally becomes simple.
Studio note, 2024
How I work
Three rules I keep coming back to.
If a screen needs a tutorial, it isn’t finished. I delete more than I add, and I test the copy before the colour.
Empty states, errors, loading, permissions. The parts nobody demos are the parts people live in every day.
A design system is a form of care. Names, tokens and documentation are a letter to the next person on the team.
Experience
Selected roles, 2017 — 2026
2024 — Now
Product designer
2020 — 2024
Senior product designer
2017 — 2020
Product designer
2014 — 2017
Editorial designer
Capabilities
What I can take off your plate
Framing the problem before the pixels. Workshops, audits, and a plan you can argue with.
Web and mobile flows from first sketch to handoff, with the states nobody asked for.
Tokens, components and documentation that teams actually keep using after launch.
Motion and interaction tested with real copy and real data, not placeholder text.