MONOLITH

Marco van Hylckama Vlieg
Product designer & AI-native builder

Built on intention.
Designed for people.

A monumental concrete structure with a circular opening reflected in still water

Make space
for the essential.

Discover the work ↗
Clarity is a structural decision.Product design / Engineering / AI
THE PRACTICE

Good products have
a strong foundation.
And a human point of view.

I bring twenty years of design and engineering to the space between an ambitious idea and a working product. Less noise. More purpose. Enough structure to make the next decision clear.

Explore the experience ↗

Selected constructions.

INDEPENDENT PRODUCTS
AN INTERACTIVE STUDY

A little structure.
A lot of possibility.

One form, seen differently. Adjust the spacing and perspective to explore how a system becomes something more than its parts.

Use the controls to change the form.

EXPERIENCE

Built over time.
Made to matter.

Kohl's2021-present

Cart, checkout, wallet, account, and self-checkout. Designing across the commerce journey while advancing AI practice.

Walmart Labs2017-2021

Led mobile, voice, and personalization design through a major retail transformation.

Google2013-2017

Built high-fidelity prototypes for Cloud AI, Assistant, and Android to help teams settle product decisions quickly.

Yahoo!2005-2013

Directed global prototyping teams, personalization work, design process, and senior talent development.

Endemol1998-2005

Led UX and engineering for multilingual platforms across an international entertainment portfolio.

START WITH A CONVERSATION

What are you
building toward?