ABOUT POLISHED

Two decades of design,strategy andknowing what makes people care.

Polished is where sharp thinking, beautiful design and commercial experience come together.

Felicity Berends, founder and creative director of Polished

MEET FELICITY

Strategist.
Designer.
Pattern-spotter.

I’m Felicity Berends, founder and creative director of Polished. For over 20 years, I’ve worked across websites, branding, marketing and business growth - from start-ups to house hold names across Australia and around the world.

I see the full picture quickly, find the gap and shape the work around what the business needs to achieve.

the thinking behind
the beautiful work
STRATEGY / DESIGN / SYSTEMSCLARITY FIRST.

I SEE THE BIG PICTURE.then i find what's missing.

THE POLISHED STORY

SINCE 2008

Polished has grown through almost every version of modern marketing — from early design work and our first studio spaces to websites, strategy, systems and technology.

it started
with an idea
Early Polished workspace setup with CRT iMac
Polished first studio entrance with circular sign
Polished open plan studio office desks
Polished creative team working on laptops
Polished client strategy meeting in studio
many versions later...
Felicity working on laptop in modern studio
THE STORY CONTINUES →

WHAT I BELIEVE

Beautiful work
should still do a job.

CLARITY

Make the business easier to understand, trust and choose.

CHARACTER

Create work with a point of view and a reason to be remembered.

COMMERCIAL THINKING

Design every decision around the audience and the action.

“No fluff. No beige business advice.”

Clear thinking, useful systems and creative work with a purpose.

A LOT HAS CHANGED.
THE STANDARD HASN’T.

WEBSITES
BRANDING
GRAPHIC DESIGN

SAME
BIGGER
QUESTIONS
Atmospheric purple and pink gradient

GOOD
IDEAS
STILL
MATTER.

MARKETING
STRATEGY
SYSTEMS
BUSINESS GROWTH

Aitlas emblem
Aitlas considered toolkit for what is next

SAME
THINKING.
NEW
POSSIBILITIES.

THE NEXT CHAPTER

Agency thinking,
built into tools.

I created Aitlas so small businesses could access the strategy, frameworks and thinking behind two decades of client work.

Have something good in mind?
Let’s give it form.