Matthew Commons

Matt combines UI design and UX expertise with front-end development skills. He designs visually rich user experiences and brings them to life as responsive, standards-compliant websites.

Projects

Aerial view of beaches and coastline
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Morpht built the Australian Hydrographic Office's new GovCMS website on a condensed schedule, making charts, Notices to Mariners and tide tables easier to find.
Family walking hand in hand into the sunset
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Morpht delivered the Defence and Veterans' Services Commission website in six weeks for its launch, built to WCAG 2.2 AA with a reusable consultation webform.
Clown fish in coral
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Morpht rebuilt the Reef Knowledge System on GovCMS SaaS with a Resource Hub, topic navigation and personalised recommendations. Runner-up in two Splash Awards.
School of fish
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Morpht moved Reef Guardian Schools to GovCMS SaaS with 382 schools and 800+ users, no re-registration, and a secure resource library just for teachers.
MDSAP medical device factory
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Morpht created a new brand and award-winning website for the Medical Device Single Audit Program, with a document library searchable without document codes.
GovFlix logo
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GovFlix is Morpht's proof that GovCMS SaaS can deliver personalised recommendations, semantic search and an AI chatbot, with no personal data collected.
DATE thumbnail
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Morpht rebuilt the Department of Defence's DATE website around user journeys, with a new Tactics Hub. Half of its traffic now comes from overseas partners.
NOCS thumbnail
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Morpht redesigned the National Office for Child Safety website in under three weeks for a national campaign. Page views then rose 745% in three weeks.
Food inspection
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Morpht moved the NSW Food Authority website to GovCMS, migrating 8,000+ pages and files. Traffic rose 9.7% year on year and time on page increased by 44%.

Articles

Article

André Kakos & Matt Commons presented Unifying the UX pipeline at DrupalSouth Community Day, Canberra, 7 November 2025. They highlighted how their UX and UI workflows and processes are unified to deliver efficiencies through the discovery and design phases of a new site build.
Unifying the
UX pipeline
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Design trends are a topic of conversation every year. But are they fit for purpose? It's far better to cover important trends that can be applied to any project than an overall stylistic approach.
Designing websites in 2025
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Teams can work much more effectively together when taking a holistic view of a project and helping others to achieve their goals.
Balloons in a school hallway
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Elevate your design process with AI tools that not only assist but inspire creativity. Regardless of your design team's size, consider AI as a valuable team member that adds a perspective and expertise to your creative projects.
Example of AI tools for design
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We are thrilled to welcome Matthew Commons to the Morpht team as a UI/UX designer.
Matthew Commons