Hi, I'm Wes.
I do design and research for Red Hat docs, dabble in art, gift-based freelance from time to time, and occationally, plant an orchard.
Newest blog
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Back on the Frost–Butler loop; faster because the rocks were familiar, plus a baby barred owl
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First time on the loop; new scrambles, long pauses
Freelance
I do contract work irregularly for local orgs—usually smaller projects. I’m also open to collaborating on larger ones.
🌳 Web design
Check out 17 online presences I spruced up. For personal projects, I code and design them; otherwise, it’s collaborating with engineers.
🎨 Logos
The signpost at the edge of the field: one glance should say who you are. See local marks I’ve drawn for food hubs, farms, and small shops — quick turnaround, no agency runway.
Work
I’m a senior UX designer at Red Hat—documentation, learning, and redhat.com—and spent six years before that as the first designer at a home services marketing agency. See selected work—enterprise platforms, agency UX for HVAC and plumbing clients, and local web and branding.
Lists of note
Cultural inputs
John Steinbeck | Andy Shauf | Wendell Berry | Joe Sacco | Charles Eisenstein | David Wain | Neville Goddard | Jeffrey Lewis | Studio Ghibli | Whitney | Protomartyr | Pinegrove | DIIV | Please Don’t Destroy | David Graeber | Cory Doctorow
Edible perennials in my yard
Aronia | Apple (Sweet sixteen, Liberty, Baldwin standard, Reine De Reinette) | Beach plum | Blueberry | Cherry (Surefire) | Hazelbert | Honeyberry | High bush cranberry | Currant | Elderberry | Gooseberry | Mulberry | Nanking cherry | Native plum | Pawpaw | Pear | Ramps | Raspberries | Rhubarb | Sun chokes | Winterberry | Witch hazel
Web homages to books
Non-fiction comics library | Wobblies graphic novel: timeline | A People’s History of the US: CSS book cover | Be Here Now: CSS book cover.