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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Process of a casual, watercolor and pen still-life
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with Libby Quinn
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 status
Currently
Red Hat: Sr. UX designer focusing on strategy and execution for enterprise digital platforms like documentation and learning experiences. I drive system-level coherence, from improving search to navigation infomation architecture. I enjoy the spaces of user research and design operations.
Before that
iMarket Solutions: 1st designer at Vermont startup. Designed 200+ sites for HVAC & plumbing companies. Spearheaded design ops and research initiatives.
Way before that
Brady People ID: Designer at an I.D. company, doing typography, layout, and print.
Fidelity: Where I leaped from print to the web design & dev.
⚔️ Freelance: Where I dove deep into web work with agencies and clients directly.
Previous, local collabs: AALV (Association of Africans Living in Vermont), Pine Island Community Farm: A Farm for New Americans, Green-up Vermont, Burlington’s Code for America brigade.
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.