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Wells Riley I’m a self-taught designer and maker. In my workshop, I over-engineer fun little gadgets and share the plans.

I’m a craftsperson who likes to tinker and learn new things. Craft isn’t a ‘thing’ you make… it’s the drive to do things a certain way, with impeccable quality and care.

My favorite hobby is giving vintage tech a new life: repairs, mods, and cursed integrations that mash up old and new, with a soft spot for ’80s and early-2000s Apple gear. I’m a self-taught designer and coder, and I hide an easter egg in every product I design. Let me know if you find one!

Awards

Work

  • Monarch Principal Product Designer now
  • Runway Founding Designer 2020–2025
  • Envoy Head of Product and Design 2014–2019
  • Hack Design Co-founder. Free design lessons used by 500,000+ students 2013
  • Bionic Hippo Co-founder. Websites for Underoath, O.A.R. and Young the Giant 2005–2012

Writing, press and talks

Get in touch

General

Questions about a video, a project, or a build: media@wells.ee

Store orders

Orders, shipping, returns, product help. Include your order number if you have one. shop@wells.ee

Partnerships

Video sponsorships, parts, tools, products to review, and collaborations with other makers. Products sent for review come with no promise of coverage: media@wells.ee

Recruiters

I'm not looking for a new tech role right now, but I will respond to genuinely interested human-written messages. media@wells.ee