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
- Startups, this is how design works 1.6 million readers; used in RISD’s curriculum 2012
- BBC Radio 4 Interview on skeuomorphism and nostalgia in tech 2014
- Gizmodo Trust us, change your Yosemite font from Helvetica to San Francisco 2014
- 9to5Mac How to use the Apple Watch font on your Mac 2014
- PAGE Magazine Issue 08.2013 2013
- Designers + Geeks Talk: non-visual techniques for solving design problems 2012
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