Hello. I’m a designer at Automattic. I live and work just outside of Boston.
About
I currently lead a team of designers and developers exploring WordPress themes at Automattic.
I’m a Pratt Institute alumnus, and have previously worked at MTV, Razorfish, and Isobar.
Work
Twenty Nineteen
Allan Cole and I worked together to lead design, development, and community engagement for the WordPress default theme, Twenty Nineteen.
Music
Another collaboration with Allan Cole. Music was an exploration into creating one of the first themes for WordPress’ block editor.
Longreads
For most of the decade, I oversaw art and design for Longreads, an award-winning publication and curator of longform journalism and storytelling.
Small Projects
Additional projects, experiments, and short-term explorations.
Writing
- Exploring Global Styles on ThemeShaper
- Designing in the Open on Automattic.design
- Customizing Gutenberg blocks with block styles on ThemeShaper
- Designing a Gutenberg-Powered Theme: Music on ThemeShaper
- Designing Themes with Gutenberg Blocks and Sketch on ThemeShaper
- How We Refined Longreads’ Typography and Logo on Longreads
- The ‘Smashing Things Together’ Approach to Editorial Illustration on Longreads
- The Principles of Design Series on The Daily Post
Video
- Gutenberg Times Q&A: Block-based Themes / Full Site Editing on YouTube
- Kjell Reigstad on Typography on Vimeo
- How We Made Our First Gutenberg-Powered Theme on WordPress.tv