Ryan Wood

Helloagain.

I design across brand, print, and web from Austin, TX.

"The good is the beautiful."Plato

I'm a designer based in Austin who's done agency work, freelance work, and in-house design, handling the graphic and web design side.

My time at Huge gave me the confidence to lead a design team, along with the experience of working under tight deadlines on high-volume work.

Meanwhile, building logos and websites for other people has taught me how to work with clients to realize the concepts they have in their head.

Proud Claude and Claude Code user. I've made multiple apps with Claude Code to help my fiancée and me with things like budgeting and tracking our gym journey, and I've built multiple websites with it too, this one included. I've learned the ins and outs, and I get a little better at it every day.

Skills and tools

Design

  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Figma
  • Canva

Web

  • AI-assisted development (Claude Code)
  • Accessibility (WCAG)
  • SEO
  • GitHub
  • Netlify & Vercel
  • Form handling

Workflow

  • Mac & Windows
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft Office
  • Wrike
  • Notion

What I do when I'm not designing

Good Vegan Food

Austin has no shortage of it.

7 books

Reading

Currently working through The Empusium.

2026 reading list

Atomic Habits

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

Between Two Fires

Blood Meridian

The Name of the Rose

The Odyssey

The Empusium ← currently reading

Going to the Movies

No Other Choice was snubbed.

Pickleball

Don't knock it till you try it.

Video Games

Factorio anyone?

Collecting

Records, stamps, blu-rays, spoons.

Awards and competitions

Graphis New Talent

Brand Design

Gold2023

Flux Student Competition

UI/UX · Interactive

Award2023

Flux Student Competition

Packaging

Award2022