GarrettWhisten


Design systems engineer. Front-end developer. Builder of digital and physical things.

Los Angeles, CA · Available for Work · 2026
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BellSix

The interval clock. Free forever. No BS.

The CrossFit timer market is dominated by $300–500 LED wall units, while gym software handles programming but not the clock. BellSix turns any screen a gym already owns, a TV, an iPad, an old phone, or a browser, into a beautiful, brandable wall clock controlled from a coach’s phone or watch.

One drift-proof timing engine shared across web, iPhone, and Apple Watch, so the clock behaves identically everywhere. Presets, a daily Workout of the Day, a block-based builder, an AI generator, and Gym Control to cast across every screen in the box.

Solo end-to-end: brand, design system, front end, native apps, backend, and product strategy. Same system-thinking I applied at MetaMask and GumGum, aimed at every gym wall.

ReactTypeScriptSwiftUISupabaseDesign TokensSound DesignBrand
BellSix brand board: locked brand core of ground black, chalk white, and plasma cyan, extended app palette, classic LED skin colors, type stack, and voice principles
Selected Work
Philosophy
I’ve spent six years solving one problem: how do you give an entire product a consistent, beautiful interface without slowing teams down? I design the system. I build the components. I write the docs. I ship the package.
Design

  • Systems Thinking
  • User Research
  • Accessibility (WCAG)
  • Figma & Design Tokens
  • Information Architecture
  • Cross-Platform Design
Engineering

  • React & TypeScript
  • Storybook & Component APIs
  • CSS / Tailwind / Tokens
  • CI/CD & Automated Testing
  • Semantic HTML
  • Performance & Lighthouse
Timeline
  1. BELLSIX

    Founder, Product Designer & Developer

  2. ARCANA UI

    Cofounder & Design Engineer

  3. REQUIEM DESIGN & BUILDERS

    Project Manager

  4. CONSENSYS (METAMASK)

    Sr. Design System Engineer

  5. GUMGUM

    Sr. Product Design Engineer, Design System

  6. RIP CURL

    eCommerce / Front End Developer

  7. STANCE SOCKS

    eCommerce Content Specialist

I also build custom homes and cater pizza under Ricotta Bear. Same attention to detail, different materials.

Just for Fun

Brands, shops, and experiments I design and build end to end — usually nights and weekends, through my studio 201 Lab.

Let’s build something.

Open to design system, design engineering, and product design roles. Currently building Arcana UI and happy to talk about AI-native design systems.