Design with Intent.

Hey! What's your name?

Currently looking for a full-time summer internship.

Not able to accept long-term freelance projects at the moment.

Hey! My name is Garrett Vercoe and I use data science and design to solve problems in the community. 🇺🇸

Currently a third year at the University of Virginia pursuing a double major. ⚡️ View my resume

I currently am Head of Design at a Charlottesville creative agency, Radical, and serve on the board of directors to help oversee our great 20+ employees. 👨‍💻

In the past, I've been at Parsely as a Data Scientist intern, and prototyped a web application tool using petabyte-scale data. 📈

I've also created a machine learning tool for the fire department which locates buildings at high risk of fire. 🚒

Right now, I'm working with several clients on web-development projects — from a restaurant in France 🇫🇷 to a pilates studio site redesign.

For development I'm comfortable with Python, React, D3, CSS, C++, Java, x86 assembly, SQL, and GraphQL.

For design, I'm proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, XD, After Effects, Figma, AutoCAD, Cinema4D, and Rhino.

If you've read this far, let's connect. Say hi on LinkedIn Instagram, or send a message to hello@garrettvercoe.com.💯

Projects.

Services

  • Data Visualization
  • Machine Learning
  • Data Analysis + Cleaning
  • UX Design
  • Web Design + Development
  • Graphic + Branding
  • Architectural Services

2018

python
d3
illustrator

Global Warming & Wine

Looking at how 650 years of weather has impacted 30 wine-producing regions in Europe.

2018

D3
App
Python
SQL

Competitive Analytics

A competitive benchmarking software prototype for digital content.

2018

ml
python
js
web

Predicting Fire Risk

A web-based tool that uses machine learning to reduce the amount of fires in Charlottesville.

2018

Arch
Housing

Minimal Footprint Housing

Designing a dense DC apartment complex based on how people live in compact spaces.

2018

startup

Purifying Water in India

Using the moringa root as a natural and sustainable method for water purification.

2017

Unity
C
VR
Behavior

Inducing Flow through VR

Using behavioral insights with virtual reality to achieve a flow state.

2017

grocery
arch

Battling Food Insecurity Through Architecture

Placing the Farmer's Market at the forefront of slow food initiatives.

2017

Sustainable
Arch

Recycled Architecture

Designing a sustainable structure to act as a biofilter.

2017

Marketing, Consulting

Redefining a Brand

Creating a brand strategy that finds its niche in the market for an athletic bodywash company.

Experiments.

The lab

Quick experiments with less time devoted to them, but things I find fun + interesting.

2018

React
Graphql
JS

Portfolio: from Scratch

Creating this site from scratch in React as a learning project.

2018

D3
Data Vis

Charting Veggies

Looking at import, export, and seasonality data for fruits & veggies for a museum exhibit.

2018

Build
fabrication

Translating Japanese Joinery

Turning manual labor into a digital CNC fabrication.

2018

JS
Type

An Average Typeface

Creating a parametrized typeface through Javascript.

2018

PY
Stocks
Mining

Trading Stock Based on Social Media

Using sentiment analysis of Elon Musk's tweets to create a trading algorithm for Tesla stock.

2017

Python
Game design

Worbit: A Pygame

Game made from scratch in Python, with all handmade art + animations.

Thoughts.

Topics

  • Data stories
  • Tutorials
  • Food for thought

November 04, 2018

Dynamic dispatch at the assembly level

What is dynamic dispatch? Dispatch is how the compiler knows which routine to execute at compilation time. However…

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October 12, 2018

Big Data and the Big City

Learning from the existing landscape is a way of being revolutionary for an architect. Not the obvious way, which is to…

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September 03, 2018

Process of The New Designer

"The combination of computing and communication, as we know it now and can expect it to evolve in the decades ahead…

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