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Browse 219 real designer setups and home offices from Workspaces interviews. The most common gear across them is the MacBook Pro (160 desks), the Apple Magic Keyboard (66) and the Apple Studio Display (55).
Vas Frolik
Design Engineer
Daniela Muntyan
Product Designer at Figma
Rob Simpson
Self-Employed Designer and Developer
Vadim Carazan
Brand Designer and Founder
Rachel How
Designer and YouTuber. Video Lead at Mobbin.
Yann-Edern Gillet
Designer at Linear
Gavin Nelson
Designer at OpenAI
Matt D. Smith
Designer and the Founder of Shift Nudge
Grace Walker
Designer and Creative Director based in Calgary, Canada
Zack Davenport
Founding Product and Brand Designer based in New York
Darius Dan
Designer with 10 years of experience focusing on creating icons, illustrations and logos
Tiancheng Luo
Tech and Lifestyle Creator and Product Designer
Soundharya Muthukrishnan
Designer based in Brooklyn, New York
Sabina Cabrera
Designer at MagicPath living in NYC
Brett Jackson
Designer and Owner of Sukoya Design
Jet
Product Designer and Founder from Washington, DC
Luca Defreitas-Hansen
Founder and Designer based in Miami, FL
Faizur Rehman
Designer, Creator & Solopreneur based in Prague
Artyum Grebenyuk
Founder of AGR Studio
Helin Kıl
Senior Product Designer based in Turkey
Ivor Jian
Freelance Web Designer based in Washington
Gunnar Sigurdarson
Senior Product Designer in Copenhagen, Denmark
Zineddine Benhaya
Graphic Designer from Turkey
Arek Kajda
Independent 3D Illustrator and Designer from Kassel, Germany
Luboš Volkov
Designer from Prague, Czechia
Akash Nagaraj
Software Designer splitting time between Bangalore & London
Matt Plays
Designer and Creative Director based in New England
Mattia Giannattasio
Italian Tech Content Creator, Digital Designer, and Filmmaker
Jon Rundle
Principal Product Designer at Shopify living in Canada
Dave Crow
Product Designer living just south of Salt Lake City, Utah
Ollie Hooper
Freelance 3D Artist and Motion Designer from Edinburgh, Scotland
Tom Ellis
Designer living in London, England
Marijana Pavlinić
Designer & Illustrator from Croatia
Mathieu Brageul
Freelance Graphic Designer living near Paris, France
Thiago Costa
Designer and Cofounder living in Montreal
llnur Kalimullin
Product Designer living in Serbia
Niclas Ernst
Designer from Berlin, Germany
Adriano Reis
Senior Product Designer by day and no-code developer by night
Vivek Kumar
Staff Product Designer living in India
Parker Ehret
Product Designer living in wine country California
John Cafazza
Product Designer in Phoenix, Arizona
Floran Knezevic
Product Designer & Product Enthusiast from Bordeaux, France
Sam Hox
Multidisciplinary Designer from Europe
Luke Netti
Web Designer living in New York
Jenny Wen
Designer at Anthropic based in NYC
Shpetim Ujkani
Senior Designer at Google living in Vienna, Austria
Alex Szczurek
Designer and Indie Hacker with a passion for UX
Sean Thompson
Product Designer and Leader based in Boulder, Colorado
Lasse Jensen
3D Designer and Creator from Denmark
Rafael Conde
Product Designer living in Amsterdam
Drew Barontini
Chief Product Officer at Differential
Connor Murphy
Senior Designer based in Denver and currently working remotely
Calin Balea
UI, UX, and Brand Design Partner for Startups
Tom Eversley
Designer and Photographer from the United Kingdom
Tadashi Butsuzaki
Web Designer and Developer working in Japan
Andreas Eldh
Designer, Developer and Problem Solver from Stockholm
Brett Williams
Founder of Designjoy, a $1M one-man design agency
Pedro Barroso
Brazilian Designer and Creative Director based in Canada
Joilson Day
Freelance Web Designer based in Brazil
Yann-Edern Gillet
Software Designer based in Paris, France
Adam Noffsinger
Product Designer, Engineer, and Writer located in San Francisco, CA
Helin Kıl
Designer and Developer of digital products
Daniel Klopper
Multidisciplinary Designer with 17+ years of experience
Rishad Amarkhel
Art Director and Designer based in the SF bay area
Nick Levesque
Creative Director leading multidisciplinary creative teams
Metehan Kaya
Product Designer living in Istanbul
Kevin Twohy
Product Designer and Strategist from California
Sval Itsutora
Creator from Japan
Japeth Crawford
Senior Brand Motion Designer at OKX, living in Southern California
Anton Sten
Product Designer living in Sweden
Alvar Sans
Product Designer from Barcelona
Ivan Nedyalkov
Indie Developer and designer living in Varna, Bulgaria
Matthew Suff
Graphic Designer from the United Kingdom
Federico Storai
3D Modeling Designer living in the Tuscany region of Italy
Fabio Monzani
UI/UX designer from the UK
Housseynou Fall
Product Designer based in New York
Laura Piñeiro Atienza
Vienna-based Photographer and Multidisciplinary Designer
Kimmy Bartle Koh
Multidisciplinary Designer and Writer based in Los Angeles
Noah Shreve
Award-winning Designer and Webflow Developer
Charlie Brown
UI/UX designer from the UK
Daniel-Lynval Sydney
UX/UI Product Designer & App Developer from the UK
Felix Teichgräber
Communication Designer from southern Germany
Guillermo Becerra
Graphic Designer turned UX Designer, based in Seattle, WA
Peter Baker
Award-winning Creative Director, Product Design Leader, Brand Strategist, and Entrepreneur
Patrick Morgan
Designer and Writer living in Los Angeles, CA
Patricia Mou
Co-Founder of The Commons
Michael Soledad
Full-time Content Creator in San Diego, CA
Jonathan Simcoe
Designer, Author, and Creative Technologist living in Portland, OR
Noelle Hoffman
Visual Designer specialized in product design and brand identity
Darius Dan
Icon Designer and Illustrator
Peter Edebeatu
Product Designer based in Nigeria
Oliur
UK-based Content Creator, Designer, and Photographer
Gavin Nelson
Product & Icon Designer
Ben Powell
Independent Designer and Filmmaker
Aaron Gilmore
Designer and developer based in Ireland
Rachel How
Independent Product Designer
Mariana Castilho
Brazilian Product Designer who is obsessed with details
Stephen Okonkwo
Product Designer from Nigeria
Muhammad Raufan
Indonesian Product Designer based in Tokyo, Japan
Dan Otis
Senior Visual Designer based in Sacramento, CA
Addison James
Senior Product Designer from Los Angeles
Jey Austen
Senior Web Designer
Soren Iverson
Designer working on the investing product at Cash App
Sayed Essam
Multidisciplinary Product Designer focused on creating memorable digital experiences
Benten Woodring
Lead UI Designer
Cory Etzkorn
Designer and Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience
Raheemat Atata
Product Designer and a YouTube Content Creator based in Lagos, Nigeria
Maximillian Piras
Designer, Animator, & Illustrator
Amy Schwartz
Design Leader living in Chicago, IL
Alex Nicolai
Independent Software Designer for startups living in Atlanta, GA
Robert Bye
Product Manager at Figma
Logan Liffick
Designer and Creative Developer living in Tampa, Florida
Kevin Bhagat
Senior Product Designer and digital creator based in Denver, Colorado
Mandy Thao
Crafting digital experiences to improve how technology complements our lives
Rebecca Ramos
Brand Designer at Lattice and a Musician based in Atlanta, GA
Andy Chung
Founder of read.cv
Ilya Miskov
Visual & Product Designer from Estonia
Brittany Forks
Product Designer, Illustrator, and Published Author
Jose Munoz
Lead Product Designer at BOLD working on MyPerfectResume.com
Lilit Balagyozyan
Product Designer at Kickstarter
Jonatan Castro
Product Designer at TIDAL
Christine Maggi
Multi-Disciplinary Freelance Designer in San Francisco, CA
Jeorge Paolo
Designer, Photographer, and Video Creator
Nuria Quero
Freelance Designer based in Barcelona
Phill Ryu
Product Designer and the Founder of Impending
Aaron Marquez
Product & Visual Designer, Founder of Legacy Studio
Sebastian Curi
Artist, Illustrator & Animator based in Los Angeles, CA
Katie Langerman
Systems Designer at GitHub and co-organizer of Ladies that UX Boston
Luke Beard
Product Builder and Photographer from Atlanta, GA
Yann-Edern Gillet
Product Designer, Engineer and Maker working from Paris, France
Wolfgang Bremer
Award-winning design veteran with 20+ years of experience
Sait Alanyali
Product Designer & Founder, PLA Concept
Timothy Achumba
Crafting digital experiences that help people
Simon Scholz
Designer who codes and a Coffee Enthusiast
Michelle Nguyen
Product designer, writer, photographer, and commercial producer
Charles Patterson
Senior Staff Product Designer from London
Kyler Phillips
Designer, Developer and Photographer
Andy Cooke
Creative Director and Head of Design at BBH London
Nicole Franq
Senior Product Designer, UX Mentor and Content Creator
Wouter de Bres
Product Designer and former Psychologist from Voorschoten the Netherlands
Kyle Mills Hall
Digital & physical product designer, company builder and music maker from Southeast Texas
Berkay Sargın
Product Designer and Developer
Charlota Blunárová
Independent designer and co-founder of WE3
Ryan Stone
Staff Product Designer on the Shopify Markets team at Shopify
Parker Gibbons
Technologist, filmmaker, and designer who designs tools for filmmakers
Patrick Morgan
Writer of the ‘Better By Design’ Substack and Principal Product Designer at cybersecurity startup JupiterOne
Colin Dunn
Designing tools that amplify human creativity
SJ Zhang
Design Lead at Compound living in NYC
Logan Liffick
Senior Designer at Digital Ocean
Minjun Chen
Product Designer at Microsoft Bing
Meesh Lin
Product Designer and both advises and freelances for early-stage start-ups
Gaurang Alat
Growth Product Designer working at Thumbtack
Philip Joyce
Senior Product Designer at GitLab
Mike Smith
Co-Founder and Art Director of Smith & Diction, a branding and design studio in Philadelphia, PA
Nicole Garcia
Product Designer and 3D Artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Priyank Shah
Self-taught Product Designer living in Bengaluru, India
Charles Patterson
Product Designer, NFT artist, and GIF maker
Carl Barenbrug
Product Designer and Creative Director at Minimalissimo
Jason Yim
Senior Brand Designer from Oakland, California
Raffaele Vitale
Sr. Product Designer specializing in design systems
Vyshnav Gangadharan
Designer and Creator based in India
Alex Cornell
Interface Designer, Filmmaker, and Periodic Musician.
Ian Zelbo
20 year old freelance 3D artist
Matt Wright
Senior Product Designer at Mercury working on the iOS and Android apps
Jason Long
Product Designer at PlanetScale. He was previously at GitHub where he worked on Actions.
Sam Checa
Product Designer and Digital Artist
David McGillivray
British born Creative Director and Designer
Michael Riddering
Founding designer at Maven and the creator of Figma Academy
Allan Grinshtein
Product Designer at Netflix
Dan Hollick
Product Designer currently living in London
Adam Mura
Designer based in Sydney, Australia and the co-founder of Relume
Stephanie Engle
Designer at Snap where she is working on AR, cameras, and toys
Stuart Regan
Product Designer at Raycast
Anthony Menecola
Staff Product Designer focused on conversational commerce at Shopify
Gavin Nelson
Product Designer at GitHub working on GitHub Mobile
Joey Banks
Senior Product Designer at Twitter, working on Design Systems
Ben Fryc
3D Artist and Designer at Polywork
Daniel Korpai
Product Designer currently working as a Principal Product Designer at Craft
Ogeh Ezeonu
Freelance Product Designer currently working as a Senior Product Designer at Toptal
Oliur
Designer and Creator based in the UK
David Darnes
Designer, Front-End Developer, and Writer living in Bristol, England
Hakim El Hattab
Co-founder of Slides.com, a presentation tool for developers & designers
Grace Walker
Freelance Web Designer and Webflow Developer based in Calgary, Canada
Caroline Clark
Cofounder of Arcade and living in San Francisco, CA
Daina Lightfoot
Staff Designer at Shopify
Joseph España
UI/UX Designer and Illustrator from Los Angeles, CA
Jeff Sheldon
Founder and Designer of Ugmonk
Bryn Taylor
Freelance Product Designer based in Copenhagen
Jessica Strelioff
Independent Brand Designer and Creative Director.
Jamie Brittain
Product Designer and Front-end Developer at Fatsoma
Arthur Lambillotte
Digital Creative and Designer based in Belgium
Pierre Nel
Freelance Developer and Designer from London
Arda Karacizmeli
Principle Designer at Booking.com
Rafael Conde
Co-host of Layout, a weekly podcast about design, technology, programming and everything else
Rachel How
Self-taught Product Designer, Content Creator, Webflow Developer, Community Builder
Shpetim Ujkani
Senior Product Designer connecting humans and computers
Vee Talbert
Self-taught Designer, Artist, and Freelance Photographer that is currently working as a full-time graphic artist for NASA
Tim Van Damme
Software Designer at Gowalla
James McDonald
Designer at Tailwind
Molly Mielke
Product designer, writer, UCLA TFT digital media student, and Kleiner Perkins design fellow
Dave Gorum
Software Designer who previously co-founded Carbonmade
Sara Brunettini
Italian-born Designer based in Brighton, UK
Matt D. Smith
Founder of Shift Nudge and Flowkit and Co-Creator of Contrast for Mac.
Femke van Schoonhoven
Product Designer at Uber
Rob Hope
South African designer, developer and maker of many things
Joey Banks
Product Designer based out of Columbus, OH
Ariel Norling
Designer at Murmur
Jessica Harllee
Principal Product Designer at Primary
Kate Kassab
UI/UX designer at Webstacks
Vadim Bozhko
Web & Product Designer based in rainy Seattle, WA
Shirley Wu
Independent Designer and is currently designing at Vector DAO
Ivo Mynttinen
User Interface Designer based in Germany
Joe Kennedy
Co-founder and designer of Apex
Pasquale D'Silva
Founder and CEO of Thinko Animation Studio
Rafael Conde
Principal Designer at Netlify
Matthew Encina
Creative Director, Designer, and Content Creator
Paul Stamatiou
Designer at Twitter, living in New York
Kerem Suer
Interdisciplinary Designer living in San Francisco, California
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What designers use
The gear database ›92%are on Apple / macOS
38%use a standing desk
11%run multiple monitors
19%use a mechanical keyboard
12%use a monitor arm
Most-listed apps
- Figma84
- Notion48
- Slack43
- Spotify29
- Webflow12
- Raycast10
Of the 109 designer desks that list their software.
Counted across all 219 designer desks on Workspaces, from the gear each guest listed. A desk that does not list a category is not counted in it.
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What monitor do most designers use?
The Apple Studio Display — it appears in 55 of 219 designer setups on Workspaces.
What chair do most designers use?
The Herman Miller Aeron, seen in 26 of 219 setups.
What keyboard is most popular with designers?
The Apple Magic Keyboard, in 66 of 219 setups.
What apps do designers use?
Figma, Notion, Slack lead — Figma shows up in 84 of the 109 setups that shared their software.
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