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No. 114 · December 19, 2021

Aaron Poe

Design Director of the Brand team at Square

The first of two tours, from December 2021.

Aaron Poe’s workspace

Aaron Poe is the Design Director of the Brand team at Square. His other full time job is restoring his 1963 Eichler designed by A. Quincy Jones.

Since 2006, he has built and designed for great brands like Acorns, Beats, Clubhouse, Dorsia, Google, Nike, True Ventures, and many more.

Note: Aaron was more recently featured in edition #346 with his updated backyard setup in 2023.

Follow Aaron on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Aaron’s gear

13 items.

On the desk13

On the screen11 apps

  • Coda
  • Slack
  • Loom
  • Figma
  • Photoshop
  • After Effects (sometimes)
  • Gifski
  • Vectoraster
  • G-Suite
  • Duo
  • Apple Music

From the census

Checked against every interview we’ve published. The Top 50 ›

28

An Autonomous desk is in 28 of the 527 gear lists we’ve published, this one included.

No. 1

The Magic Keyboard is the most-listed keyboard in the archive.

One year later

Read No. 346 ›
Aaron Poe’s desk in No. 346 No. 346, September 9, 2023. Strategic Creative Director with over 17 years of experience.
Still on the desk
  • MacBook Pro
  • Autonomous SmartDesk
Swapped
  • Apple 27" Thunderbolt Display Apple Studio Display
  • Apple Magic Keyboard Magic wireless Keyboard by Apple
  • Anker Wireless Ergonomic Mouse Black wireless Mouse by Apple
New since 2021
  • Bluetooth speaker by Cyanovox Audio
  • Desk Lamp by Vipp
  • Microphone by EPOS
  • Adjustable laptop Stand by Lamicall

The next four tours

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The last four Saturdays

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