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How five designers actually use FigmaDavid Darnes is a Designer, Front-End Developer, and Writer. He’s currently a Senior Front-End Developer for Nordhealth.
He previously worked with companies like Buffer, Netlify, Ghost, Octopus Energy, and Stackbit.
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No. 120 · January 15, 2022
David Darnes
Designer, Front-End Developer, and Writer living in Bristol, England
David’s gear
14 items.
On the desk14
- Accessories Ember Mug Shop
- Lighting John Lewis Elliott desk lamp, clamped
- Accessories MiGOALS “Get Shit Done” notepad Shop
- Software Slack wooden drinks coasters
- Desk Mat Dotgrid desk mat Shop
- Computer 24” blue iMac with matching keyboard and mouse
- Headphones Sony WH-1000XM4 wireless headphones Shop
- Accessories Rode PSA1 boom arm Shop
- Microphone Rode Podcaster microphone Shop
- Computer M1 MacBook Pro 13” with blue Apple case On 64% of the desks we’ve published
- Accessories IKEA Alex Drawer unit x2
- Accessories IKEA Alex cupboard unit x1
- Tablet IKEA large tabletop (discontinued) with stickers applied
- Chair Herman Miller Aeron Shop On 11% of the desks we’ve published
On the screen7 apps
- Nova code editor
- Sketch
- Safari
- Terminal
- Slack
- Spark email
- Discord
From the census
Checked against every interview we’ve published. The Top 50 ›
28
Sony WH-1000XM headphones are in 28 of the 527 gear lists we’ve published, this one included.
No. 1
The Herman Miller Aeron is the most-listed chair in the archive.
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