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No. 136 · March 12, 2022

Gavin Nelson

Product Designer at GitHub working on GitHub Mobile

Gavin Nelson’s workspace

Gavin Nelson is is a Product Designer at GitHub working on GitHub Mobile as well as an icon designer focused on crafting app icons for clients in his free time. Check out his recent work and get in touch with him on Twitter or through his website.

Note: This was Gavin’s setup in 2022. He was more recently featured in edition #341 in mid-2023.

Follow Gavin on Twitter, GitHub and at nelson.co.

What is your favorite item in your workspace?

- Physical item/tool: I love what the Grovemade shelf does for my workspace aesthetics and organization.
- Digital item/tool: Things hands down. It's easily one of the most carefully crafted apps and as someone who heavily relies on GTD, it's indispensable in my workflow.

How do you spark creativity?

I love sketching and writing to spark creativity. Quantity > quality for me when it comes to getting the creative energy flowing.

Gavin’s gear

12 items.

On the desk12

On the screen3 apps

  • Figma, Sketch, and Blender for design
  • Things and Obsidian for keeping my life on track
  • VS Code and recently Nova for the code

From the census

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No. 1

A Fully Jarvis is the most-listed desk in the archive.

No. 2

An LG UltraFine is the second most-listed monitor in the archive, behind only the Apple Studio Display.

Three tours, four years

Gavin Nelson’s desk in No. 136 No. 136 · March 2022 Product Designer at GitHub working on GitHub Mobile Gavin Nelson’s desk in No. 341 No. 341 · August 2023 Product & Icon Designer Gavin Nelson’s desk in No. 540 No. 540 · August 2026 Designer at OpenAI
On every tour
  • MacBook Pro
  • Steelcase Gesture
New on the latest tour
  • Apple HomePod mini
  • Artemide Tolomeo
  • IKEA TOKABO table lamp
  • Magnetic cable clips

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