Teslim Alabi

Product Design Lead at Netflix

Issue #195 September 21, 2022

About

Teslim Alabi is a Product Design Lead at Netflix. He is passionate about creating delightful and intuitive human-centered experiences at scale through innovation and product strategy.

Prior to Netflix, he worked at Microsoft, scaling innovative products, building 0 to 1 projects and leading design on several features and tools that help hundreds of millions of people worldwide be more productive.

He also founded Leads By Design to inspire more people from underrepresented backgrounds and underserved communities to pursue careers in tech and to thrive.

Photos

4 images

Gear

14 items

Monitor LG 27” Ultrafine 5K Buy

Lighting Elgato Ring Light Buy

Webcam Opal C1 Buy

Microphone Shure SM7B Buy

Speakers Focusrite Scarlett 2i2

Accessories Rode PSA-1 Buy

Headphones (1) Marshall Major IV Headphones, (2) Bose Quiet Comfort Q2 (3) Apple AirPods Max

Mouse Logitech MX Vertical Buy

Keyboard Logitech MX Mini‍ Buy

Desk Haworth Upside

Chair Haworth Fern Buy

Accessories Elgato Streamdeck

Lighting Philips Hue Playbar and Lightstrip

Accessories Ikea Skadis

Interview

3 questions

› What is your favorite item in your workspace?

I love the Opal C1 Camera. The build and image quality is just outstanding. The Logitech MX Vertical also saved my wrists and helped with my carpal tunnel so I'll forever be indebted to that mouse.

› How do you spark creativity?

I love to collect inspiration before creating. Creativity for me comes from being inspired.

› How do you keep the work-life balance?

Still figuring this one out but I do love to travel and those moments when I'm out exploring the world, I feel the most grounded and connected.