Rauno Freiberg

Staff Design Engineer at Vercel

Issue #202 October 8, 2022

About

Rauno Freiberg is a Staff Design Engineer at Vercel. He was previously a Design Engineer at The Browser Company.

He likes to say that he is "creating software that makes people feel something".

Photos

4 images

Gear

11 items

Accessories Eternal Marquina Quartz Table Top

Accessories Theory11 Monarch Playing Cards Buy

Computer 16” MacBook Pro

Monitor Apple Studio Display Buy

Accessories Sony XM4

Headphones Apple AirPods

Phone iPhone XS

Camera Sony A7 III

Miscellaneous Candles

Accessories Various inspiring tech

Miscellaneous Plants

The census

Only 3% of the desks we’ve published have Rauno’s Sony WH-1000XM4.

Ranked across all 516 setups that list their gear.

MacBook Pro 64%

Apple Studio Display 17%

Apple AirPods 6%

Sony WH-1000XM4 3%

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Interview

3 questions

› What is your favorite item in your workspace?

It would have to be my quartz table top which I absolutely love working from and looking at, but a small part of me loves the completely unpractical Iron Man MK II helmet way too much.

› How do you spark creativity?

Sometimes through reference material and remixing other designer’s work that I admire. It’s not a rigorous process, I feel that it’s very random and can’t be turned on like that. Anything trivial I could suggest has probably already crossed your mind.

› How do you manage work-life balance?

I’m not very good at doing that, especially with a workspace that has become my favorite room at home. Though, I try not to force myself to be creative and take regular breaks where I usually go walking or running.