PG Gonni

Award-winning Product Designer from Forlí, Italy

Issue #355 October 7, 2023

About

PG Gonni is a Design Engineer at Metafy with over 6 years of web design and development experience. He is currently based on Montreal, Canada.

He is about to release Intro to Coding for Designers, a course where he will teach you how to turn your designs into functional products you can share with the world.

Probably my Balolo Setup Cockpit, it just helps to keep my desk feeling super clean and uncluttered, which absolutely helps improve my productivity.

Photos

3 images

Gear

20 items

Computer 14” M1 Max MacBook Pro (Space Gray) (32GB RAM) (512GB SSD)

Keyboard Apple Magic Keyboard Buy

Mouse Apple Magic Trackpad Buy

Monitor 32” LG Ergo 4K Buy

Desk Balolo Setup Cockpit Desk Shelf Large Buy

Accessories Setup Cockpit Tray

Hub / Dock Setup Cockpit Laptop Dock

Computer Setup Cockpit Laptop Riser

Chair Herman Miller Lino Buy

Accessories IKEA Trotten (160x80cm) Buy

Accessories KRK Rokit 5s Buy

Speakers PreSonus 2 Eris Sub8 Buy

Accessories Scarlet Solo Buy

Microphone AKG P120 Mic Buy

Accessories Elgato Mic arm Buy

Camera Canon EOS RP Buy

Accessories Canon 35mm f/1.8

Desk SmallRig Selection Camera Desk Mount Buy

Lighting Elgato Key Light Buy

Accessories Pothos, Monstera, and Dwarf Umbrella Tree

Software

6 apps

Figma

Apple Notes

Linear

VSCode

Warp

Cron

Interview

3 questions

› How many breaks do you typically take throughout the day?

I try to start my day with a short walk/hike, which is my first way to clear my head and get away from my screen. I usually then take a break for lunch, and typically stop work around 5pm. After that I might watch some TV for a bit before working on side projects, teaching, or making some food!

› How do you manage work-life balance?

I like to get out of my space often, either to go on walks, go work from a coffee shop or co-working space, and just making sure I get quality time away from my screens (I need to be better about that!)

› What is the hardest thing about creating educational content?

Probably coming up with ideas that seem interesting and valuable enough to make content about. I often think a reel is going to tank and it becomes one of my most viewed, or I think something is a really cool idea and then it doesn’t do all that well.But the absolute hardest part is not letting all the negative comments get to my head. A lot of people like to feel smart or superior by putting down others, and although I do my best sometimes it gets to me.