Benjamin Hoppe

Freelance Product & Web Designer from Toronto

Issue #56 April 25, 2021

About

Benjamin Hoppe designs and build's software for startups, with a focus on helping companies reduce friction and craft unique user experiences.

Gear

14 items

Desk Fully Jarvis Standing Desk frame with a maple tabletop

Chair Ikea Markus chair (amazing chair for a reasonable price)

Computer 2019 15" base model Macbook Pro

Laptop Stand Twelve South BookArc

Monitor 27" Ultrafine 5K monitor (this thing is great)

Phone Apple Watch (I try not to keep my phone in my office the majority of the time)

Accessories Magsafe charger

Headphones Apple AirPods Pro

Accessories 3 Incredible books by Austin Kleon: Steal like an artist, Keep going, and Show your work. (These books have fundamnetally changed the way I see my work and my potential.)

Accessories A typical fake ikea plant (I can't be trusted to take care of a real one.)

Keyboard 2018 11" iPad Pro with a magic keyboard and Apple pencil (I mostly use this for media consumption, writing, and reviewing my design work with the Apple pencil

Keyboard Space gray magic trackpad, mouse, and keyboard.

Desk Mat Black desk mat from ULX store.

Accessories A notebook for taking random notes, and breaking down my day by the hour (a powerful habbit I learned from Cal Newport's book, Deep Work.)

Software

8 apps

Linear (for task managment at work)

Notion (for personal task managment, and personal/work notes)

Mymind (my favourite new product from last year, I use it to gather inspiration, and roughly plan out personal project ideas.)

Figma and Framer (I learned how to design in Sketch but mostly use Figma for work and Framer for personal projects now)

Around (for better co-working sessions)

Timer app (I use this to set timed work/procrastination sessions)

Spark (a great email client, although I don't send many emails)

Spotify (I enjoy listening to music while I work)