Sayed Essam (Syd) is a product designer focused on creating. Born and raised in Egypt, he knew that design was his passion from an early age.
He is currently a Senior Product Designer at MoneyHash and is also mentoring other designers adplist.org.
Twitter → twitter.com/sydxcix
What items are on your desk?
BEKANT Side Table on castors
LG Ultrafine 5K Display (on a VIVO monitor arm)
MacBook Pro M1 Pro 14’ (Main workhorse, attached with one cable ready to go)
iPad Pro 12.9’ with Apple Pencil (on a flexible stand from Amazon)
Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 Audio Interface (hidden under the monitor stand)
Scarlet Studio Mic (on a Rode Mic Arm hidden behind the display)
Woven Desk Mat from Amazon
Space Gray Magic Trackpad 2
MagSafe Charger (with aluminum stand from Amazon)
Mahogany Teakwood High Intensity Candle from Bath&Body Works
IKEA Fake Plant
What’s next to the desk?
2 Pegboards from IKEA that I painted black and hanged all my other tech gadgets and photography needs.
And above the desk?
A big shelf to host all my camera and model cars collections along with some posters.
What’s behind the desk?
Coffee corner that hosts all the tools and needs for making coffee.
I live in a small apartment so I had to optimize all my work needs into a small accessible space.
What software do you use on a daily basis for your work as a product designer?
Figma for everything work related and sometimes more (I made my wedding invitation on Figma!)
Cron for calendar
Arc browser lately
Spotify for music since 2014
Lightroom for photo editing
Semplice for portfolio and website
Final Cut Pro for video editing
What is your favorite item in your workspace?
My Macintosh-style watch charger stand, I’ve searched for a stand for it for 3 years and none looked good or functioned as I wanted it to, till I found this stand which turns the watch into nightstand mode and I can glance at it for the clock and looks like a little retro Macintosh on my desk.
What do you think is the main benefit of remote work?
I think remote work enabled a lot of people (beside giving back a lot of commute time back to them) to do different stuff beside their work that they wouldn’t normally do. Like ever since Covid and I have started to take care of my desk setup and improve it one by one till I reached this setup, and actually started to make content with (and planning to, so this is a sneak peak).
Check my Instagram for more.
