No. 452 · October 5, 2024

Tadashi Butsuzaki

Web Designer and Developer working in Japan

Tadashi Butsuzaki’s workspace

Tadashi Butsuzaki is a freelance web designer and developer working in Japan.

In addition to his day to day work, he also manages a blog called MONOPEDIA where he introduces the best "white" designs that he comes across. This makes a lot of sense when you take a look inside his workspace below.

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What is the most recent item that you've added to your workspace?

Bauhaus art poster added. The simple and sophisticated design inspires creativity every time you see it!

How do you spark creativity?

Organize workspace. A clean and organized workspace helps to keep messy thoughts in order.
Walking. Sitting in a chair is not enough to come up with good ideas. In such cases, I take a walk outside and organize my thoughts while looking at the natural scenery.
Games. I like to play games for a change.Partly because I enjoy playing games, but also because looking at the UI and animation effects used in games is a good reference for my design work.

What does your typical day look like?

My day starts around 7 am. I wake up the children, eat breakfast with them, and send them off to school.
After that, I always hand-drip my coffee, check my email while drinking it, and then start working.
For lunch, I decide what to eat depending on my mood that day.
After lunch, I take a short break and then work again until the evening.
In the evening, the kids come home and I help them with their homework and spend the rest of the evening.
After dinner, I spend my free time playing games, reading books, watching videos, etc., then take a bath and go to bed, which is how I typically spend my day.

Tadashi’s gear

18 items.

On the desk18

On the screen9 apps

  • Figma
  • Photoshop
  • VS Code
  • Google Chrome
  • Arc
  • Notion
  • Hyper
  • Transmit 5
  • Slack

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