Hey, I’m Ben, I am a digital product designer who's recently moved from East London to Westcliff-On-Sea in Essex.
Leaving London was something we had never considered until remote working became much more normal for people in the tech/design world.
I feel really lucky that it worked out that way for us.
London is a great city but after nearly ten years of renting, we wanted a space to call our own.
Being able to afford that in London would have required a lot of borrowing and a big mortgage, which is all a bit scary and would have had me tied to the sort of jobs I was doing before.
There is a lot of natural light coming through the window. “I enjoy being able to peer over the top of my monitor to the outside world”
Until recently, I was the Head of Design at a fintech app called Cleo, but about two months ago I joined up with a mate of mine to launch our agency, Fare Studio. We work on all sorts of things, including app and website design and branding projects mainly.
I’m a big coffee enthusiast. There are a couple of hints at that in my space! We have a Sage dual boiler espresso machine and a Niche Zero grinder and use that to make either flat whites or long blacks or pour-over from a V60.
I’ve been documenting some of the great coffee we have been enjoying specifically during the lockdown last year.
Ben’s space features industrial-inspired shelving and lighting. The room is decorated with personal items such as posters, prints, and figures
I play tennis regularly and I’m ageing but still an enthusiastic PC gamer. I enjoy a wide range of games from competitive esports titles like CS: GO and Valorant through to Football manager.
I’m also a keen but average photographer, you can check out some photos over on Unsplash.
We moved into our Edwardian arts and crafts period terrace house in Westcliff-On-Sea back in April 2021.
The house is small, but for us, the increase in space has been pretty wild. I’d started planning what I would do with the small third bedroom at the front of the house a while before we moved.
