#2 Building, Designing, and Staying Human

In this first episode, I sit down with Gavin, a designer, builder and creator of Figma plugins downloaded over 600,000 times. We talk about the messy, emotional side of design: instinct, burnout, psychological safety and how our environments shape the work we do. Gavin shares his journey from Rolls Royce to government projects to building tools for designers, and we explore what it takes to balance empathy, pragmatism and craft in today’s shifting UX landscape.Gavin's figma pluginshttps://www.figma.com/@gavinmcfarlandGavins websitehttps://gavinmcfarland.co.uk/