The kit you are set up with. Reliable, portable, and built for how you will actually work.
MacBook Pro
Primary Workstation
The MacBook Pro is your core machine for the entire cohort. Every brand deliverable, Figma files, Claude sessions, Google Slides decks, brand guidelines documents, social templates, and the final brand file package, is produced and shipped from this device. It is fast enough to keep Figma responsive on large brand systems, and the battery is long enough to work through a full studio session unplugged.
Core Uses
Figma design, Claude desktop sessions, Google Slides presentations, brand guideline production, file packaging and handoff, client presentations
Epson WorkForce ES-50
Mobile Document Scanner
The ES-50 is a small scanner that plugs into your MacBook over USB. It is here for one reason: when a client hands you something physical, like existing brand collateral, a hand-drawn sketch, a printed reference, an old logo file on paper, you can capture it in seconds and pull it into your discovery research without breaking flow. Compact, no power adapter required, scans straight to PDF or image.
Used For
Capturing physical client collateral during discovery, scanning hand-drawn concepts, digitizing historical brand assets, archiving printed reference material