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Gavin Harvey: Designing the tools people design with, the systems products are built from, and the platforms developers build on.

Gavin Harvey
Product design leader & builder

Currently
Design Director, Roblox

Previously
Shopify, Google, Adobe

Focus
Platforms, tools, systems

Selected work

Details, in numbers

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01

1.5px

Icon stroke weight in the Polaris uplift

Shopify Polaris →
02

76,000

New apps on the Shopify platform in 2024

Shopify Developer Platform →
03

2,500+

Articles of developer documentation on shopify.dev

Shopify Developer Platform →
04

1,000+

Googlers using Codesign every week, before GA

Codesign →

Design as a technical craft

“One of my aims in leading design teams is to build a culture of technical proficiency. I’m proud to have led – and learned from – UX engineers and creative technologists, and to have sponsored the development of such disciplines at multiple companies.”

Photography

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Mattole Rd., Cape Mendocino
Mattole Rd., Cape MendocinoCalifornia, 2021
King Range
King RangeCalifornia, 2021
Mt. Shasta, first snowfall
Mt. Shasta, first snowfallCalifornia, 2021
Pololū Beach
Pololū BeachHawaii, 2016
Inverness
InvernessCalifornia, 2021
Ti plant
Ti plantHawaii, 2018
Marin County
Marin CountyCalifornia, 2021
San Francisco
San FranciscoCalifornia, 2020
Waikoloa
WaikoloaHawaii, 2018
Nicasio
NicasioCalifornia, 2021
Cape Mendocino
Cape MendocinoCalifornia, 2021
San Francisco
San FranciscoCalifornia, 2020
Hawaii
Hawaii2016
San Francisco
San Francisco2015
Cinque Terre
Cinque TerreItaly, 2009
Oceanside
OceansideCalifornia, 2025
Peonies
Peonies2023

Information

I’m a product design leader and builder focused on platforms and tools. I’ve led design for Shopify’s app platform and the Polaris uplift, Google Cloud’s design system and Adobe’s Spectrum — and was the first designer on Adobe XD.