Guest Posts by Designers
Craft or Code: Perspectives from designers at every stage.
Design is evolving fast. Here's what designers and design leaders are saying about where you should put more effort.
Extended Pack Collective
A Design journal by a curated and moderated International Design community.
EPC Dialogues
EPC Dialogues: Invisible effort, career reflections, and impact vs mastery.
Designers from nine diverse organisations came together to reflect on invisible work, career paths, and the balance between impact and mastery.
EPC Design Events
Tiny boxes, mighty stories.
A tiny matchbox became a powerful design story, blending art, culture, and commerce in just two inches of space. From freedom-era propaganda to global aesthetics, it demonstrates how even seemingly disposable objects can carry lasting meaning and creative impact.
EPC Dialogues
EPC Dialogues: between function and feeling.
Designers from the Extended Pack Collective explored whether design should solve problems or shift perception, and if the chase for “impact” comes at the cost of poetry. This excerpt captures the essence of that rich, reflective conversation.
Design Workshops
CMF for a conscious future: a workshop by Clara Bartholomeu.
In Clara Bartholomeu’s CMF workshop, designers explored how colour, material, and finish can shape emotion, sustainability, and identity. Through hands-on moodboard exercises and critique, they learned that thoughtful choices aren’t just aesthetic but are strategic.
EPC Dialogues: reimagining the intersection of design, sustainability, and future technologies.
An exclusive deep dive into the first session of the Extended Pack Collective's Dialogues with the Designers of the collective. The first EPC Dialogues, hosted by the Extended Pack Collective, wasn’t just a meeting; it was an exchange of bold ideas that lit up new ways of