Mohit Yadav

Some design conversations are too important to leave to conference stages, keynote decks, or quick opinions. They need a gathering of experienced designers and leaders willing to think together. Six months ago, Sonam and I started working on what would become one of EPC's most ambitious gatherings yet - EPC Design Dialogues, during the London Design Festival 2026. We thought, if we could bring together some of the most thoughtful design leaders in the UK, what conversations are worth having right now? A gathering where leaders could challenge perspectives, build on each other's experiences, and think out loud, in front of a wider community of practising designers. After many conversations and iterations, Sonam brought together three deeply connected themes that we felt deserved much more attention: 1. The Evolving Value of a Designer 2. The Evolving Relationship Between Designers and Non-Designers 3. The Evolving Responsibility of Design I am delighted to share that we successfully hosted Design Dialogues by the Extended Pack Collective in London on 18th Sep 2026, bringing together an incredible group of design leaders from London, Scotland and Cambridge. A huge thank you to every leader who brought their experiences, disagreements, learnings and generosity into the room. The spirit of sharing knowledge and giving back to the wider design community is what makes EPC possible. 1. Simon Dixon, Co-Founder, DixonBaxi 2. Ashton Snook - Head of Design and Research Vodafone 3. Angelina Severino, Group Design & UX Lead, Lebara 4. Thom Cowell, UKI Design and Digital Products Head of Creative, Accenture Song 5. Yolanda Martin Olivas, VP of Product Design, Jigsaw 6. Simon Gough - Director at Redfront 7. Alberta Soranzo - VP Design & Research at Elsevier 8. Martin Dowson FRSA, Managing Director, Liminal Design Office 9. Dr Idrees Rasouli - Associate professor of design and urban innovation at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge This event also would not have happened without the deep effort of my Founding Partner, Sonam, and my co-moderator, Scott Parker. Also, thank you to our collective members for the on-ground support: Arnab Ghose, ashish handa, and Samarita Sarkar. Thanks Royal Society of Arts for providing a terrific venue for the event. As a Fellow of RSA, it was a privilege to host bright minds at the epicentre. And thank you, Angela Grabowska, for documenting the day so beautifully. Loved seeing the conversations come alive through your photographs. Over the coming weeks, we'll share detailed documentation, essays, and reflections from each of the three dialogues. London was the beginning. The dialogue continues. #EPCDesignDialogues #ExtendedPackCollective #LDF2026 #Design

Scaling design teams is often presented as an organisational problem. It is more accurately a problem of distributed judgment. 1. Headcount matters when the business has more meaningful problems than the existing team can responsibly address. 2. Structure matters because capable people need ownership, support, and room to grow. 3. Systems matter because quality cannot depend on personal memory or constant supervision. 4. Leadership matters because design needs access to the right information, conversations, and opportunities. The strongest design teams do not simply produce more. They help the organisation choose better, learn faster, and build with greater care. Read the blog from our recent Unscripted session hosted by the Extended Pack Collective with Subroto Bagh and Shreeya Malpani. ---- #EPCUnscripted #ScalingDesignTeams #DesignHiring #ExtendedPackCollective epicjournal.design/scaling-d…

Design for social good isn't just about better products or services. It is about the relationships they create between people, communities, institutions and systems, and the conditions those relationships make possible. Last evening at the Extended Pack Collective, we hosted @IdreesRasouli from Cambridge, talking about his work, "Design for social good". It was an amazing session with EPC Members having a deep, detailed and insightful conversation with Dr Idrees. Check out the blog created from the notes of the session. epicjournal.design/design-fo…

Design for social good - talk by Dr. @IdreesRasouli for the members of the Extended Pack Collective.