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Wash Up: Shift’s 2026 Barcamp & Part 1 of DSfEC

The first 2 weeks of the Design Skills for Embedding Circularity pilot program are up. It's also now been 1 week since Shift Cycling Culture's 2026 Barcamp over at Swapfiets in Amsterdam. Here's a download of where Matt’s thoughts are...

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Designing for Impact (Without a Mandate)

With Shift Cycling Culture’s 2026 Barcamp happening this week, I’ve been thinking back to the topic I brought to the 2024 event: “How do you move the needle on sustainability without explicit buy-in?”

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2026: The year of the product complexity backlash?

A subtle shift is taking place as we move into 2026. Simplicity, repairability and trust are becoming strategic advantages. Here’s why the backlash against product complexity may be one of the most important signals shaping the year ahead.

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Legislating Cargo Bikes into a Corner?

How emerging rules on EPACs, cargo bikes and London’s congestion charge risk nudging operators back towards vans – and what better design can do about it.

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Matt Granger Matt Granger

We Fell into the FOAK Valley of Death — Here’s what I learnt…

If we want to truly change societal behaviour around logistics, we need to reflect, learn, and adapt collectively. We need solution providers to avoid falling into the same traps that their predecessors did. This is an objective reflection intended to help others in the industry learn from what we experienced falling into the FOAK Valley of Death.

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