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03/09/2026

A part of your backpack is named after farming equipment 🧐

The term "yoke" comes directly from the wooden beam used to connect a pair of oxen — spreading the load, distributing the pull, making the weight manageable.

Backpack designers borrowed the same word because it does exactly the same job.

The yoke is the section that connects your shoulder straps to the body of the pack. On hiking packs it's often adjustable. On simpler packs it's sewn in place. Either way, it's doing the same thing — spreading load across your shoulders and transferring weight into the rest of the carry system.

And it turns out the term is older than backpacks themselves. Tailors have used "yoke" for centuries to describe the shaped panel across the shoulders of a shirt or jacket. The part that supports the garment and distributes tension.

Same word. Same principle. Different centuries.

So next time someone mentions a backpack yoke, you'll know it's not just technical language — it's a design idea that's been carrying heavy loads for a very long time.

31/08/2026

We had a wonderful time last week in NYC, and a highlight was our two community meet ups!

On Thursday night, Snow Peak Brooklyn hosted an awesome event with great gear, tasty brews, and even an anodising workshop! What’s not to love?

The NYC crowd showed up in force sharing tales of adventures, suggesting carry to one another, and anodising their special sporks! One for the books, and we can’t wait to visit again.

28/08/2026

Day 3 in NYC and we caught up with our design wizard friends CW&T - talk about inspiring! A workshop full of fun machines, trial and error, and of course epic products. Thanks for having us!

27/08/2026

Day 2 in NYC and we’re in Brooklyn. Learning all about patterning, adjustments on the fly, and what it takes to keep evolving from our friends Outlier

26/08/2026

We’re in NYC this week, seeing some friends, working on some projects and learning from the masters. Here’s a sneak peek of what we got up to on Day One!

24/08/2026

Peak Design just made something very un-Peak Design.

Peak Design built one of the most recognisable design languages in carry. Every release, a problem solved. Every feature, delivered with innovation and fresh new eyes. You always know a Peak Design product the moment you touch it.

So what does it mean when Peak Design makes something that feels like... something different?

And what can we learn about brands and brand identity in general? 

Let’s talk about it. Because we’d argue that the most interesting brands aren't the ones that stay consistent.

21/08/2026

You've been choosing fabric wrong.

Here's why: most people ask "what's the best fabric?"

That's the wrong question.

You see, there's no best fabric. There's only the right fabric for the right job — and once you get that, every bag decision gets 10x easier.

Think of it like hiring for a role. You wouldn't hire a marathon runner to move your furniture. You wouldn't hire a bodybuilder to run a 5K.

Same logic applies to your pack. Every fabric has a personality — things it's brilliant at, and things it really struggles with.

So before you obsess over thread counts and denier ratings, answer this one question first: What is this bag's job?

Are you an ultralight hiker shaving every gram like it owes you money? A daily commuter whose bag goes from desk to gym to floor to meeting and back again?

A traveller who needs cobblestone-proof and carry-on-ready? A style-first person who refuses to sacrifice looks for function?

Because the fabric that's perfect for one of those people is completely wrong for another.

Watch this full episode now on YouTube. Link in bio.

Tn Episode Two, we're going to learn to read fabric — how to understand what all those numbers and names actually mean, explained in plain English. No degree required.

20/08/2026

We've been carrying things for thousands of years. Some of it we forgot.

Before the $400 technical pack, humans were solving the same problem: how to carry weight. 

And some of them were doing it with almost zero additional energy.

Not less energy. Almost none.

In this video,   went looking for what our ancestors actually knew about carrying weight — and found five traditional systems that quietly outperform almost everything we've engineered since.

A single square of Japanese cloth with infinite configurations. A Papua New Guinean bag that moves with your body instead of fighting it. A Sámi birch bark pack that was waterproof AND breathable — centuries before Gore-Tex existed.

The connecting thread? None of them were obsessed with features.

They were obsessed with simplicity. Body alignment. One object doing many jobs.

Modern gear has solved problems our ancestors never could.

But somewhere along the way, we forgot a few things maybe we shouldn't have.

11/08/2026

This bag was built for fighter pilots.

The helmet bag has been quietly one of the coolest silhouettes in menswear for decades. Twin front pockets, a boxy central compartment, and that stubby top handle that screams briefcase energy. But it was never meant to leave the tarmac. But then Top Gun dropped in '86, and suddenly everyone wanted a piece of aviation cool.

Porter Yoshida saw the assignment. Their iconic Tanker bag took the DNA of an MA-1 flight jacket — that unmistakable 100% nylon twill in olive and black with a flash of orange — and rebuilt the helmet bag for the urban streets. More structure. A proper crossbody strap. A handle you could actually live with.

Uniqlo most recently followed the blueprint. Different materials, same spirit. 

The Helmet Bag. Now and still one of the most useful tote styles in the Carry Universe. 

Story by Percia

04/08/2026

🎒MATADOR’S RULE BREAKING REDESIGN 🎒

Every so often a brand shifts how we should think about carry, not just what we carry. Matador just did that: instead of chasing one better bag, they spent 3 years reengineering their entire range as one connected system, sharing hardware, materials, and components across every pack, sling, and duffel.

The payoff is that bags lare anding 20% cheaper, while other parts of the industry gets pricier.

What does this mean for how gear should be designed going forward? Alec provides our thoughts from Carry HQ.

Let us know what you think this shift could mean for carry in the comments.

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