Join architects, designers and entrepreneurs in a discussion about the intersection of quality, modern design and the ACT’s burgeoning craft alcohol industry.

Local designer Jing Ling Chua reveals the tightrope process of balancing design sensibility against the mass appeal required of beer branding packaging. Architect Shai Lambert reflects on the creation of ‘place’ in response to the dual needs of product vs consumer, as well as the need for a diverse built social fabric and the role of small business in curating it. Pact Beer’s Kevin Hingston discusses the far less tangible design of taste: Creating an interesting and exciting beer that still passed the ‘six pack test’.