An independent studio obsessed with solving complex problems
Meet the leadership team
Alastair Bowers
Co-Founder & Head of Product & Programme Management
Co-Founder & Head of Product & Programme Management
Alastair leads our long-term strategic client partnerships with a passion for design, product development and technology. He ensures the highest quality service, methodology and thinking across our client work. He is closely involved in the day-to-day strategy our all projects. His experience spans B2B and B2C across many sectors and industries with clients of all sizes and scales. He supports clients with product and UX strategy, design thinking practice, transformation and implementation.
Probably responsible for 1% of the sales of Yorkshire Gold Tea and Uniqlo black jumpers, globally. Dad to three girls with distant memories of peaceful and civilised recreational pursuits. Plays tennis like a dad. Loves the kitchen, the garden and the Lake District.
Chris Lewis
Co-Founder & Head of Design
Co-Founder & Head of Design
At Pattrn, Chris oversees the design discipline. He is responsible for recruiting, nurturing and inspiring the team’s design talent. He ensures the highest quality product craft and design thinking across all projects. With a passion for crafting beautiful interactions at a tactical and strategic level and with his hands-on approach he’s always involved at any stage of product development to ensure the best user experience.
Chris is a proud dad and family man. Most of his spare time is spent with his young family and wife. When he has a rare spare moment, he's running, listening to podcasts or playing chess. When he's not designing digital experiences - if it’s a sunny day - you’ll definitely catch Chris cooking up a mean braai. His proudest achievement is running the Comrades marathon (90km) with his brothers.
Becks Lawrence
Strategy & Research Principal
Strategy & Research Principal
Becks is our Strategy Principal with over 20 years of digital experience, bringing a wealth of knowledge and insight to every Studio project. Her extensive background spans media and communications planning, advertising, and marketing for brands like Virgin Media, British Gas, ASDA, NIVEA, Birds Eye and Durex, all of which has resulted in her deep passion for creating impactful experiences that connect businesses to their audiences in meaningful ways.
Outside of work, Becks is a part-time taxi driver for her three daughters, loves to cook (preferably for adults who truly appreciate her creations), and is always on the hunt for new opportunities to tick off names from her restaurant bucket list.
What makes us Pattrn
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Partnerships
Build lasting relationships that deliver genuine value
We build lasting relationships based on integrity, flexibility, and empathy and partner with brave businesses to create real, long-term value.
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Holistic Strategy
Design connected experiences
We’re bigger picture thinkers. We’ll bring order from chaos - simplifying information, workflows and interactions to create intuitive experiences.
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Craft & Excellence
Craft excellent user experiences with simplicity and delight
Our work is always pushing the boundaries of our abilities. Expect the highest quality everywhere - in our thinking, our designs and our environment.
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Collaboration
Do extraordinary things, together
We succeed because we collaborate — with our team and our clients — sharing ideas openly and solving problems together.
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Character
Ambition grounded in purpose
We pursue ambitious ideas with humility. We take ownership, act with integrity, and stay grounded in why the work matters.
We’re a studio of designers, product thinkers and strategists working side by side with clients to create lasting impact.
Nestled on Exmouth Market, our studio is perfectly placed in the heart of one of London’s most vibrant design neighbourhoods. Designed with creativity and collaboration in mind, it’s a calm and inspiring space to think, make and work together.