As design grows in strategic influence, how important is language in helping diverse practitioners from different fields collaborate towards an overall goal? Kwame Nyanning, VP of Experience Design at McKinsey, talks to MEX founder Marek Pawlowski about how pattern language informs his work helping global clients transform their businesses. The conversation explores Kwame’s path into the emerging field of experience design in the late 90s and new challenges in industries like banking. Get in touch with feedback and questions @mexfeed on Twitter or email designtalk@mobileuserexperience.com.

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On this edition

• Marek Pawlowski, co-host & founder of MEX (@marekpawlowski)
• Kwame Nyanning, VP, Experience Design, McKinsey (@nyanning)

Links

• MEX Jobs Beta
• MEX Job: Senior UX Architect, Akendi UK
• MEX Job: Principal Consultant, Foolproof
• MEX Job: Account Manager, Foolproof
• Designing Business: Multiple Media, Multiple Disciplines by Clement Mok, the book mentioned by Kwame
• Studio Archetype, Clement Mok’s design studio (acquired August 1998 by Sapient), where Kwame worked
• Christopher Alexander, the influential architect known for his work on pattern languages, mentioned by Kwame
• Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park, a bookstore mentioned by Kwame
• McKinsey
• Native Design
• Adaptive Path
• Landmarks, the book by Robert McFarlane on names for the countryside, mentioned by Marek
• Material design and atomic design, mentioned by Kwame
• Open banking API in the UK and the EU’s PSD2 (Payment Services Directive)

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