Shawn Adams
Shawn Adams is a freelance writer at Wallpaper*. Covering stories on architecture and design, he has written for numerous print magazines and digital publications. Holding a master’s degree in Architecture from the Royal College of Art, Shawn is currently a design tutor and lecturer at Central St Martins, UAL, London. He has taken part in judging panels for several writing and design competitions and is often invited to speak at architecture events. Through his writing, he seeks to platform the voices of those often underrepresented within the design world.
Latest articles by Shawn Adams
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Kusheda Mensah’s modular furniture compositions promote social interactions
Among Wallpaper’s Future Icons, designer Kusheda Mensah of Modular by Mensah talks about social spaces and finding inspiration in her heritage
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The Design Museum celebrates Yinka Ilori’s world
From community-focused commissions to design for play, 'Yinka Ilori: Parables of Happiness' (open until 25 June 2023) celebrates the British-Nigerian designer's creativity, his influences and his inspirations
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Notting Hill Carnival pavilion provides ‘a place to lime’ in London
A Notting Hill Carnival pavilion by Sumayya Vally and Alvaro Barrington draws on ‘the identities, mythologies, and rituals surrounding the Afro-Caribbean community'
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Tosin Oshinowo on Sharjah, adaptable architecture and reuse
Architect Tosin Oshinowo is curating the 2023 Sharjah Architecture Triennial around beauty, impermanence and adaptability; we catch up with her to find out more
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These are the B Corp architecture studios dedicated to positive change
B Corp month is taking place through March, and here we highlight this important movement towards a better, more equitable world, and celebrate the UK architecture studios that have become part of the B Corporation
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Architecture studio uses design to create immersive hearing test app
London architecture studio Kennedy Woods announces Hearing Birdsong, an immersive audio-focused app supported by Design Age Institute, which encourages people to get their ears tested
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McMahon Architecture crafts contemporary brick dwelling in east London
Leyton House, McMahon Architecture’s first build in east London, stacks up beautifully
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Tameem Antoniades on video games to understand mental health
Coder Tameem Antoniades, co-founder of Ninja Theory, is working with neuroscientists on video games to help understand mental health. He’s also tipped by Michèle Lamy as a creative leader of the future, in Wallpaper’s 25th Anniversary Issue ‘5x5’ project
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Superflux: making climate change ‘tangible, relatable and specific’
Design studio Superflux explores some of the biggest issues humans currently face, and is now tipped by Formafantasma as one of 25 creative leaders of the future, in Wallpaper’s 25th Anniversary Issue ‘5x5’ project
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