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“Describing Furman as an architect and a designer does not do justice to the breadth and intelligence of his practice.”
— Metropolis
“[Furman has] what you might call an outsider’s perspective, an obliviousness to official hierarchies of value that mixes the monumental and the marginal, the grand and the transient.”
— Rowan Moore, The Observer
From classical antiquity to Frank Lloyd Wright or Frank Gehry, architect Adam Nathaniel Furman dismantles in a book "the purifying power of white" that continues to condition our present
13th October
Article reviewing Adam's 2026 book Chromatic Architecture
Chromatic Architecture Celebrates the Beauty of Colourful Buildings
13th September
A full page positive review of Adam's new book Chromatic Architecture, in the Observer Sunday paper
Why Is Architecture So Afraid of Colour?
22nd August
An article by Edwin Heathcote on the importance and strange absence of colour in architecture, that discusses Adam's work and his new book Chromatic Architecture
The Crit
September
Adam Nathaniel Furman, an artist and designer, joins the show to discuss the history of colour in architecture, the challenges of viral design and his dream of designing a skyscraper facade.
Adam Nathaniel Furman on laying chromatic feasts for people through his public works
Apr 02, 2026
In conversation with STIR, the British designer reflects on the role of ornament, colour and crafted materiality in reanimating overlooked spaces in contemporary cityscapes.
Adam Nathaniel Furman on Art in Public Space
January 17, 2026
We talk to Adam Nathaniel Furman on art in the public realm – and the important role of vibrancy, colour and the power of permanence in our urban environment
Lecture
November 26th
Talk at Temple Bar, the following is the introductory text on the trust's video: "Adam Nathaniel Furman is one of the most original and provocative voices in contemporary design. Working at the intersection of architecture, art and activism, Furman has redefined the role of colour, ornament and identity in the built environment. Trained at the Architectural Association and with a background shaped by Argentine, Japanese and Jewish heritage, he brings a profoundly multicultural perspective to his work. He is the originator of “New London Fabulous,” a movement that celebrates expressive, joyful design as a counterpoint to austerity and uniformity. Furman explores how architecture and design can embody cultural multiplicity and delight — reminding us that the spaces we inhabit are never neutral, but alive with meaning."
L’architecte et designer Adam Nathaniel Furman : un fou de couleurs qui détonne à Londres
30 August 2025
Passé par le fameux Central Saint Martins, prestigieuse université d’arts et de design londonnienne, l’artiste-designer anglais embellit la ville par ses choix de mosaïques aux chromatiques énergiques.
London Bridge: Swirling mosaic at station complete
9 July 2024
News piece on the completion of the London Bridge mosaic designed by Adam Nathaniel Furman.
Architecture: Rowan Moore’s five best projects of 2023
25 December 2023
Review roundup featuring Furman’s Croydon Colonnade among the year’s standout architectural works.
Adam Nathaniel Furman: ‘I like the senses to be tickled
10 September 2023
Profile interview on Furman’s practice, ceramics, public art, architecture, and large-scale installations.
Adam Nathaniel Furman on how queer spaces have shaken up the architectural canon
6 October 2022
The architect, designer and artist offers a first look at their new London studio, and discusses their recent book, Queer Spaces, an accessible compendium of meaningful environments for the LGBTQ community.
"Ceramic Review Issue 315
May/June 2022
Profile feature on Adam Nathaniel Furman and his public-facing ceramics work.
What Adam Nathaniel Furman designed next
5 Nov 2021
Furman campaigns for the queer and transgender community to be more fairly represented by permanent architecture and spaces.
Brighten your home with Adam Nathaniel Furman’s colourful designs
22 October 2021
While Frieze may have hit your radar as the biggie collectors’ fair this month, there was a gallery-within-a-fair in west London that was a hotbed of exciting British talent at a fraction of Frieze prices.
Queer Aesthetics with Adam Nathaniel Furman
1 October 2021
Designer and artist Adam Nathaniel Furman sits down with our Inclusive Features Editor and talks about growing up and experiencing the gay and queer scene in London in the 90's and his journey of self-discovery and his love of colour.
Adam Nathaniel Furman is the ‘joyously deviant’ artist shaping up London
26 February 2021
Profile feature on Furman’s London work, public-facing art, and homeware collaborations.
Get the New London Fabulous look, the capital’s most colourful interior design trend
14 Jun 2020
A joyous style that combines exuberant colour and kaleidoscope pattern, a dash of postmodernism, a soupçon of Memphis and a dollop of camp.
Adam Nathaniel Furman on colour, classicism and his new collection for Floor Story
28 July 2020
Interview on colour, classicism, and Furman’s Floor Story collection.
Adam Nathaniel Furman
2020
His passion is aesthetics, visual culture as related to design. His designs, messengers of joy and energy, draw on the past to become symbols of the present and reflections on the future.
Live Interview with Adam Nathaniel Furman
May 22nd
Designer Adam Nathaniel Furman spoke to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation sponsored by Philips TV & Sound as part of Virtual Design Festival. Furman discussed his work with Dezeen's founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs. The London-based designer has become known for adorning his work, which includes interiors, furniture and products, with his colourful and often pattern-rich aesthetic. Previous projects include a pastel-coloured set of chairs based on intimate parts of the body, which the designer said explored "colour, cuteness and queerness". Furman recently completed a renovation of a Tokyo apartment in a sugar-sweet colour palette, which he describes as a "visual feast". In January 2020, he designed a colourful pattern-clashing mosaic that adorns the entrance and reception of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital's maternity ward. Furman is also a judge for the 2020 edition of Dezeen Awards, along with UNStudio founder Ben van Berkel and author and architect Paola Antonelli among others.
This Designer Is Waging a Bold War Against a Monochrome World
February 04, 2020
Making his mark in Britain, America, Japan and now at the Design Museum Holon, Adam Nathaniel Furman is adding colour around the world
Adam Nathaniel Furman Q&A
2020
Challenging the status quo, one colour-soaked installation or boldly patterned product at a time, Adam Nathaniel Furman’s work is crowd-pleasingly sensual and celebratory.
Adam Nathaniel Furman: «Vedo arcobaleno»
29 January 2020
Italian interview feature on Furman’s work, influences, and projects around Salone del Mobile 2020.
Painting the town red ... and green and yellow: art movement brings new colour to London
14 Jun 2020
Young creatives vibrant lockdown installations reflect capital’s cultural melting pot
Design’s new happy mood
29th July 2020
There’s a wave of positivity, fun and risk-taking emerging across the globe. It’s a far cry from the restrained, minimalist aesthetic, writes Clare Dowdy.
An Apartment Bursting With Fruit Flavor
2019
In Tokyo, a praiseworthy apartment animated with colorful Japanese materials and fixtures emerges from the shadows.
Could this Tokyo apartment be the funkiest retirement pad in the world?
2019
Never mind ergonomic chairs and non-slip baths, the Bubblegum apartment is pure fun, says Katrina Burroughs
Nowadays, you can be a gay architect, but you can’t do queer architecture
2019
To British designer (and Frame Awards 2020 jury member) Adam Nathaniel Furman, the current rejection of post-modernism in interior architecture also cloaks a dismissal of the gender-bending aesthetics associated with queer spaces.
Adam Nathaniel Furman on making waves
29th May
Adam Nathaniel Furman is an artist and designer based in London. His work has been exhibited in Paris, New York, Milan, Rome, Eindhoven, Minneapolis, Portland, Kortrijk, Tel Aviv, Veszprem, Mumbai, Vienna and Glasgow as well as his home city, and is held in the collections of the Design Museum, Sir John Soane’s Museum, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Abet Museum, and the Architectural Association. He has also played a fundamental role in the recent re-appraisal of post-modernist architecture and has become an advocate of the need for colour in our built environment. Importantly too, over the years he has built a huge following on social media through his witty, trenchant and occasionally downright controversial posts. This episode took the ‘critics’ slot’ in series two and covered issues such as: the Notre Dame blaze and the importance of heritage; queer aesthetics in architecture; reviving post-modernism’s reputation; the problem with unpaid internships... and his profound love of Nando’s. To describe it as wide-ranging would not be doing it justice. To find out much more about Adam and his brilliantly colourful work here: adamnathanielfurman.com
Adam Nathaniel Furman on his brand of ‘f*** you’ happiness
2019
Designer and artist Adam Nathaniel Furman discusses the creative influence of his family, and the idea that only ‘difficult’ work should be taken seriously.
Artist Adam Nathaniel Furman on fingerless gloves, Fornasetti furniture and eating dulce du leche from the jar
2018
My personal style signifiers are fingerless gloves. Brora is my favourite brand for pattern and colour.
Postmodernism is brought up to date
2018
The architectural movement has been vilified since the 1990s but a new appreciation of it is emerging.
March
Adam Nathaniel Furman is a London based designer. "For me once something is made it achieves this sort of holy status, which requires silence [...] By the time that something is made real, if there’s narrative and depth that’s been part of the process of designing it, that should come across as an atmosphere. There’s nothing I dislike more than being shown something and then needing a text to explain to me what it is."
The Roman Singularity
2017
The Roman Singularity at the Sir John Soane's Museum was featured as part of the introduction to Front Row on BBC2, guest presented by Mary Beard.
New Talent 2017: Adam Nathaniel Furman’s Electric Approach to Postmodernism
2017
Relying on his own imagination rather than trends, Adam Nathaniel Furman—a master of surface and ornamentation—designs exuberant works at all manner of scales.
The designer dragging architecture: meet Adam Nathaniel Furman
2017
London-based designer Adam Nathaniel Furman indulges in colour, pattern and multiple historical styles — from his interiors to his installations — and argues for greater plurality in the world of architecture
The architects building a future for themselves
2016
As the Architecture Foundation publishes the latest edition of New Architects, our critic explores how young designers are making their own rules to get ahead.
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