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A Small Selection Of Press Articles
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
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 as part of Virtual Design Festival
22 May 2020
Designer Adam Nathaniel Furman spoke to Dezeen in a live Screentime conversation sponsored by Philips TV & Sound as part of Virtual Design Festival.
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 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.
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.
Postmodernism is brought up to date
2018
The architectural movement has been vilified since the 1990s but a new appreciation of it is emerging.
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