Decorative wooden lamps and wall-mounted light fixtures in a contemporary interior design.

Verner Panton and MycoWorks
3daysofdesign invited me to check out some shows!

A smiling man sitting with his legs crossed in a modern waiting area with dark chairs and artistic wall decor.

A sleek, futuristic concept car called Genesis X Gran Equator Concept on display at an auto show, with a matte blue finish and black wheels, positioned in front of a black backdrop with white lighting.

Genesis Cars Invite
New York International Auto Show

A man in sunglasses and a purple sweater standing with arms crossed and smiling in Times Square, New York City, surrounded by tourists, digital billboards, skyscrapers, and vibrant city lights.

A man in glasses and a cream quilted jacket with a patterned scarf stands next to a vintage green Land Rover in an indoor setting with modern ceiling lights and wooden wall paneling.

Range Rover Exhibition
Milan Design Week 2025

A smiling man standing in front of a green Range Rover inside a modern showroom, holding a brochure with '70' and '25' on it.

A young Black man with a beard and short hair, wearing a black button-up shirt over a black T-shirt, sitting at a table with his hands clasped, smiling at the camera with a background of glass blocks.

Royal College of Art Feature

Innovation, inspiration, impact: Shawn Adams (Architecture MA, 2020)

A futuristic concept car displayed at an outdoor event during nighttime, with people gathered around and stage lighting in the background.

Jaguar Type 00 Launch
Miami Art Week 2024

A man standing in front of a blue backdrop with white text that says 'Jaguar' and 'copy nothing'. He is wearing black glasses, a dark blue denim jacket, beige pants, and black shoes, with his hands in his pockets.

Dezeen Awards Judge
Dezeen Awards 2024

Three people dressed formally, standing in front of a pink backdrop with logos and text that says 'Dezzen Award.' They are smiling and posing happily, with drinks in hand.

A man dressed in a black tuxedo standing in front of a vintage white car at night, with pink and purple lighting on a brick building behind.

Five people standing and sitting on stairs outside Brixton Rec, with bicycles and outdoor furniture nearby, under a sign that reads "Brixton Rec." The group includes three men and two women, all casually dressed and smiling.

Financial Times Feature
POoR speaks to the FT

A group of six diverse young adults sitting on outdoor stairs together, with some looking at the camera, in front of a brown brick building.

Art gallery with wooden sculptures on pedestals, colorful abstract paintings on walls, and display cases with small artifacts inside.

Dezeen Feature

POoR Collective exhibition showcases work by emerging London designers

People walking past the storefront of Brompton Market, a food market, with a large window display promoting an event called 'POWERSH( ii )FT' happening from September 14th to 22nd.

Powershiift Exhibition - Private View
Image Credit: Valdis Bicevskis

Group of people standing in front of a restaurant entrance with a sign that reads 'POWERSH(II) FT'. They are smiling and posing for the photo, with some holding drinks.

A man with glasses and a beard, wearing a black jacket, sitting at a table in a restaurant or café, smiling, with a glass of amber-colored drink and large windows with white curtains in the background.

3daysofdesign dinner at Soho House Copenhagen
Image Credit: Stefania Zanetti

People gathered around a long dinner table in an elegant restaurant with a bar and chandelier overhead.

A smiling man in teal scrubs standing in a colorful indoor space with hanging blue and yellow banners.

Wallpaper* Feature

‘If kids grew up going to London Design Festival they would learn so much’: architect Shawn Adams

A smiling young man with a beard and short curly hair sitting in a panel discussion, holding a microphone, wearing a black T-shirt with a graphic design, and engaging with an audience or other panelists.

Please Design Responsibly: Redefining the Role of the Designer Talk 2024
Image Credit: Iona Wolff

A large audience seated in an ornate theater or auditorium, attentively watching a performance or presentation.

Five diverse people standing together on a stage, smiling, with microphones and glasses of water on a table in front, and a large orange screen behind them.

Two men sitting on chairs at a small table in front of a reflective, distorted building facade with multiple floors and glass balconies, while other people sit and stand in the background.

Audi Q6 e-tron Launch
Milan Design Week 2024

Man in business attire holding a glass of champagne standing in front of a black backdrop with repeated logos and text, including "Audi," "Portrait Milano," "Cross Vision Interni 70."

Black Audi e-tron on display at an outdoor event with people and historic buildings in the background.

Audi Q6 e-tron Launch
Milan Design Week 2024

A man in a white shirt and sunglasses is seated in the driver's seat of a modern vehicle, reaching towards the dashboard or touchscreen. A woman in a black and white outfit stands outside, near a lush green bush, with an ornate building with columns behind her.

Colorful playground structure with multiple levels, large yellow, orange, blue, and green canopies, in a park with trees and grass, people walking and sitting in the background.

Dezeen Feature

Eight projects by POoR Collective that reimagine co-design as "a two-way street"

Children playing on a colorful outdoor playground structure with geometric shapes in a park under cloudy sky.

Hypebeast Feature

This Year's London Design Medals Are Dedicated to Changemakers

Cover of OnOffice magazine featuring a colorful line graph illustrating the power of ideas over time, with the headline 'The Power of Ideas' and text indicating the magazine issue number 165.

Feature in OnOffice Issue 165

Photograph of a smiling Black man with short hair, wearing a dark shirt, sitting in front of a window with horizontal blinds.

A diverse group of eight people standing together at an event, holding awards and smiling. The setting appears to be an elegant indoor venue with tall columns, a chandelier, and many other guests in the background.

London Design Festival Emerging Talent Medal 2023
POoR Collective with Hanif Kara OBE, Pooja Pooja Agrawal and Magdalene Odundo DBE
Image Credit: Iona Wolff

Group of people sitting and standing around a colorful, modern, outdoor playground structure in a park with trees in the background.

Evening Standard Feature

Social enterprise POoR Collective win the Emerging Design Medal at London Design Festival 2023

Four men sitting on a green couch, laughing and enjoying each other's company, in a room with patterned wall art and a glass brick wall.

ELLE Decoration Feature

London Design Medal 2023 winners announced

Four men standing outside a storefront with the word 'Powershift' repeated on the window. Art displays are visible inside the shop. The men are smiling and posing for the photo.

POoR Architects’ Journal Takeover
Image Credit: Timi Akindele-Ajani

A smiling man with a beard and short hair standing outside a building near glass doors.

POoR Architects’ Journal Takeover
Image Credit: Timi Akindele-Ajani

Dezeen Feature

Tuesday From the London Design Festival

Four individuals, three men and one woman, speaking at a panel in a formal or historic setting, with ornate architectural details in the background.

London Design Festival Emerging Talent Medal 2023 acceptance speech
Image Credit: Iona Wolff

Two men talking to each other in a crowded indoor space, with several other people in the background.

London Design Festival Emerging Talent Medal 2023 - POoR Collective
Image Credit: Iona Wolff

A park with colorful modern sculpture in front of a large white hotel building, and a river in the foreground with trees on both sides.

Meet the London Design Medals 2023 winners, showcasing ‘creativity and innovation that shapes our world’

Wallpaper* Feature

A panel discussion with four people sitting on stage in front of a large presentation screen displaying a title and panel details. The stage has a wooden backdrop and a circular wooden table with microphones and water bottles.

Global Design Forum Talk 2023
Image Credit: Without Shape Without Form

A woman in an orange outfit standing indoors against a backdrop of mustard yellow and dark brown curtains. On the right, a group of four men sitting and chatting on colorful playground structures outdoors, with trees and buildings in the background.

Architects’ Journal Feature
POoR Collective and Pooja Agrawal scoop 2023 London Design Medals

Poster for the 2023 RIBA Silver Medal Judging Panel featuring photos of Mina Hasman, Shawn Adams, Nana Biamah-Ofosu, David Hills, Helen Iball, and Albert Williamson-Taylor.

BDC Magazine Feature

RIBA announces 2023 President’s Medals Judging Panels

Found Future Episode 4: Shawn Adams:

Cover of Onoffice magazine featuring three chairs in a forest with large trees and sunlight casting shadows.

Feature in OnOffice Issue 162

Group of diverse people in a room with wooden walls, some seated and some standing, with a large window on the left.

Composite image featuring four sections: the first shows a man with glasses in a gray suit sitting on a bench outdoors; the second shows a woman with a headscarf and pink apron smiling indoors; the third shows a woman with short black hair in an orange jumpsuit standing indoors with a colorful curtain background; the fourth shows five young people sitting and chatting on a colorful modern outdoor playground structure.

Hanif Kara, Magdalene Odundo among the winners of the 2023 London Design Medals

STIR World Feature

Three wooden furniture pieces and a circular carpeted object in a room with wooden paneled walls.

Architects’ Journal Feature
Makers & Mentors featured in Black and White Building Study in the Architects’ Journal

Two Worlds Design Podcast: Failing to First | Shawn Adams | Two Worlds Design podcast

Colorful playground structure with children playing outdoors under a cloudy sky.

Feature in OnOffice Issue 164

Photograph of a community gathering inside a wooden building with large windows, showing people sitting on chairs and standing, engaging in activities or conversations, with laundry machines visible in the background.

Colorful geometric shapes with text promoting Climate Salon episode three about designing diversity into buildings, and featuring the design platform De Zaan and SketchUp.

Dezeen Feature

"Of course there's a link between sustainability and inclusivity" says Katy Ghahremani in Climate Salon podcast

Seven people in a wooden interior space, some standing, some sitting, with raw wood panels and frames around them.

TOG Stories Feature

TOG x POoR Collective: The students of our Makers & Mentors programme

Ravensbourne Feature

Ravensbourne celebrates their Makers & Mentors student Em

AA School of Architecture: Projective Cities Lecture - Power Out of Restriction

Makers & Mentors programme inspires young designers to create bespoke furniture

Group of 12 diverse people standing and sitting in a room with wooden walls and large windows.

Design Week Feature

A woman giving a presentation in a dark room with a large screen behind her displaying a quote by Nelson Mandela about education.

Dezeen Feature

London Design Festival's Global Design Forum returns to provoke debate in 2022

South London Gallery: POoR Collective: How to make change in your local area

Group of people painting a colorful mural on a brick wall, with some standing on ladders and a canopy above them, bicycles in the background, and supplies on a small white table.

Architectural Association Lecture

POoR Collective Lecture at the Architectural Association Projective Cities

Person using a graphics tablet with a stylus at a workstation, with computer monitors and a woman in glasses and a plaid shirt working in the background.

Design Week Feature

Junior designers are being overlooked, so what can be done about it?

**AJ Student Prize 2022**

Shawn Adams judging Architects’ Journal Student Prize 2022

**Open City Podcast**

Londown Live local elections special with Jenna Goldberg and Shawn Adams

**Financial Times Story on POoR Collective**

What teenagers can teach us about creating better places to live

**Guardian Feature**

Removing benches, blocking cycle paths: why are police interfering in the UK’s public spaces?

Thornton Education Trust: How to embed social value into practice through engaging future generations

**Zetteler Feature**

22 for 2022: Zetteler’s shortlist of the designers, makers and thinkers to watch in the year ahead

Architecture Foundation: Shawn Adams reads 'Walking While Black' by Garnette Cadogan

Electronic Tapestry.jpg — **Wallpaper* Feature**

Shawn Adams: Wallpaper* Next Generation 2021

Property Development Book Club: Are we doing public engagement right in property development ?

**Wallpaper* Feature - POoR Collective**

Architecture and design activism strives for a better future

**Royal College of Art Interview**

Generation RCA Interview: Shawn Adams

**Guardian Feature**

Architects Elsie Owusu and Shawn Adams: 'Above the glass ceiling is a concrete ceiling

Screenshot 2021-08-04 at 13.00.22.jpg — **Royal College of Art Feature**

Royal College of Art 2020: Shawn Adams

**Guardian Feature**

'My dad's shed is my darkroom’: inside 12 lockdown art studios

**Guardian Feature**

'People say we don’t exist': the scandal of excluded black architects

**Koozarch Feature**

Not only, but also - Betts Project Exhibition

Newspaper .png — **Financial Times Feature**

‘Everyone has a plan B’: meet the design students graduating into a pandemic economy

**Architecture Today Feature**

Live Issues
With digital events now the norm, Bobby Jewell looks at what this means for practices hoping to host

RIBA: Stephen Lawrence Day 2019

Open City.jpg — **Open City Podcast**

The Londown | The Serpentine Pavilion, and diversity in the RIBA with Shawn Adams

**RIBA Feature**

RIBA announces recipients of 20 student bursaries and scholarships

LET’S BUILD: LETS REALLY TALK MODERNISING THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Screenshot 2021-10-07 at 09.38.30.jpg — **RIBA Feature**

Changing the face of architecture: Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust students tell their story

Architecture Foundation: RESOLVE and PoOR Collective with Nana Biamah-Ofosu: The Cultural Meaning of the City

12.-South-London-Gallery-garden-by-Gabriel-Orozco-2016-courtesy-Gabriel-Orozco.-Photo-Andy-Stagg.-2048x1366.jpg — **South London Gallery Talk**

Convergence: Community Building Places

RIBAJ Middle .jpg — **RIBAJ Rising Star Shawn Adams**

Talented designer, architectural writer, pathfinder and mentor for the next generation

**Ardagh Young Creatives 2021**

A vibrant programme to create pathways into design for 14 – 16 year olds

Power vs Palladio: with Tom Dyckhoff, Owen Hatherley, Leopold Lambert, Lesley Lokko & Rowan Moore

Electronic Tapestry - Fragment.JPG — **RIBAJ Feature**

Keeping the studio alive as architecture schools reopen

**Museum of Architecture Feature**

Why I went into architecture - Shawn Adams

Threefold LFA Livestream: Who Cares About the In-Between ?

New Architecture Writers

Meet the New Architecture Writers of 2019