Adam Nathaniel Furman

Adam Nathaniel Furman studied at Highgate School and Architectural Association School of Architecture. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is visual arts, design and architecture. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are postmodern art, postmodern architecture and maximalism.

• Born — November 1982 • Birthplace — Paddington, London, England • Education — Architectural Association • Partner — Marco Ginex • Website — https: adamnathanielfurman.com/

Furman was born at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington to an Argentine father and a German-Japanese mother, both Jewish, and raised in North London near Finchley Road. Furman attended Highgate School. In 2001, Furman enrolled in a foundation course at Central Saint Martins. He went on to study at the Architectural Association (AA), graduating in 2008. This was followed by further graduate studies at the AA.

• Illustration — Proud Little Pyramid (2021) Furman became co-director of the AA's research group Saturated Space and opened Madam Studio. In 2013, he was invited to join the Design Museum's Designers in Residence programme. In 2014 and 2015, Furman had a residency at the British Academy in Rome, where he was awarded the Rome Prize in Architecture. Furman's winning project The Roman Singularity was later displayed at the Soane Museum in 2017. He also returned to Central Saint Martins to teach and run the Productive Exuberance studio. Named as one of the Architecture Foundations 'New Architects' in 2016, Furman was also named as a new talent by Metropolis, who described him as "a master of surface and ornamentation" who relies on their "own imagination rather than trends for inspiration". That year, Furman co-authored Revisiting Postmodernism with Terry Farrell, and was commissioned to design a futuristic town hall concept called Democratic Monument for Architecture Fringe. Furman was named a 2019 FX Product Designer of the Year. In 2021, Furman had a sixth-month residency at King's Cross, where he installed the Proud Little Pyramid for Pride Month. Furman co-edited the 2022 anthology Queer Spaces with Joshua Mardell, which includes pieces from contributors on domestic, communal, and public spaces where LGBT+ individuals have found safety and solidarity over the decades. As of 2023, Furman is in the process of creating a 57-meter-long mosaic mural titled A Thousand Streams on a wall outside London Bridge station with the London School of Mosaic, as well as ceramic tile colonnades for the new Enclave tower in Croydon.

• Illustration — Click Your Heels Together Three Times by Adam Nathaniel Furman. Canary Wharf, London At a young age, Furman was inspired by the tiles and mosaics they saw in London Underground stations, particularly Eduardo Paolozzi's mosaics in the old Tottenham Court Road station. In an interview about Democratic Monument, Furman stated "In great contrast to the rest of our cultural output, our physical environment is crushingly uniform." In 2020, Furman coined the term New London Fabulous (NLF) to refer to a group of London-based artists and designers who reject "monochromatic minimalism" in favour of "kaleidoscopic" colours, ornament, and geometry. NLF also places emphasis on creating public spaces that represent and celebrate the city's local communities and cultures. Notable NLF figures include Yinka Ilori, Camille Walala, and Morag Myerscough.

Furman lives in Belsize Park with their long-term partner Marco Ginex. He has dyslexia.

• Illustration — Abundance • Illustration — Cassata Pavilion • Illustration — In a River a Thousand Streams

• The Roman Singularity (2014, 2017), ceramic sculptures made in Rome, later displayed at the Soane Museum • Gateways (2017), installation in Granary Square • Look Down to Look Up (2018), street crossing patterns for Croydon Council • Pontoon and the Paddington Pyramid (2019), at Paddington Central • Boudoir Babylon (2020), installation for the National Gallery of Victoria's Triennal • Proud Little Pyramid (2021), installation at King's Cross for London Pride • Abundance (2023), installation in Paddington, London • Babs Baldachino (2023), monument for the Birmingham Fierce Festival • Cassata Pavilion (2023), sculpture at the Plastikgarten in Leipzig • Click Your Heels Together Three Times (2023), installation at Canary Wharf • Bristol Quilt (2023), ceramic mural in Bristol city centre • Croydon Colonnade (2023), mosaic pedestrian thoroughfare under residential building • In a River a Thousand Streams (2024), mosaic mural at London Bridge station

• Sculptures for ITV animation • Democratic Monument (2017), maximalist town hall concept for Architecture Fringe • Architectural Icons (originally Postmodern Icons, 2022–), illustrations of famous buildings

• Yinka Ilori • Morag Myerscough • Bethan Laura Wood

Adam Nathaniel Furman is recorded as multi-artist, muralist, urban designer, furniture designer and interior designer.