Shawn Adams is an architect, writer and lecturer who currently teaches at the AA, Central St Martins and University of the Arts London. Shawn works as the outreach lead at the housing specialist company HTA Design LLP and is a cofounder of the socially-minded design practice POoR Collective. In 2023, POoR won London Design Festival’s Emerging Design Medal. Shawn has written for the Financial Times, VICE, Wallpaper*, FRAME, The World of Interiors, Architects' Journal, RIBAJ, ICON, OnOffice, Mix Interiors and Disegno. Shawn writes about global architecture and design, and aims to platform the voices of those living across the Caribbean, Asia and Africa.