Productive Deviance
Join us on June 12th at 5:30 PM at the Seattle Public Library - Central Library for an inspiring evening with Adam Nathaniel Furman—a London-based author, artist, architect, and professor whose work brings queer history to life through innovative design and bold aesthetics.
In this compelling lecture, "Productive Deviance," Adam will share his journey, weaving together personal experiences, education, research, activism, and professional achievements. His work is driven by a deep belief in the transformative power of aesthetics and materiality beyond academic boundaries—in real-world spaces and communities.
Following the lecture, continue the conversation at a free Happy Hour and book signing, where we’ll celebrate Seattle’s own queer history and spaces. Copies of Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQ+ Places and Stories will be available for purchase, courtesy of Charlie’s Queer Books.
Post Lecture Happy Hour Location:
The Shop - LMN Architects.
723 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98104
ABOUT ADAM
Adam Furman is a London based artist and designer who trained in architecture, and who works across diverse scales and disciplines, from painting, publishing videos and prints, to large public and architectural artworks, furniture, interiors, and beyond. Furman co-authored "Postmodernism, Architecture that Changed Our World" with Sir Terry Farrell and the multi-award winning "Queer Spaces, An Atlas of LGBTQIA+ Places and Stories" with Joshua Mardell. The book highlights innovative and resilient stories of both private and public queer spaces throughout history and how they directly respond to their immediate cultural climate.
A few of his notable works include the Democratic Monument, New Town and Gateways, which showcase his deep understanding of the social implications of aesthetics, as well as his commitment to pushing the contours of design into new terrain.
Adam also won the Blueprint Award for Design Innovation, the UK Rome Prize for Architecture, amongst many others, has had his work in the permanent collection of the Carnegie Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Nation Museum of Norway, amongst many others, and has taught at several universities, including setting up the Saturated Space research group at the Architectural Association School of Architecture on Colour as an active agent in Architecture and Urbanism.
