Amy Frearson
Amy is editor-at-large for Dezeen.
After joining as a reporter in 2011, Amy was promoted to Dezeen editor in 2017. She was highly commended at the 2017 BSME Awards, which described Dezeen as "unstoppable" under her editorship, before moving into a freelance contributor role in 2019.
Amy now works across magazines, books, digital media and live events. She is the founder of Curated Maps, a platform offering guides to design weeks around the world, a contributor to titles including Elle Decoration and the Financial Times, and a talk host for design brands such as Vitra, Fritz Hansen and Tarkett. She is the co-author of All Together Now: The Co-living and Co-working Revolution, published by the RIBA, and the editor of the catalogue for The Garden of Privatised Delights, the British Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2021. More recently, she was a curatorial advisor for London Festival of Architecture 2025.
Stories by Amy Frearson
Ten dining rooms where built-in seating provides extra space around the table
“Everything we do is going to be looked at more” says Prince Carl Philip as studio launches own brand
Seven seats that showcase the best of Norwegian design
You Can Sit With Us aims to open doors that “were firmly closed to us” says 2LG Studio
Unika Auction presents unseen prototypes from 30 Norwegian designers
Space10 to close after 10 years of driving innovation at IKEA
Jeff Martin and Sam Klemick create furniture with an “alternate ending”
The Act of Quad converts Mumbai shed into studio with see-through facade
“Egg chair would not be designed today” say Luke Pearson and Tom Lloyd
Factory Fifteen brings city to ruin in “CGI extravaganza” for Spitfire Audio
US scientists prove that metal can heal itself
MIT engineers create battery alternative using cement and carbon black
Eight living rooms where low-slung furniture creates a casual lounge atmosphere
“Tradition has to evolve or it dies” says Ozwald Boateng
Rio Kobayashi’s first solo show features tuna table and totem speakers
Minus launches subscription furniture with ambition to go “beyond zero”
Cristóbal Palma photographs ill-famed Buenos Aires slum before redevelopment
Forma transforms century-old glasshouse into Væksthuset climate classroom
Chris van Niekerk installs minimalist house in Cape Town’s Steenberg mountains
Objects of Common Interest installs snake-like light in Bergamo piazza
Loop Loop develops “world’s first plant-based aluminium dying process”
Sketch Design Studio reinterprets south Indian traditions for Rajasthan house
