Shamus McVicar receives ASID 2026 One to Watch award

This prestigious honor celebrates interior designers who are demonstrating exceptional leadership and making meaningful contributions to the profession early in their careers. These emerging leaders are producing work that is shaping the future of interior design through innovation, leadership, research, education, advocacy and design excellence. Shamus is one of only 12 individuals nationwide who have received this year's award.

A commercial interior designer in our New York City office, Shamus has built a reputation for translating ambitious design visions into impactful, human-centered environments. Across a wide range of workplace, healthcare, science and technology, and experiential projects, he has consistently demonstrated an ability to bridge design concepts with technical execution, while fostering collaboration with his team members, clients and consultants.

Among the projects highlighted in his award submission was the award-winning Turf Experience Center at the Merchandise Mart. Shamus contributed to this year's immersive showroom experience that showcased the company's products through innovative design and seamless execution for NeoCon

Other projects completed prior to joining CannonDesign in 2025 include: 

• Bristol-Myers Squibb's JuMP Business Center, where he helped shape a flagship workplace environment that successfully blended collaboration, wellness and biophilic design from concept to construction.
• Moffitt McKinley Cancer Center, where he supported the creation of a patient-centered healthcare environment that balanced clinical excellence with comfort, healing and human connection.
• Bristol-Myers Squibb's Modules M + N project, where he helped deliver a complex research and development workplace designed to foster collaboration while meeting the technical demands of a leading life sciences facility.
• Additionally, his work on the Ceramics of Italy Coverings Installation demonstrated his ability to create flexible, high impact exhibition experiences that celebrate craftsmanship and engage audiences on an international stage.

Through these projects, Shamus has focused on creating meaningful experiences through thoughtful design, collaboration and technical rigor. Reflecting on his career, he shared: “The legacy I hope to leave is one defined by impact. If the spaces I help create make people feel more connected, more comfortable, or more inspired in their daily lives, then I will know I have contributed something meaningful to my profession.”

We're proud to celebrate this well-deserved achievement and look forward to seeing the continued impact of his work in the years ahead.