Shawn Allen
Partner, Design Technologist
Since his childhood, Shawn has been interested in both computers and art. A Connecticut native, he moved to San Francisco in 1999 to pursue a formal fine arts education. But the pull of the dot-com frenzy proved too strong, and in 2000 he began working alongside Michal Migurski at a short-lived start-up. After 4 tumultuous years in the web design business, he developed the user interface for a console-based edition of the "Sims" franchise at video game maker Maxis. Shawn began working with Stamen in 2004 and became our third partner in January 2006.
In his free time, Shawn makes weird music, DJs occasionally, takes photos, rides his bicycle around the Bay, and travels around the world.