Madeleine Morley
Madeleine Morley is a design and architecture writer based in Berlin. She studied English literature at Cambridge University and went on to complete an MA in art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art. She has written for Creative Review, AIGA, Monotype, magCulture, AnOther, and The Guardian among others.
Design Debate: Should You Work In-House or Freelance?
Three designers face off on a question that every designer has an opinion on.
Design Debate: Is It Important That a Designer Agrees with Their Client’s Morals?
Three designers tackle the question.
Design Debate: Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Inspiration?
Three designers face off on the pros and cons of constant inspiration. Ready, set, debate.
Design Debate: Have New Tech Innovations Made Work Life Easier or Harder?
Three designers face off on whether new tech is net positive for their careers.
Can UX Design Fix Digital Healthcare’s “Women’s Problem?”
The number of apps in the “healthcare for women” category has exploded, solving a slew of problems while creating a whole new set of tricky issues for UX designers.
The Invention of the In-home Coffee Maker Emancipated Women in the ’30s—Here’s How
Nothing says good morning like the sound of bubbles rising as you lift your espresso maker from the stove. It wasn’t always so easy and affordable to make coffee at home, though.
Make it Cuter—and More Branding Lessons From the Weird and Wonderful World of Japanese Mascot Design
If the Olympics are the biggest sporting competition in the world, then yuru-chara is the biggest spectator sport. Here’s what you can learn from the designers behind these furry, fumbling characters.
Love the Design Work, Hate the Designer. How Much Do a Designer’s Morals Matter?
Can you separate great design work from a morally objectionable designer?
More Than Bookstores, These Shops are Must-visit Meccas to the Printed Word
From ramshackle, historic zine shops to luxe, modern art book temples, here’s our definitive list of the world’s best design-oriented bookstores. We originally started with 10, but quickly realized that wasn't nearly enough, so we’ve expanded the list to 46 (and we’re game for another update in the future).
Francesco Franchi: On the Luxury of Newspaper
Making use of years of experience at award-winning design magazines, Francesco Franchi is now the mapmaker leading an intrepid team of designers and journalists into new terrain: bringing a young audience to newspapers.
After the Nightmare Project: Lessons Learned
Top-notch creatives relive their own project nightmares, in the hope of sparing you a few sleepless nights.
By Scott Kirkwood and Madeleine Morley
Print Ain’t Dead!
Madeleine Morley examines the print versus digital content battle over the last decade and discovers that digital and print actually compliment each other in a co-dependent relationship. Amid the sweeping statements that print is dead, Morley offers a deeply-reported, thoughtful counterpoint.
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