Ali Morris
Ali Morris is a UK-based editor, writer and creative consultant specialising in design, interiors and architecture. In her 16 years as a design writer, Ali has travelled the world, crafting articles about creative projects, products, places and people for titles such as Dezeen, Wallpaper* and Kinfolk.
Latest articles by Ali Morris
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Step inside this resilient, river-facing cabin for a life with ‘less stuff’
A tough little cabin designed by architects Wittman Estes, with a big view of the Pacific Northwest's Wenatchee River, is the perfect cosy retreat
By Ali Morris Published
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Wallpaper* Design Awards 2026: Life-enhancer of the year shortlist
Discover the shortlist for Life-Enhancer of the Year in the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2026, from an innovative night light to a blueprint for play
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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Why the UK’s newest country retreat is placing craft at its core
Crafted at Powdermills is an ambitious new members’ club and retreat deep in the East Sussex countryside. Designed by House of Dre, it aims to root itself in the local landscape and its community of makers. Wallpaper* pays a visit to find out how
By Ali Morris Published
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David/Nicolas raise contemporary craft to a canter at this new Abu Dhabi riding school
The Lebanese design duo draw on Emirati equestrian heritage to create two contemporary spaces for ADREA, a new school of classical horsemanship
By Ali Morris Published
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Donald Judd's furniture arrives in South Korea for the first time
At Hyundai Card Storage, a new exhibition curated by Flavin Judd brings together thirty-eight furniture designs by the artist, revealing how his thinking on proportion, materials and use shaped everyday space
By Ali Morris Published
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Teklan and Ikea bring colour, curves and nostalgia to speakers and lamps
Pattern-wrapped speakers, soft-serve lamps – and clever combos of the two – star in Swedish designer Teklan’s new Ikea collection. Take an exclusive first look
By Ali Morris Published
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Five women-led studios reshaping Indian creativity at Design Mumbai 2025
Design Mumbai 2025 opens 26-29 November – Wallpaper* meets five women-led local brands exhibiting at this year's show
By Ali Morris Published
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Gio Ponti: the complete visionary
Architect, designer, writer and eternal optimist, Gio Ponti brought light, colour and joy to the modern world – uniting Italy's artistic past with its industrial future.
By Ali Morris Published
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Mark+Fold turns ten with first Shoreditch pop-up
British stationery brand Mark+Fold celebrates ten years in business with a Brick Lane pop-up featuring new products, small-batch editions and conversations with creatives
By Ali Morris Published
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USM and Alexander May Studio present a monochrome meditation on the modern workspace
These six flexible workspaces ‘encourage clarity of thought, calm, and self-definition’, says New York designer Alexander May of his partnership with the modular furniture brand
By Ali Morris Published
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Nathalie Du Pasquier, Peter Shire and Barbara Stauffacher Solomon create exclusive artworks for Riso Club
Glasgow print studio Risotto celebrates the 100th issue of its monthly Riso Club – a hand-printed, hand-posted subscription that has grown from a small artist exchange into a global community
By Ali Morris Published
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A new show at Edinburgh gallery Bard celebrates the everyday poetry of craft through the optimism of a hardware shop
Opening at Scottish gallery Bard, Bardware celebrates craft with the 'robust joy of a hardware shop'
By Ali Morris Published
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Bosnian brand Zanat has hand-carved its way into global designers’ hearts
A decade after Orhan Niksic relaunched his family’s century-old workshop, Zanat celebrates its evolution with an exhibition of new, hand-carved works that look to the future of design and craft
By Ali Morris Published
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Eldvarm and Guillaume Delvigne reimagine the modern hearth
A decade after releasing its first fireplace tools, Paris-based brand Eldvarm presents Fumi, a pared-back companion set designed by French designer Guillaume Delvigne.
By Ali Morris Published
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Rachael Gowdridge reinvents a Victorian public toilet as boutique suites
17 years after closing, a public loo on Oxford’s St Giles has reopened as a set of two richly decorated hotel suites
By Ali Morris Published
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Robbie Williams' chair for Moooi 'is a complete mood'
Softly padded and cocoon-like, Robbie Williams’ Introvert chair makes a surprisingly gentle addition to Moooi’s theatrical universe
By Ali Morris Published
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Nordic Knots arrives in London with a stylish pied-à-terre in Mayfair
‘Design has always been about creating a feeling’: Nordic Knots brings its vision of home to Mayfair
By Ali Morris Published
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The latest portable light from Bocci is a luminous marvel
Bocci debuts the 118p – a portable lamp with feather-like impressions that are actually 'stretch marks' formed during the glass-making process
By Ali Morris Published
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Alexandre de Betak on getting lost to find himself in London
As the world-renowned artistic director opens his first personal studio in London during Frieze Week, Alexandre de Betak reflects on leaving the fashion runway behind to explore light, space and creative freedom
By Ali Morris Published
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Rajan Bijlani opens his Primrose Hill home for ‘Electric Kiln’
In his London home – once the studio of ceramicist Emmanuel Cooper – Rajan Bijlani stages ‘Electric Kiln’, uniting Frank Auerbach, Lucie Rie and Cooper in an intimate reflection on the creative spirit of postwar London
By Ali Morris Published
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Wallpaper* checks in at the wonderfully unfussy Swan Inn, Fittleworth
As the night’s draw in, this cosy English inn deep in the Sussex countryside beckons
By Ali Morris Published
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Rooted in Murano furnaces but looking to the future: meet glass design studio 6:AM
From jewel-like stools for Bottega Veneta’s SS26 runway to research projects exploring glass reuse, 6:AM is the Milan-based studio rewriting the future of Murano glass
By Ali Morris Published
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Chainmail chairs and missile planters: design embraces the shadows in Milan
Curator Valentina Ciuffi’s new Milan show, 'Dark Times, Bright Signs', explores how designers transform ecological grief and inner shadows into luminous new forms
By Ali Morris Published
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Svenskt Tenn shrinks a century of interiors into miniature form
The Swedish design company creates dollhouse-sized fabrics and furnishings for its latest exhibition, ‘Svenskt Tenn on a Small Scale’ (until 19 October 2025)
By Ali Morris Published
