Maegan Beck (she/her) is an interdisciplinary designer + art writer based in Tiohtià:ke / Montréal, CA.

Specialties

  • I design thoughtful, intuitive interfaces with a focus on accessibility, clarity, and emotional resonance — blending research, storytelling, and visual structure to create digital experiences that feel human and intentional.

  • I conduct user research to uncover needs, frustrations, and behaviours — translating insights into design decisions that prioritize empathy and usability across digital experiences.

  • My design practice is about rhythm, contrast, and resonance. I shape space with type and texture, letting meaning surface through arrangement. Design is a visual language capable of holding emotion, memory, and metaphor.

  • My research and writing span art history, feminist theory, affect theory, and digital culture. I distill theoretical complexity into compelling criticism, emerging as narratives that inform, engage, and bridge knowledge across academic and artistic contexts.

  • Art direction is a form of atmosphere-making. It’s about conjuring a mood and holding it — through light, colour, gesture, and tone. I’m drawn to textures and visuals that feel remembered, guiding a project’s shape with intention and instinct.

Recent Writing


“Mending Memory:
A Fabric of Absence”

Needlebound Vol. II


“Computational Geology:
Fibre, Metal, and the Memory of Stone”

ESPACE art actuél, no. 114 "Minerals/Mineraux”


“‘In the Middle Distance:’
Interview with Artist Ayla Dmyterko”

BlackFlash Magazine, 42.2 "Domestic”