Rob Walker

Rob Walker writes about design, technology, business, the arts, and other subjects. For Fast Company, he writes Branded, a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, pop culture, and current events. Walker wrote The Workologist advice column for The New York Times Sunday Business section from 2013 to 2018. Previously, he wrote the Consumed column for The New York Times Magazine. His work has also appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, The Atlantic, NewYorker.com, Wired, Fortune, GQ, Design Observer, Marketplace, The Organist, and many other venues. His books include The Art of Noticing (Knopf, 2019); Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are  (Randomo House, 2008); and City Tech: 20 Apps, Ideas, and Innovators Changing the Urban Landscape (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2024). With Joshua Glenn, he co-edited the collections Significant Objects: 100 Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things (Fantagraphics, 2013) and Lost Objects: 50 Stories About the Things We Miss and Why They Matter (Hat and Beard Press, 2022). The Hypothetical Development Organization, a collaborative project co-founded by Walker, G.K. Daby, and Ellen Susan, was included in the U.S. exhibition at the 2012 Venice Biennale. He is often called on as an expert commentator on the subject of material culture, notably in the documentary Objectified.

Education
BS in Radio-Television-Film (Critical-Cultural Studies), University of Texas at Austin

Website 
robwalker dot net (.net)

Twitter 
@notrobwalker

Course
Design Narratives: Point of View