Rob Walker (journalist)

This article is about the writer. For other uses, see Rob Walker (disambiguation).
Rob Walker
Walker in 2010
Walker in 2010
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Occupation
GenreNon-fiction
Notable worksThe Art of Noticing
Buying In
Letters from New Orleans

Rob Walker (born 1968) is an American journalist, author and educator, whose primary interests include design, business, technology, consumer culture, and the arts.

He is the author of The Art of Noticing (2019), Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are (2008), and co-author, with Joshua Glenn, of Significant Objects: 100 Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things (2012). He writes a regular column in Fast Company magazine and has written for Design Observer, Bloomberg Businessweek, and The Atlantic. From 2013 until 2018, he wrote "The Workologist" column in The New York Times, and between 2004 and 2012 was a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, for which he wrote the "Consumed" column.[1][2][3] He serves on the faculty of the Products of Design MFA program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Rob Walker » About". Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  2. ^ "The Workologist". The New York Times. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  3. ^ Announcement: Rob Walker Joins Design Observer DesignObserver.com, by The Editors, June 6, 2011
  4. ^ "Rob Walker - SVA". School of Visual Arts | SVA | New York City. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  5. ^ "Rob Walker: Creativity, Mindfulness Speaker - Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau". November 27, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2022.