Rob Walker

Rob Walker|Essays

Branding By Numbers

Emblemetric backs its assessment of the American Airlines logo with "the data." Of course, that's open to interpretation.

Rob Walker|Essays

What Are You Looking At?

The maps of the future will tell you what to look at. Sometimes, you should look elsewhere.

Rob Walker|Essays

13 Striking Landscape Fictions

Thirteen “landscape fictions,” photographs of the natural world — made distinctly unnatural.

Rob Walker|Events

Why We Buy, Why We Brand

Rob Walker recommends Debbie Millman's talk "Why We Buy, Why We Brand".

Rob Walker|Essays

Tracking War Drones

Online projects that seek to make the drone war comprehensible.

Rob Walker|Essays

The Latest In Journo-Comics

The New tablet magazine Symbolia debuts, a worthy additoin to today's vibrant nonfiction comics scene.

Rob Walker|Essays

Real Space, Imaginary Stuff

Some lessons from organizing a show about the marketplace as medium

Rob Walker|Essays

Lulz and Pedagogy

On using funny videos to start serious classroom discussions

Rob Walker|Essays

On Dapper Dan

A look at the spectacular logo-remix aesthetic of rap-culture style pioneer Dapper Dan.

Rob Walker|Essays

System As Photographer

System as photographer, and photographer as system.

Rob Walker|Essays

Killing for Beautiful Objects

A report on the ivory trade reminds us of the uniquely human willingness to kill for beautiful objects.

Rob Walker

When Does Art Qualify As Design?