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

He writes a regular column in Fast Company magazine and has written for Design Observer, Bloomberg Businessweek, and The Atlantic.

[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.

[6] All author proceeds from Letters from New Orleans went to relief organizations such as the Red Cross and others working with victims of Hurricane Katrina.

[17][18][19][20] Walker has participated in or led a number of artistic projects including the Hypothetical Development Organization (together with Ellen Susan and GK Darby), which explored renderings of purely hypothetical possibilities for blighted buildings in New Orleans, and was part of the official U.S. presentation at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale.