Rob Walker
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Rob Walker|Essays
Hearing Things
I have seen the future of rock and roll, and it’s merch. Of course, band-branded merchandise has been a major part of the music business, big and small, for years.
Rob Walker|Essays
When Funny Goes Viral
Taking Lulz (Sort of) Seriously.
Rob Walker|Essays
The Song Decoders
Pandora, is convinced it can guide you, to music that you like. The premise is that your favorite songs can be stripped to parts and reverse-engineered.
Rob Walker|Essays
Hitting Rewind on the Cassette Tape
The romance associated with vinyl seems to apply to its longtime analog rival, the cassette.
Rob Walker|Essays
Slightly Used
A line of axes from the Best Made Company. These are lovely objects, remarkable for the colorful painted patterns on the handles.
Rob Walker|Essays
Valuing $0
Lewis Hyde wrote The Gift decades ago for an audience of artists, writers and other people who create. Chris Anderson, cited Hyde’s work in his book Free, published last year.
Rob Walker|Essays
Spawn of Gerrymander: Jennifer Daniel’s Texas 35th
Illustrator Jennifer Daniel reimagines Texas’ 35th congressional district: If you can read this, you’re in range.
Rob Walker|Essays
A Designer Runs For Office
Matt Tomasulo was a successful tactical urbanist. Then he ran for public office.
Rob Walker|Essays
Styles of Likeness
The meaningful photograph as object — and non-object.
Rob Walker|Essays
The Theater of Making
What videos depicting the story of stuff-being-made are really about.
Rob Walker|Essays
Interface Runes
Revisiting the Palm Pilot's uncanny interaction-design alphabet.
Rob Walker|Essays
Selling Stories With Stuff
What Significant Objects suggests about the relationship between stories and stuff.