Books - Peer-Reviewed
Walker, S. (2023) Design for Resilience: making the future we leave behind, MIT Press, Boston, MA. More
Walker, S. (2021) Design and Spirituality: a philosophy of material cultures, Routledge, Abingdon, OX. More
Walker, S. (2019) Design Realities: creativity, nature, and the human spirit, Routledge, Abingdon, OX. More
Walker, S., Evans, M. Cassidy, T., Jung, J., Twigger Holdroyd, A., contributing eds. (2018) Design Roots: culturally significant designs, products and practices, Bloomsbury, London, 379 pages. More
Walker, S. (2017) Design for Life: creating meaning in a distracted world, Routledge, London, 288 pages. More
Walker, S. (2014) Designing Sustainability: making radical changes in a material world, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxford, 224 pages. More
Walker, S. (2014) Design, Waste and Dignity [Design, Resíduo e Dignidade], ed. Loschiavo dos Santos, M. C.,
Walker, S., Goncalves Dias, S. L. F., Sao Paulo University, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil, 481 pages, ISBN 978-85-612114-34-2.
Walker, S. and Giard, J. eds. (2013) Handbook of Design for Sustainability, contributing editors; 32 international authors, Berg, Oxford, 576 pages. More
Walker, S. (2011) The Spirit of Design: Objects, Environment and Meaning, Earthscan/ Routledge, Abingdon, Oxford 272 pages. More
Manzini, E., Walker, S., Wylant, B. (2008) Enabling Solutions for Sustainable Living, University of Calgary Press, (co-author and editor) Book and DVD, 100 pages. More
Walker, S. (2006) Sustainable by Design – explorations in theory and practice, Earthscan/Routledge, Abingdon, Oxford, 256 pages. More
Translations
My books Sustainable by Design, Design for Life and Design and Spirituality have all been translated into Persian.
Designing Sustainability has been translated into Chinese (2018)
A compilation volume of my research and ideas have been published in Portuguese
Book Chapters - Peer-Reviewed
Zhang, W., Walker, S., Evans, M. and Humphreys, P. (2023) ‘The Located-Making Framework’ for Sustainable Enterprise, Ch.9 of Value Creation for a Sustainable World - Innovating for Ecological Regeneration and Human Flourishing, eds. L. Zsolnai, T. Walker, P. Shrivastava, Palgrave Macmillan, London, pps.153-186. More
Walker, S. (2019) Spirituality and Design: creating a meaningful material culture through progressive design praxis, Chapter 39, in Part 6: Knowledge and Education of The Routledge International Handbook of Spirituality in Society and the Professions, Zsolnai, L. and Flanagan, B. (eds.), Routledge, London, pps. 332-344.
Walker, S. (2018) Culturally Significant Artifacts and their Relationship to Tradition and Sustainability, Design Roots, Bloomsbury, London, pps.39-50.
Jung, J. and Walker, S. (2018) Creative Ecologies, Design Roots, Bloomsbury, London, pps.11-24 .
Yazdanpanah, P. and Walker, S. (2018) The Miān-Sarā, Design Roots, Bloomsbury, London, pps.105-116.
Evans, M., Twigger Holroyd, A., Walker, S., Cassidy, T., and Jung, J. (2018) Strategies for Revitalization of Culturally Significant Designs, Products, and Practices, Design Roots, Bloomsbury, London, pps.341-359.
Walker, S. (2017) The Object of Nightingales, in Chapman, J. (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Product Design, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxford, pp.53-68.
Walker, S. (2016) Design for meaningful innovation, Chapter 33, The Routledge Companion to Design Studies, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxford, pp.395-408.
Andrews, N., Walker, S., & Fahy K. (2016) Between intention and action: psychosocial factors influencing action on climate change in organisations, in Leal Filfo W. ed., 2016,Innovation in Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Change Management Series, Springer International, Switzerland, Ch. 19, pp.275-287.
Walker, S. (2014) ‘Sustainability and Designing with Dignity’ [‘Terra dos Resíduos: sustentabilidade e design com dignidade’], Chapter 1, pps 15-26 of Design, Waste and Dignity [Design, Resíduo e Dignidade], ed. Prof. M. C. Loschiavo dos Santos, University of Sao Paulo technical research report for the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil. Simultaneously published in English and Portuguese, 481 pages.
Walker, S. (2014), ‘Propositional Objects: Designing with Waste’ [Objetos Propositivos: Design com Resíduos] Chapter 25, pps 445-481 of Design, Resíduo e Dignidade, ed. Prof. M. C. Loschiavo dos Santos, University of Sao Paulo technical research report for the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil. Simultaneously published in English and Portuguese, 481 pages.
Walker, S. (2013) ‘Contemplative Objects: artefacts for challenging convention and stimulating change’, Chapter 10, Motivating Change: Sustainable Design and Behaviour in the Built Environment by Robert Crocker and Steffen Lehmann, eds., Earthscan/Routledge, pp.198-214.
Walker, S. (2013) Imagination’s Promise: practice-based design research for sustainability, Chapter 28 of Handbook of Design for Sustainability, Walker, S. and Giard, J. eds., Berg Publishers, London, pp.446-465.
Badke, C. and Walker, S. (2013) Design Sleepwalking: Critical Inquiry in Design, Chapter 25 of Handbook of Design for Sustainability, Walker, S. and Giard, J. eds., Berg Publishers, London, pp.389-407.
Knowles, B., Walker, S. and Blair, L. (2013) Design for Cyber-sustainability: Toward a sustainable digital future, Chapter 30 of Handbook of Design for Sustainability, Walker, S. and Giard, J. eds., Berg Publishers, London, pp.488-512.
Walker, S. (2009) Integration of Scales – Mass-produced plus Locally Produced Parts, Design Studies, A Reader, ed. Hazel Clark and David Brody, Berg, Oxford, UK, 2009, Ch. 52, pp.354-356.
Walker, S. (2009) REMIX: design for sustainability, ETICA e DESIGN: riflessioni, Imbesi, L. ed., RDesignPress, Rome, Italy, ISBN 978-888981921-0, pp.51-59.
Walker, S. (2009) Evolving Permanence: Product Design and Sustainability, Source 03: Timeless Necessity, Eindhoven Design Academy, Episode Publishers Rotterdam, pp.13-20.
Walker, S. (2008) On Sustainability, Enabling Solutions for Sustainable Living, Manzini, E., Walker, S. and Wylant, B. contributing eds., University of Calgary Press, Calgary, AB, (see ‘Books’ above).
Walker, S. (2007) Design Redux, Designers, Visionaries and Other Stories, Chapman, J. and Gant, N. eds., Earthscan, London, pp.56-69.
Walker, S. (2006) Extant Objects – Designing Things as They Are, Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards, Brebbia, C. A., Conti, M.E., and Tiezzi, E., eds., WIT Press, Southampton, UK, pp.361-370.
Marchand, A., Walker, S., De Coninck, P. (2006) Aesthetic Attitudes and Responsible, Sustainable Consumption, Management of Natural Resources, Sustainable Development and Ecological Hazards, Brebbia, C. A., Conti, M.E., and Tiezzi, E., eds., WIT Press, Southampton, UK, pp.371-380.
Walker, S. (2004) Crushed before the Moth - secular time, sacred time and design, Time in Design - Eternally Yours, van Hinte, E. ed., 010 Publishers Rotterdam, December, pp.302-332.
Walker, S. (1997) Conscientious Objects - Product Aesthetics in the Context of Sustainability, Visions on Product Endurance - Eternally Yours, van Hinte, E. ed., 010 Publishers Rotterdam, pp.164-180.
Peer-Reviewed Publications in Journals
Pantaleão, L. F. Federal University of Uberlândia; Brazil, Walker, S., Manchester School of Art, UK (2022) Projetando jogos de xadrez conceituais: um processo criativo de pensar-e-fazer em solitude (Designing conceptual chess sets: a creative process of thinking-and-doing, in solitude), Estudos em Design | Revista (online). Rio de Janeiro: v. xx | n. x, p. X – X | ISSN 1983-196X, IN PRESS.
Zhang, W., Walker, S., Evans, M., & Bennett, J. (2021) Inheritors of the Yellow River: The Relationship of Heritage Making Practices to Cultural Self-confidence in China, International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology, SpringerOpen, New York.
Chudasri, C., Walker, S., Evans, M. (2020) Potential Areas for Design and its Implementation to Enable the Future Viability of Weaving Practices in Northern Thailand, International Journal of Design, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Vol.14, No.1, pps.95-11.
Walker, S. Evans, S., and Mullagh, L. (2019) Meaningful practices: The contemporary
relevance of traditional making for sustainable material futures, Craft Research, Vol.10, No.2, Intellect Ltd., pps.184-210.
Walker, S. and Lloyd Jones, P. (2019) Traditional Knowledge, Sustainability and the Potential Role of Epigenetics, American journal of Biomedical Science and Research, Vol.6, No.3, 22 November, 2019, pps.202-204, AJBSR.MS.ID.001028. DOI: 10.34297/AJBSR.2019.06.001028, ISSN: 2642-1747
Walker, S., Mullagh, L. and Evans, M., and Wang, Y. (2019) Design ecologies: sustaining ethno-cultural significance of products through urban ecologies of creative practice, International Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology, Springer Open, Vol.3, No.10, 1-33, https://doi.org/10.1186/s41257-019-0025-7
Walker, S., Mullagh, L. and Evans, M. (2019) Located Making: Design for Sustainability in Small Maker Enterprises, Revista Chilena de Diseño, Universidad de Chile, Vol.4, No.4, available at: https://rchd.uchile.cl/index.php/RChDCP/article/view/53716/58224
Walker, S. (2019) Another Reality: The Creative Gift and the Spiritual Sense, Journal of Interior Design, Wiley, New York, NY, an invited paper, Vol. 44, No.1 published 27 January 2019, pps.5-11.
Walker, S., Evans, M. & Mullagh, L. (2019) Traditional Maker Practices and Sustainable Futures: The implications of expertise, The Design Journal, Routledge, Abingdon, OX, Vol. 22:sup1, 835-848, DOI: 10.1080/14606925.2019.1595403, available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14606925.2019.1595403
Mullagh, L, Walker, S. & Evans, M (2019) Living Design. The future of sustainable maker enterprises, The Design Journal, Routledge, Abingdon, OX, Vol.22:sup1, 849-862, DOI: 10.1080/14606925.2019.1595404, available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14606925.2019.1595404
Zhan, X. & Walker, S. (2019): Craft as Leverage for Sustainable Design Transformation: A Theoretical Foundation, The Design Journal, Routledge, Abingdon, OX, DOI: 10.1080/14606925.2019.1613040, pps.503-523, Published online: 03 Jun 2019.
Zhan, X. and Walker, S. (2018) Value Direction: Moving Crafts toward Sustainability in the Yangstze River Delta, China, Sustainability, MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, 10, 1252; doi:10.3390/su10041252, Open Access, available at: mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/4/1252.
Twigger Holroyd, A., Cassidy, T., Evans, M., Walker, S. (2017) Wrestling with Tradition: Revitalizing the Orkney Chair and Other Culturally Significant Crafts, Design and Culture, Bloomsbury, 9 (3), pp. 283-299, ISSN 1754-7075. Published online: 26 Sep 2017, available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17547075.2017.1370310, accessed 26 September 2017.
Zhan, X., Walker, S., Hernandez-Pardo, R. & Evans, M. (2017) Craft and Sustainability: Potential for Design Intervention in Crafts in the Yangtze River, Delta, China, The Design Journal, Bloomsbury, London, Vol.20:sup1, S2919-S2934, Open Access, available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14606925.2017.1352802, accessed 6 September 2017.
Gumus Ciftci, H., Walker, S. (2017) Design for Grassroots Production in Eastern Turkey through the Revival of Traditional Handicrafts, The Design Journal, Bloomsbury, Vol. 20:sup1, S2991-S3004, DOI: 10.1080/14606925.2017.1352808, Open Access, available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14606925.2017.1352808?needAccess=true, accessed 6 September 2017.
Jung, J., Walker, S., Evans, M., Cassidy, T. and Twigger Holroyd, A., (2016) Design routes and creative ecology: understanding culturally significant designs, products and practices. Making Futures (4). ISSN 2042-1664.
Thomas, L., Walker, S., & Blair, L. (2015). Beyond the technological blindfold: a fundamental design research approach to sustainability, Global Journal on Humanities & Social Sciences. [Online]. 03, pp 532-539. Available from: http://sproc.org/ojs/index.php/pntsbs
Walker, S. (2014) ‘A Narrowing of Meaning: loss of narrative unity and the nature of design change’, International Journal of Sustainable Design, Inderscience, Switzerland, Vol. 2, Issue 4, pp.283-296.
Richards, B., Walker, S. and Blair, L. (2013) ‘Reframing Progress in the Digital Age: Moving Forward Sustainably’, The International Journal of Social Sustainability in Economic, Social and Cultural Context, Common Ground Publishing, Champaign, IL, Vol. 8, Issue 4, pp.53-61.
Walker, S. (2013) ‘Design and Spirituality: creating material culture for a wisdom economy’, Design Issues, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, Vol .29, No. 3, Summer 2013, pp.89-107.
Walker, S. (2012) ‘The Narrow Door to Sustainability: from practically useful to spiritually useful artefacts’, International Journal of Sustainable Design, Inderscience, Switzerland, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp.83-103.
Walker, S. (2012) Design on a Darkling Plain: transcending utility through questions in form, The Design Journal, Berg, Oxford, Vol.15, No.3, pp.347-372.
Walker, S. (2012) The Object of Nightingales: design values for a meaningful material culture, Design and Culture journal, Berg, Oxford, Vol. 4, No.2, July, pp.149-170.
Walker, S. (2011) Form Beyond Function: practice-based research in objects, environment and meaning, International Journal of Sustainable Design, Inderscience Publishing, Switzerland. Vol. 1, No. 4, pp.335-347.
Walker, S. (2010) Sermons in Stones: argument and artefact for sustainability, Les Ateliers de l’éthique, University of Montreal, Canada, Vol. 5, No. 2, Autumn, pp.101-116.
Walker, S. (2010) Wrapped Attention: Designing Products for Evolving Permanence and Enduring Meaning, Design Issues, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, Vol. 26, No. 4, Autumn, pp.94-108.
Marchand, A., Walker, S., Cooper, T., (2010) Beyond Abundance Self-Interest Motives for Sustainable Consumption in Relation to Product Perception and Preferences, Sustainability journal, Vol.2, pp.1431-144, ISSN 2071-1050, peer-reviewed, open access journal, MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, (www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability).
Walker, S. (2010) Temporal Objects: Design, Change and Sustainability, Sustainability journal, Vol.2, pp. 812-832, peer-reviewed, ISSN 2071-1050, open access journal, MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, (www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability).
Walker, S. (2010) Sambo’s Stones: sustainability and meaningful objects, Design and Culture journal, Berg, Oxford, Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp.45-62.
Walker, S. (2010) The Chimera Reified: Design, Meaning and the Post-Consumerism Object, The Design Journal, Berg, Oxford, Vol. 13, Issue 1, pp.3-30.
Walker, S. (2009) The Spirit of Design: Notes from the Shakuhachi Flute, International Journal of Sustainable Design, Inderscience Publishing, Switzerland. Vol. 1, No. 2, 2009, pp.130-144.
Walker, S. (2009) After Taste: the power and prejudice of product appearance, The Design Journal, Berg, Oxford, Peer-reviewed, Vol. 12, Issue 1, pp.25–40.
Walker. S. (2008) Following Will-O’-The-Wisps and Chasing Ghosts: Design-Centred Research, Sustainability and the Bottom Line, The Design Journal, Berg, Oxford, Vol. 11, Issue 1, pp.51-64.
Badke, C. and Walker, S. (2008) Designers Anonymous, Innovation – The Journal of the Industrial Designers Society of America, USA, Spring, pp.40-43 BEST PAPER AWARD at IDSA Conference.
Dogan, C. & Walker, S. (2008) Localization and the Design and Production of Sustainable Products, International Journal of Product Development, Inderscience, Switzerland., Vol. 6, No.3-4, pp.276-290.
Marchand, A. and Walker, S. (2008) Product Development and Responsible Consumption: Designing Alternatives for Sustainable Lifestyles, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 16, No. 11, pp.1163-1169.
Walker, S. (2008) Extant objects: designing things as they are, International Journal of Sustainable Design, Inderscience, Switzerland, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp.4-11.
Walker, S. (2007) Cack-handed Design: Design-centred Approaches to Process and Product for Sustainability, Design Journal, Ashgate, Vol. 10, Issue 3, 2007, pp.28-40.
Walker, S. (2006) Light Touch, The Journal of Sustainable Product Design, UK, Springer/Kluwer, Netherlands, Vol. 3, No 3-4, pp.1-12.
Dogan, C. and Walker, S. (2006) The Best of Both- A study of the feasibility of integrating scale of design and production for sustainable products, The Journal of Sustainable Product Design, Springer/Elsevier, The Netherlands, Vol. 3, pp.135-147.
Walker, S. (2006) Object Lessons: enduring artifacts and sustainable design, Design Issues, Vol. 22, No.1, pp.20-31, Spring, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Walker, S. (2005) Desmascarando o objeto: reestruturando o design para sustentabilidade, Revista Design em Foco, University of The State of Bahia, Brazil, Vol. II, No.2, Jul/Dec 2005, pp.47-62.
Walker, S. (2005) After the Endgame: creating objects in a saturated culture, The Design Journal, Ashgate, UK, Vol. 8, Issue 1, pp.3-13.
Marchand, A., De Coninck, P., Walker, S. (2005) La Consommation Responsable : Perspectives Nouvelles dans les Domaines de la Conception de Produits, Nouvelles Pratiques Sociales, Université du Québec à Montréal, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp.39-56.
Walker, S. (2004) A Journey in Design, The Journal of Sustainable Product Design, Elsevier, Netherlands, Vol. 2, No. 1-2, (dated 2002 but published 2004).
Walker, S. (2003) Visual Myths, The Design Journal, Ashgate Press, UK, Vol.6, No. 3, pp.46-55.
Walker, S. (2003) The Cage of Aesthetic Convention, reprinted by request and with permission on the WWW magazine CORE77, May, originally published in The Design Journal, UK, Autumn 2002.
Walker, S. (2002) Objects as Symbols of Beauty, Innovation - The Journal of the Industrial Designers Society of America, USA, Winter 2002, pp.42-45, BEST PAPER AWARD at IDSA Conference.
Walker, S. (2002) The Cage of Aesthetic Convention, The Design Journal, UK, Autumn, Vol. 5, No 2, pp.3-7.
Walker, S. and Dorsa E. (2002) Making Design Work: Sustainability, Product Design and Social Equity, The Journal of Sustainable Product Design, Elsevier, Netherlands, Vol. 1.
Walker, S. (2001) Beyond Aesthetics – Identity, Religion and Design, The Design Journal, UK, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp.30-41
Walker, S. (2000) The Attraction of Opposites: Reconciling Fashion with Sustainable Product Design, Innovation - The Journal of the Industrial Designers Society of America, USA, Summer.
Walker, S. (2000) How the Other Half Lives: Product Design, Sustainability and the Human Spirit, Design Issues, USA, Summer.
Walker, S. (1999) The Manifestation of Meaning, The Design Journal, UK, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1999.
Walker, S. (1998) Experiments in Sustainable Product Design, The Journal of Sustainable Product Design, UK, October.
Walker, S. & Nielsen, R. (1998) Systemic Shift - Sustainable Development and ID Pedagogy, The Journal of Sustainable Product Design, UK, January.
Walker, S. (1997) Child’s Play - Product Design and Sustainability, Innovation - The Journal of the Industrial Designers Society of America, Fall.
Walker, S. (1996) The Meeting Place - Qualitative Aspects of Product Environmental Assessment, International Journal of Technology and Design Education, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, Vol. 6, No. 2.
Walker, S. (1996) Beyond the Product, EcoDesign, Vol. 4, No. 1, UK.
Walker, S. (1996) Scratching the Surface, EcoDesign, Vol. 4, No. 1, UK.
Walker, S. (1995) Superficial Evidence - The Environment, Product Aesthetics and Surface, Design Issues, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA, Fall, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Autumn), pp.15-27.
Walker, S. (1995) Do We Really Need All Those Things, Innovation - The Journal of the Industrial Designers Society of America, Winter.
Walker, S. (1995) Industry, Environment and the Levi’s Horses, EcoDecision - The Journal of the Environment and Society, Royal Society of Canada, Montreal, Canada, No.16, Spring.
Walker, S. (1994) The Plastic Inflatable Moose Head - Environmental Issues and Product Design, Environments Journal, University of Waterloo, Vol. 22, No. 3.
Walker, S. (1993) This Passing Show - Product Aesthetics and the Environment, Alternatives, University of Waterloo, Vol. 19, No. 2.
Walker, S. (1992) Whole Products - Designing Things That Last, Earthkeeper, UK, Oct/Nov 1992.
Design Work Featured in Books, Journals and Works by Others
A book on my writings, philosophy and design work entitled: Stuart Walker: A Função Estética Sustentável Mediações Entre Arte, Design E Espiritualidade (Stuart Walker: The Sustainable Aesthetic Function Mediation Between Art, Design And Spirituality) written in Portuguese by Lucas Farinelli Pantaleão at Federal University of Uberlândia, FAUeD, Brazil has been published in Brazil (2019).
2 designs and a double-page feature on my work in Idea Searching for Design: How to Research and Develop Design Concepts, by David Bramston and Ye Li, (2016) Bloomsbury, pp.136-137.
2015 My book Sustainable by Design (2006) included in list of 35 Books Every Designer Should Read compiled from ‘world’s top design schools’ who cited their favourite books. https://buff.ly/2eXWhVc
8 designs in: “ImaginationLancaster” by R. Cooper, (2010) published in Designo Industriale, Rome, Italy, No. 42-43.
6 designs in: Imbesi, L., ed., (2009) “ETICA e DESIGN: riflessioni”, RDesignPress, Rome.
1 design in: Bramston, D. Ed. (2009) Basics Product Design 02: Material Thoughts, AVA Publishing, Lausanne. (Specific contribution: “Lumiere Floor Lamp” (p.52)). Invited Contribution.
3 designs in: Fuad-Luke, A. (2009) Design Activism: Beautiful Strangeness for a Sustainable World, Earthscan/James and James Science Publishing, London. (Specific contributions include: White Canvas Analog Clock; White Canvas Digital Clock; White Canvas Digital Clock with Organic Battery (pp.101-103), plus citations on pp.84-85) Peer-reviewed. Invited Contribution.
3 designs in: Bramston, D. Ed. (2008) Basics Product Design 01: Ideas Searching, AVA Publishing, Lausanne, Switzerland. (Specific contributions include: “Portable MP3 Unit” (pp.130-131); Lather Lamp (pp.5 &150); “Wirelight” (p.151). Invited Contribution.
Commissioned Writing
Walker, S. (2019) A Beachfront View, invited contribution by artist Katie Paterson for the national artwork First there is a Mountain, in conjunction with the Grundy Gallery, Blackpool, read to an audience on Blackpool Pleasure Beach, 4th June 2019, published online at: https://www.firstthereisamountain.com/location/grundy-art-gallery-lancashire, accessed 05.10.19.
Peer-Reviewed Conferences
Changede, S., Thomas, L. Walker, S. (2021) The Miswak Toothbrush: Incorporating Traditional Knowledge into Contemporary Product Design, IASDR 2021, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 6-9 December 2021.
Gumus Ciftci, H. & Walker, S. (2021) Design for Social Impact and Crafts Communities in Turkey. Design Culture(s), 2021 Cumulus Conference, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
Mohamad, S. M., Walker, S. (2019) The Impact of Globalization on the Creative Ecology of a Heritage Village: A Case Study from Malaysia, International Conference on Islamic Civilization and Technology Management (ICTM) 2019, 23-24 November 2019, Paya Bunga Hotel, Terengganu, Malaysia, http://www.tatiuc.edu.my/ictm/index.html. BEST PAPER AWARD
Mohamed Yusof, S. A., & Walker, S. (2019). Evaluating Sustainability Awareness Among Craftspeople in Malaysia. In Design Decoded - International Conference on Design Industries and Creative Culture 2019 (Vol. 1, pp. 59–67). UITM. Retrieved from https://designdecodeduitm.wixsite.com/designdecoded2018/e-proceeding
Zhang, W., Walker, S., Louise Mullagh, L. (2019) Craft and Sustainability: Reflections on Design Interventions in Craft Sector in China, International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference 2019, Manchester School of Art Manchester Metropolitan University 02-05 September 2019, Manchester, available at: https://iasdr2019.org/uploads/files/Proceedings/ma-f-1436-Zha-W.pdf, accessed 17 September 2019.
Zhan, X., Walker, S., Hu, J. (2019) Crafting Sustainable Value through 'Relational Making': A Case Study - the Porcelain Town of Jingdezhen, International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference 2019, Manchester School of Art Manchester Metropolitan University 02-05 September 2019, Manchester.
Walker, S., Evans, M. & Mullagh, L. (2019) Traditional Maker Practices and Sustainable Futures. The implications of expertise, EAD Conference, Dundee, 10th-12th April 2019, published in proceedings (Design Journal Supplement – see Journal Papers).
Mullagh, L, Walker, S. & Evans, M. (2019) Living Design. The future of sustainable maker enterprises, EAD Conference, Dundee, 10th-12th April 2019, published in proceedings (Design Journal Supplement – see Journal Papers).
Walker, S. Mullagh, L. & Evans, M (2019) Located Making: principles and practices: A 10-Step Guide for Applying Design for Sustainability in Small Maker Enterprises, Fifteenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability, 17-19 January 2019, UBC Robson Square, Vancouver, Canada.
Mullagh, L, Walker, S. & Evans, M. (2019) Touch of Genius: Traditional craft, its relationship to place, culture and nature, and design praxis, Wuxi, China, Zhang Linghao, Lam Yanyan, Xiao Dongjuan, Gong Miaosen, Shi Di, (eds), 31st October-3rd November 2018, pps.808-820.
Walker, S. Evans, M. and Mullagh, L. (2019) Located Making: Principles and Practices – A Guide for Applying Design for Sustainability in Small Maker Enterprises, 15th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability, 17th-19th January 2019, University of British Columbia, 17 January 2019.
Zhang, W. and Walker, S. Cumulus Conference Proceedings 2018 - Diffused Transition & Design Opportunities, Wuxi, China, Zhang Linghao, Lam Yanyan, Xiao Dongjuan, Gong Miaosen, Shi Di, (eds), 31st October-3rd November 2018, pps.63-74.
Panel Coordinator and Paper Presenter: International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Science (IUAES) Inter-Congress - 2-7 May 2017, Ottawa, Canada. Paper: Intangible cultural heritage, design ecologies and creative industry, Sessions 2&3 02 May, 2017.
Knowles, B., Blair, L., Walker, S., Coulton, P., Thomas, L. & Mullagh, L. (2014) Patterns of persuasion for sustainability, Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, ACM, Vancouver, BC, Canada — June 21 - 25, 2014J, pp.1035-1044.
Knowles, B., Blair, L., Hazas, M., Walker, S. (2013) ‘Exploring Sustainability Research in
Computing: Where we are and where we go next’, UbiComp '13: The Proceedings of the 2013 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, September 8-12, Zurich, Switzerland. Proceeding published by ACM, New York, NY, pp.305-314.
Chudasri, D., Walker, S. & Evans, M. (2013) Directions for Design Contributions to the Sustainable Development of the Handicrafts Sector in Northern Thailand, The 5th IASDR 2013 Tokyo Conference, Shibaura Institute of Technology, 26-30 August 2013, Consilience and Innovation in Design Proceedings and Program Vol.2, Shibaura Institute of Technology, pp.585-596.
Walker, S. ‘Silent Form’, 3rd International Conference of Management, Spirituality and Religion, Lourdes, France, a conference of the International Association of Management, Spirituality and Religion and the Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion (Routledge), May 16-19, 2013.
Chudasri, D., Walker, S. & Evans, M. (2012) An Overview of the Issues facing the Craft Industry and the Potential for Design: with a Case Study in Upper Northern Thailand, The DRS 2012 Bangkok Conference, Chulalongkorn University, July 1-4, 2012, Conference Proceedings: Volume 01, Design Research Society, Bangkok, pp.314-326, http://www.designresearchsociety.org/docs-procs/drs2012/drs2012-1.pdf.
Gumus, H., Walker, S. Sustainable Design for Grass Roots Craft Production in Eastern Turkey, Sustainable Innovation ’11 Conference, Farnham, UK, October 25, 2011.
Walker, S. Design for Sustainability: Practiced-based research in objects, environment and meaning, International Symposium on Sustainable Design (ISSD) September 29-30, 2011, UFPE, Recife, Brazil.
Richards, B., Walker, S., Blair, L. Cyber-Sustainability: leaving a lasting legacy of human wellbeing, Alt-HCI Conference, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, July 4-8 2011.
Walker, S. Experiments in Design for Social Sustainability, Sustainability Workshop, Cumulus 2010 Conference, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, September 6-10 2010.
Walker, S. Meaning in the Mundane: aesthetics, technology and spiritual values, Cumulus 2010 Conference, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, September 6-10 2010.
Walker, S. ‘Touchstones: conceptual products for sustainable futures’, European Futurists Conference, Lucerne, Switzerland, October 15-16, 2009.
This conference is aimed at professionals and corporate leaders from a wide range of industries. Video and slides available on website: http://www.european-futurists.org/wEnglisch/index.php.
Walker, S., The Chimera Reified, presented at the Design to Business (D2B2) Conference China, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, April 23-26, 2009, Peer reviewed, and published in proceedings.
Walker, S., Gentle Arrangements: Artefacts of Disciplined Empathy, presented at Design Connexity, 8th International Conference of the European Academy of Design, Aberdeen, April 1 – 3, 2009, Peer reviewed and published in proceedings, published by Gray’s School of Art, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, edited by Julian Malins, pp.476-481.
Walker, S. Dogan, C. and Marchand, A., Research Through Design – The Development Of Sustainable Material Cultures, presented at Design Connexity, 8th International Conference of the European Academy of Design, Aberdeen, April 1-3, 2009, Peer reviewed and published in proceedings, published by Gray’s School of Art, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, edited by Julian Malins, pp.482-486.
Marchand, A. and Walker, S., Designing In Design Research: From Solving Problems To Exploring Issues, Presented at Design Connexity, 8th International Conference Of The European Academy Of Design, Aberdeen, April 1-3, 2009, Peer-reviewed and published in proceedings, published, Gray’s School of Art, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Edited by Julian Malins, pp.300-303.
Walker, S. Sambo’s Stones, 5th Annual International Sustainable Development Conference ‘Sustainability - Creating the Culture’, Inverness, Scotland, November 12-13, 2008.
Walker, S. Sermons in Stones: Artefact and Argument for Sustainability, Changing the Change Conference, Turin, July 2008 published in Changing the Change Proceedings, edited by Carla Cipolla and Pier Paulo Perucio, published by Allemandi Conference Press, Italy, pp.1673-1697.
Marchand, A., Walker, S. and Cooper, T. Beyond Abundance: Motivations and perceived benefits underlying choices for more sustainable lifestyles, Changing the Change Conference, Turin, July 2008, published in in Changing the Change Proceedings, edited by Carla Cipolla and Pier Paulo Perucio, published by Allemandi Conference Press, Italy, pp.141-152.
Walker, S. and Badke, C. Being Here: Attitude, Place and Design for Sustainability, Changing the Change Conference, Turin, July 2008 published in in Changing the Change Proceedings, edited by Carla Cipolla and Pier Paulo Perucio, published by Allemandi Conference Press, Italy, pp.183-191.
Walker, S. Disconnecting Design from the Bottom Line, Sustainable Innovation 07 Conference, Farnham Castle, Farnham, UK, October 29-30, 2007.
Lee. C. and Walker. S. Let’s Talk - dialogue, design and sustainability Sustainable Innovation 07 Conference, Farnham Castle, Farnham, UK, October 29-30, 2007.
Badke, C. and Walker, S. Designers Anonymous, IDSA Conference, San Francisco, CA, October 17-20, 2007, BEST EDUCATION PAPER AWARD.
Marchand, A. & Walker, S. Connecting through Time, old objects, new contexts and sustainable design solutions, ICSID/IDSA Education Symposium, San Francisco, CA, October 17-20, 2007.
Walker, S. After Taste: the power and prejudice of product appearance, ICSID/IDSA Education Symposium, San Francisco, CA, October 17-20, 2007.
Walker, S. Design Redux, European Academy of Design Conference, Izmir, Turkey, April 2007.
Walker, S. Extant Objects – Designing Things as They Are, Ravage of the Planet 2006, Wessex Institute of Technology University of Siena, December 12-14, 2006, Bariloche, Argentina.
Marchand, A., Walker, S., De Coninck, P. (2006). Aesthetic Attitudes and Responsible, Sustainable Consumption, Ravage of the Planet 2006, Wessex Institute of Technology & University of Siena, December 12-14, 2006, Bariloche, Argentina.
Marchand, A., Walker, S., De Coninck, P. (2006). The role of beauty for sustainability: a discussion on responsible consumption, aesthetics attitudes and product design, Wessex Institute of Technology & University of Siena, December 12-14, 2006, Bariloche, Argentina.
Dogan, C. and Walker, S. Re-integrating the Local: Examining ‘Batch Production’ and Its Implications for Sustainable Product Design, Sustainability – Creating the Culture, 3rd Annual International Conference, November 15-16, , Scone Perth, Scotland, 2006.
Walker, S. Cackhanded Design, IDSA Conference, Austin, TX, September 2006.
Marchand, A. and Walker, S. (2006). Designing Alternatives for Sustainable Consumption and Lifestyle: Initial Findings from a Research on ‘Responsible Consumers, Perspectives on Radical Changes to Sustainable Consumption and Production, SCORE Workshop 1, April 20-21, 2006, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Walker, S. The Considered Gaze, Sustainability Conference – Creating the Culture, Aberdeen, November, 2005.
Walker, S. Light Touch - The Design of Ephemeral Objects for Sustainability, Towards Sustainable Product Design 10, The Centre for Sustainable Design, October 24-25, 2005, Farnham, UK.
Dogan, C. and Walker S. Tailored to the Local: Demonstrating the Potential For ‘Integrated Scales of Design and Production for Sustainability’ (ISDPS) Concept, Towards Sustainable Product Design 10, The Centre for Sustainable Design, October24-25, 2005, Farnham, UK.
Walker, S. Unmasking the Object, European Academy of Design Conference, Bremen, Germany, March, 2005.
Marchand, A., Walker, S., De Coninck, P. “Buying Time: Defining the Characteristics of Sustainable Consumption “, Creating a Culture of Sustainability, Highlands & Islands International Sustainable Development Conference and Exhibition: Conference Proceedings, November 3-5, 2004, Inverness, Scotland.
Walker, S. Object Lessons: enduring artifacts and sustainable design, Sustainable Design and Manufacturing Conference, Loughborough University, UK, September 2004.
Dogan, C. and Walker, S. [2004]. “Encapsulating Ideas: Integrating Scales of Design and Production for Sustainable Products.” Eastman National IDSA Education Conference, 24-26 October, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, published in conference proceedings, pp.63-72.
Badke, C. and S. Walker Dissident Design: resistance through form, IDSA Educators Conference, Pasadena, CA, September 2004.
Walker, S. Crushed before the Moth – sacred time, secular time and design, Eternally Yours Conference, Eindhoven, October 2003.
Dogan, C. and Walker S. Restoring ‘Local’ Scale: Rethinking Company Structures for Sustainable Product Design, Peer-reviewed, Towards Sustainable Product Design 8, 8th International Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, October 2003.
Dogan, C. and S. Walker Sustainable Design Research: facts, means and ends, Peer-reviewed, International Conference of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID), Hannover, September 2003.
Wissner, H. and Walker, S. A Captured Screw and Other Tales from the Real World, IDSA Educators Conference, New York, NY, August 2003.
Walker, S. Sustainability: The Evolution of a Contemporary Myth, 5th European Academy of Design Conference, Barcelona, April 2003.
Walker, S. The Cage of Aesthetic Convention, EcoDesign Conference, Berkeley, CA, July 2002.
Walker, S. Objects as Symbols of Beauty, IDSA Education Conference, San Jose, CA, July 2002, BEST PAPER AWARD at IDSA Conference.
Dogan, C. and Walker S. Design in context – product design through local initiatives, IDSA Education Conference, San Jose, CA, July 2002.
Jakal, D. and Walker, S. Intelligent Footwear Design, IDSA Education Conference, San Jose, CA, July 2002.
Wissner, H. and Walker, S. Authenticity, Sustainability and Design - Developing guidelines and product examples, IDSA Education Conference, San Jose, CA, July 2002.
Walker, S. Beyond Aesthetics – Identity, Religion and Design, European Academy of Design Conference, Portugal, March 2001, BEST PAPER AWARD – DESIGN IDENTITIES.
Fairburn, S. and Walker S. ‘Sleeping with the Stars’ – The Design of a Personal Crew Quarter for the International Space Station, Paper Number 186, Society of Automotive Engineers, 2001.
Walker, S. Are You Sitting Comfortably - Furniture Design and Sustainability, Furniture Industry Research Association (FIRA) Conference, Keble College, Oxford, UK, September 2000.
Walker, S. The lark ascending - sustainability and design research, Design (+) Research Conference, Milan Polytechnic, Italy, May 2000.
Walker, S. WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE - Craft Design, Mass Production and Sustainability
Consuming Craft Conference, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, UK, May 2000.
Walker, S. The Manifestation of Meaning, Design Cultures Conference, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, March 30-April 1, 1999.
Walker, S. “A Shattered Visage Lies:" Sustainable Design and Local Scale Production, Ecodesign, First International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, Tokyo, Japan, February, 1999, p.68.
Walker, S. Sustainable Product Design: A Systems View, Towards Sustainable Design, London, October, 1998.
Walker, S. The Nature of Academic Design, The Industrial Designers Society of America Education Conference, Long Beach, CA, September, 1998.
Walker, S. and Dorsa E. Realities and Ideals: How they reflect on the values of design, The Industrial Designers Society of America Education Conference, Long Beach, CA, BEST PAPER AWARD IDSA Conference, September, 1998.
Walker, S. and Nielsen R. Systemic Shift - Sustainable Development and ID Pedagogy, The Industrial Designers Society of America Education Conference, Washington DC, July 1997.
Walker, S. Utopian Chickens and Sustainable Eggs - The Use of Scenarios for Implementing Change, Worldesign 96, IDSA Conference, Orlando, FL, BEST PAPER AWARD IDSA World Conference, September 1996.
Walker, S. Design and the Meaning of Life - The Material, The Spiritual and the Environment, The Industrial Designers Society of America Education Conference, Santa Fe, NM, September 1995.
Walker, S. Scratching the Surface - The Environment and the Aesthetics of Everyday Things, The Industrial Designers Society of America, Education Conference, Dearborn, MI, August 1994.
Walker, S. and Miller K. The Journeyman: A Case Study in Non-Motorised Goods Transportation for Urban China, The International Non-Motorised Transport Conference, Beijing, China, April 1994.
Symposia
2019 Living Design – a symposium to disseminate key results of the Living Design Project and introduce the Located Making Framework, Living Design Symposium, Lancaster University, 14 November, 2019, attended by ca.80 people from business, third sector and academia.
Research Reports
Walker, S., Evans, M., Humphreys, P. (2023) Located Making, an AHRC-funded research report on small business enterprises, values and place, from Manchester Metropolitan University
Walker, S. Evans, M., Mullagh, L. (2019) Design Ecologies, an AHRC-funded knowledge exchange with China report from Lancaster and Manchester Metropolitan Universities.
Walker, S. Evans, M., Mullagh, L. (2019) Living Design, a jointly written AHRC Report an AHRC-funded research report on the values and relationship to place of Cumbrian small business enterprises from Lancaster and Manchester Metropolitan Universities.
Evans, M., Walker, S., Cassidy, T. (2016) Design Routes, a jointly written AHRC research report on crafts, values and place in UK and US, from Manchester Metropolitan, Lancaster and Leeds Universities.
Book Reviews
Longer Lasting Products: Alternatives to the Throwaway Society ed. Tim Cooper, Gower, Farnham, UK 2010, (2,500 words) The Design Journal, Vol. 14, No. 3, 2011, pp.375-380.
The Sustainable Design Reader, Book proposal review for Berg Publishers, Oxford, UK, 2010.
Designing Things by Prasad Boradkar, Pre-publication manuscript review Berg Publishers, Oxford, UK, 2009.
Bobos in Paradise by David Brooks, Design Issues, MIT Press, Winter 2002, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp.86-87.
Better Living - In Pursuit of Happiness from Plato to Prozac, by Mark Kingwell, Penguin Books, Toronto, Canada, 1999, Design Issues, MIT Press, Summer 2000, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp.90-90.
Ecological Design by Sym van der Ryn and Stewart Cowan, Design Issues, Spring 1998.
The Technical Drawing Workbook, by James Luckow, for Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1994.
Graphics and Modelling Fundamentals for Engineering, Design, by Ronald Barr et al for Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1994.